Professional Summary

Jonathan Palmer became President of Principia College in July 2008.  In this post, he is responsible for managing, controlling, and directing the educational activities at Principia College.
Prior to joining Principia, he was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at the Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems at Claremont Graduate University. As Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Palmer is responsible to a faculty of 60 and five academic programs including the BBA, Masters of Accounting, and three MBA programs – Residential, Flex, and Executive.

Dr. Palmer has a wide range of research interests within information systems, including the strategic use of information technology, electronic commerce, supply and demand chain management, the development of internetworked capabilities for competitive advantage, and the design of appropriate user interfaces.  He teaches courses in the agile enterprise, electronic commerce, supply chains, and information systems at the graduate and undergraduate level as well as to executive audiences around the world.  He also has extensive experience as an academic administrator in undergraduate, graduate, and executive education.

His work has appeared in Information Systems Research, Management Science, Communications of the ACM, Journal of AIS, European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of World Business, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, European Management Journal, The Information Society, MISQ Executive, Industrial Marketing Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, JASIS, Transportation Journal and in a number of international conferences including ICIS, AIS, Bled, HICSS, and INFORMS. Palmer has served on the editorial board of Journal of AIS, European Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Electronic Markets, and Electronic Journal of Organizational Virtualness. He has been quoted on business models and the Internet in The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, and Entrepreneur. His consulting assignments have included work with firms in retailing, food, mobile commerce, energy, construction, aerospace, and the U.S. government.

Teaching Positions and Experience

MASON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, College of William & Mary
Professor of Operations & Information Technology, 2007-2008
Associate Professor of Operations & Information Technology, 2002-2007

SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, University of Maryland
Assistant Professor of Decision & Information Technologies, 1998-2002

PRICE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, University of Oklahoma
Assistant Professor of Management and MIS, 1996-1998.
Visiting Assistant Professor, 1995-96.

HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, FINLAND 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 2000.

MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, University of Southern California, 1993-1994.

Administrative Experience

MASON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, College of William & Mary
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 2006-2008

PETER F. DRUCKER MANAGEMENT CENTER, The Claremont Graduate School
Director of Corporate Relations, 1990-95

CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE
Associate Dean of Students, 1984-90

THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW & DIPLOMACY, Tufts University
Assistant Dean, Director of Career and Student Services, 1982-84

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Harvard University
Director, Career Resources Center, 1980-82
Head, Circulation Services, 1979

Church Experience

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, MA
Member since 1969, local member 1979-1980

Active branch church member in Massachusetts, California, Oklahoma, Maryland, Virginia, and currently in Illinois

Class Instruction 1988