Dr. Bob Kolvoord serves as the founding dean of the College of Integrated Science and  Engineering at James Madison University. He is also a Professor of Integrated Science and  Technology and Educational Technologies. His academic interests include data visualization and  creating transdisciplinary educational programs.  He is the co-creator of the Geospatial Semester  program, and he’s an award-winning scholar, author and educator who has co-authored 4 books  and a wide variety of papers and curricular materials spanning subjects from planetary formation  to spatial cognition. Kolvoord holds a Ph.D. (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) from Cornell  University and a B.A. (Physics) and M.S. (Materials Science) from the University of Virginia.