Ann Hill Duin

Dr. Ann Hill Duin is committed to excellence in higher education through engagement and partnership. Currently Ann is Associate Vice President and Associate Chief Information Officer in the Office of Information Technology at the University of Minnesota. Her over 30 years of teaching, scholarship, and administrative experiences focus on collaboration and excellence through innovative uses of technology. She has spearheaded system-wide partnerships in previous associate provost, vice provost, and senior associate dean positions, and at the invitation of the Higher Learning Commission, facilitates inter-institutional teams in the design of sustainable partnerships. Her ongoing goal is to serve as a catalyst for leveraging technology to advance and support extraordinary education, breakthrough research, and dynamic public engagement.

Ann is also a tenured professor in the Department of Writing Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Her over 60 publications include books and journal articles on the social construction of knowledge, success indicators for partnerships, and most recently, change in higher education. She co-authored the book, Partnering in the Learning Marketspace, and her most recent publication, with co-authors Linda Baer and Judith Ramaley, is titled “Smart Change” (Planning in Higher Education, Jan.-March, 2008). Her honors include best article awards as well as two distinguished alumni awards (Waldorf College and University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development).

Based on her past year’s work in leading operations for an Office of Information Technology (500 employees), Ann looks forward to invigorating discussions about the expanded use of “social” technologies in the design and implementation of “smart” partnerships.