David E. Shulenburger

David E. Shulenburger

David E. Shulenburger is Provost at the University of Kansas. He is nationally recognized for his efforts to help the academic community understand the economics of scholarly communication and to reform the scholarly communication process. A native of Salisbury, NC, he received Ph.D. and MA degrees from the University of Illinois and the BA from Lenoir Rhyne College. His research is in the areas of labor and industrial relations and economics with a major focus on wage determination.

Dr. Shulenburger joined the University of Kansas faculty as assistant professor of business in 1974. He held various positions including associate dean and undergraduate program director in the School of Business before being named associate vice chancellor for academic affairs in 1988. He was named acting vice chancellor for academic affairs in January 1993 and was appointed Provost in June 1993. He previously served as a faculty member at Clemson University and as a labor economist for the U.S. Department of Labor.

Dr. Shulenburger is a recipient of the Shutz Award for Distinguished Teaching on Economic Systems and has chaired the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Council on Academic Affairs. As an advocate for reform in the areas of scholarly communication and academic accreditation, he has written numerous articles and is frequently invited to give keynote presentations across the country that address the issues pertaining to scholarly work as a public good.

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