Robert Ubell

Robert Ubell
Nationality United States
Fields

Publishing

Online Education
Residence New York City
Education

Brooklyn College

Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma
Spouse Rosalyn Deutsche

Robert Ubell is Vice Dean of Online Learning at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, where he heads the school’s e-learning unit, NYU Tandon Online, formerly known as NYU-ePoly. Under his leadership, NYU Tandon Online has grown size and stature, achieving more than 10,000 enrollments since it was first launched.[1][2]

Education

Ubell attended Brooklyn College in New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 1961. He pursued studies in studio art, art history, and printmaking at various institutions, including Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in Rome and Pratt Institute. [3]

Career

Publishing industry

Following a period of freelance journalism, publishing articles on science, health and other subjects in New York Magazine, Medical World News, and Today’s Living, among other periodicals, in 1962, he was appointed an editor of Nuclear Industry, published by the Atomic Industrial Forum. Afterwards, he rose through the ranks at Plenum Publishing Corporation, becoming Vice President and Editor-in-Chief in 1970. Subsequently, in 1974, Ubell was appointed editor of The Sciences, published by the New York Academy of Sciences. From 1979 to 1983, he served as the first American Publisher of the noted British science weekly, Nature, where he also launched Nature Biotechnology. In 1984, he founded Robert Ubell Associates, a science, technology and electronic publishing consulting firm with more than 200 clients, including major firms, such as MIT Press, Elsevier, and John Wiley & Sons, among others. From 1993-1996, he served as US president of BioMedNet, Inc., a life sciences website owned by Elsevier. Continuing his work in technical publishing, he joined Marcel Dekker in 1996 as Vice President of New Media. [4][5]

Online education

In 1999, he joined Stevens Institute of Technology as Dean of Online Learning, where he launched WebCampus Stevens, the school’s online learning unit, awarded the Sloan prize as the best online learning program in the country. During his tenure at Stevens, he also served as Dean of the School of Professional Education, where he was head of corporate training and online learning and was also responsible for the university’s graduate programs in China.[6] In 2009, Ubell joined New York University Tandon School of Engineering as Vice President of the school’s Enterprise Learning unit, also serving as head of the school's Online learning unit. In 2013, he was appointed Vice Dean of Online Learning. In late December of 2013, Ubell was appointed to New York State's Board of Regents online learning task force. [7]

Honors and awards

Ubell is recipient of the prestigious A. Frank Mayadas Online Learning Leadership Award, the highest honor given to an individual in digital education.[8] He is also a Fellow of the Online Learning Consortium and Council Member of the Chongqing (China) International Exchange Association.[9]

Publications and other works

Ubell is the editor of Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration, published in 2010. His next work, The Practice of Elearning: Perspectives on Digital Learning, Teamwork and Information, is scheduled for release in 2016. He served as executive editor of the Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey, among other scholarly reference works. He is the editor of the multivolume series, Masters of Modern Physics. [10]

He is the author of more than 50 scholarly articles.[11]

Personal life

Ubell lives in Manhattan and is married to the art historian Rosalyn Deutsche, visiting professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is the father of two daughters—Jennifer Hayslett, who lives in Vermont, and Elizabeth Miller. who lives in Virginia. Ubell has three grandchildren. [12]

He is the brother of Earl Ubell.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Rober Ubell Biography". Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "National Review". Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://engineering.nyu.edu/files/resume/422/Ubell-CV-Jan16.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/b54986804970c0479ad0da336b93d75f/RobertUbellBio.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=b54986804970c0479ad0da336b93d75f
  5. ↑ http://engineering.nyu.edu/people/robert-n-ubell
  6. ↑ http://www.clomedia.com/2007/01/31/students-in-china-earn-masters-degrees-through-stevens-institute-of-technology/
  7. ↑ https://wp.nyu.edu/nyuepoly/2013/12/17/ubell-named-to-ny-state-online-task-force/
  8. ↑ http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-releases/2012/09/19/top-online-learning-group-awards-nyu-polys-robert-ubell-its-highest-leader
  9. ↑ http://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/online/about/accreditation-awards
  10. ↑ http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/conference/2012/aln/how-other-half-learns-innovative-trends-corporate-online-learning
  11. ↑ http://engineering.nyu.edu/people/robert-n-ubell
  12. ↑ Ubell, Robert (2010). "Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration".
  13. ↑ http://www.unitywalk.org/leaders.php?ID=33. Retrieved 24 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/nyregion/31ubell.html?_r=0. Retrieved 24 February 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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