James Casey, Esq., CPP

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James Casey, Esq., CPP, is a data protection and R&I contract executive based in San Antonio, Texas. He is currently consulting for Florida State University, negotiating a wide variety of research and innovation (R&I) contracts and mentoring a new research attorney. Immediately prior to FSU he was interim associate vice president for research at Florida Gulf Coast University. Casey has taught undergraduate and graduate courses for over 20 years at several institutions, including Marquette University, Bradley University, and UW-Madison. From 2007-2008 he was a visiting professor of leadership at the Upper Iowa University Center in Hong Kong, China. His European-certified privacy practitioner designation (CPP) is a specialization in the EU-GDPR Data Protection Officer role. Casey is active in the State Bar of Wisconsin and American Bar Association and is a State Bar of Wisconsin delegate to the ABA House of Delegates and vice-chair of the ePrivacy Law Committee. A graduate of the University of Dayton School of Law, where he was a member of the Dayton Law Review, Casey holds master's degrees in public administration and international affairs from the University of Dayton and Marquette University. As a founding faculty member in the M.S. in Research Administration and Compliance Program at CUNY SPS, Casey teaches required courses such as RAC 600 - Introduction to Financial Research Administration. He enjoys sharing his 25 years of research administration experience with students, and in 2009 received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA). Casey is a Patron Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Life Fellow in the Wisconsin Law Foundation.

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Decorative photo for essay on data privacy written by CUNY SPS Professor James Casey

Why Privacy Matters

March 23, 2023

CUNY SPS Blog

James Casey, an associate professor from the CUNY SPS Research Administration and Compliance program, shares his thoughts on the importance of data privacy.

Nudges, Algorithms, and Human Choice: What Does the Future Hold?

March 10, 2022

Wisconsin Lawyer

James Casey, a faculty member in the CUNY SPS MS in Research Administration and Compliance program, has published the article "Nudges, Algorithms, and Human Choice: What Does the Future Hold?" in the March 2022 issue of Wisconsin Lawyer.

2022 Florida Research Administration Conference Presentations

February 16, 2022

Florida Research Administration Conference

MS in Research Administration and Compliance faculty member James Casey delivered two presentations at the 2022 Florida Research Administration Conference. Recordings of his presentations "Data Protection for the Research Administrator" and "Overview of Contracting for the Research Administrator" can be viewed at the conference's YouTube channel.

Guiding Principles for the Profession of Research Administration

June 23, 2021

NCURA

Jim Casey, a faculty member in the CUNY SPS MS in Research Administration and Compliance program, discusses the guiding principles for the research administration profession in this video posted on the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) YouTube channel.