James Casey is the faculty academic coordinator and a founding adjunct associate professor in the M.S. in Research Administration and Compliance program. Aside from his teaching 8 years in the RAC program, Jim has a total of 30 years teaching at a variety of universities in areas as diversified as research management, law, political science, public policy, social welfare programs and policies, and construction engineering management. Jim is enthusiastic about the RAC program and leads students to become thought leaders in the research management profession.

Jim is also a legal subject matter expert in the Meta Generative AI Knowledge Experts Program, where he is using his legal expertise in contracts, international law, and intellectual property, to train Meta’s Generative AI model. This is an exciting new dimension in his professional career, which began 9 years ago when he diversified into new areas of data protection, privacy, and AI.

Jim has 30 years’ experience in the research management profession, beginning as a pre-award specialist and moving up to the AVP for research level. He has given over ninety presentations and authored ninety articles and received the NCURA Distinguished Service Award in 2009. He has been a leader in the legal profession also, within the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Wisconsin. Jim is a past president of the State Bar of Wisconsin Nonresident Lawyers Division and is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court and Wisconsin Bars.

His academic credentials include a B.A. cum laude in Political Science from UW-Whitewater; M.A. in International Affairs from Marquette University; and M.P.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Dayton, where he was also a member of the Dayton Law Review.