James Ottavio Castagnera, Ph.D., J.D.

Associate Provost and Associate Counsel for Academic Affairs

• Email Address: castagne@rider.edu
• Phone: 609-896-5035
• Fax: 609-896-5242
• Office: Provost's Suite, Moore Library Building
• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

VISIT MY BLOG AT http://www.lawprofessorblogs.com

Associate Provost/Associate Counsel Responsibilities

• Negotiation and administration of the University's collective bargaining agreement with its faculty, librarians and coaches.
• Government relations:
  • Grants and contracts
  • Human subjects research
  • Research integrity
  • Nuclear and controlled substance licensing
  • Animal facilities
• International Programs:
  • Faculty and student visas
  • Student exchange and related agreements
  • Supervision of Director of International Programs
• Legal Affairs:
  • Litigation management
  • Contracts and licenses
  • Intellectual property
  • Employment law and labor relations
  • Disability compliance and affirmative action
• Governance:
  • Academic Policy Manual
  • Honors Program

Member of

• University Academic Policy Committee 
• Promotion & Tenure Committee 
• Affirmative Action Committee 
• Judicial Appeals Council
• University Facilities Monitoring Subcommittee
• University Technology Steering Committee 
• University Honors Council (Chair)
• Honors Task Force
• Assessment Committee
• University Institutional Research Board (Chair)
• Academic Integrity Committee
• Strategic Planning Committee
• Task Force on Learning Objectives
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
• Faculty of Business Policy and Environment Department, American Studies Program, Baccalaureate Honors Program, and Law and Justice Program

Currently Teaching

• BHP 130, Honors Seminar: Theories of Justice and the American Common Law (Fall 2006)

Educational Background

• J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Ph.D., American Studies, Case Western Reserve University
• M.A., Journalism, Kent State University
• B.A., Government, Franklin and Marshall College

Employment Background

• Taught law at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas-Austin, and the Widener University School of Law.
• Worked ten years in the private practice of law with Saul Ewing, a major Philadelphia law firm.
• Served as General Counsel, Krauszer's Food Stores and WEFA, Inc.

Publications
Author of 12 law books, two novels (http://www.lulu.com), and more than 50 professional & scholarly articles.  Writes a regular weekly newspaper column, "Attorney at Large," as well as numerous other magazine and newspaper articles and film reviews.