Director: Brian Jacobs, panOpen-CT/NY

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For the past 18 years, he has devoted his career to making instructional content more accessible and effective for students, faculty, and institutions nationwide. During his time as both a student and professor of political philosophy at Cornell University, Dr. Jacobs saw first-hand the pedagogical challenges of the traditional textbooks. In 1999, he launched his first company, Akademos, a web-based company that focuses on new models of distributing physical and digital course materials. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> After leading Akademos for more than 12 years, Dr. Jacobs left his operating role to found panOpen. Previously, Dr. Jacobs was Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Visiting Fellow at the Institute for German Cultural Studies, both at Cornell University. He received fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, University of Goettingen, and Yale University. He has published numerous articles in his academic field, including co-editing Essays on Kant’s Anthropology, (Cambridge University Press, 2003), and on the topic of educational content and open educational resources. He’s currently a mentor at New York University’s StartEd Accelerator for early stage education technology companies. He has also been a mentor in the Edge EdTech Accelerator and for Techstar’s “Risingstars” program. He has an especially strong interest in supporting students studying in the humanities and social sciences in making a transition to the business world. Dr. Jacobs earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in English and political science from the State University of New York at Albany, and a doctorate in political philosophy and social theory from Cornell University.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Jacobs lives in Connecticut with his family. He’s an avid cyclist and active member of the Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club, for which he is a ride leader and volunteer. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>