About the Ombudsman:

Jim Augustine, a School of Medicine professor and former chair of the Faculty Senate, has been appointed University Ombudsman to serve as a confidential, informal, and neutral resource for faculty concerns and conflicts. He has successfully completed training in the basic theory and practice of the ombuds profession sponsored by the International Ombudsman Association. He is a member of the International Ombudsman Association (IOA).

Biographical Sketch

• AUGUSTINE, JAMES ROBERT
• Neuroanatomist.
• Born in Mascoutah, IL, January 27, 1946. Son of John and Anna (Sweglich); married to Mary Therese Crabtree, August 29, 1970; three children, Amie Elizabeth, Mary Kate, Patrick Andrew; two sons-in-law; six grandchildren.
• BA, Millikin University, 1968; MS, Saint Louis University, 1970; PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1973; postdoctoral training, University of Michigan Neurosurgical Research, 1975; Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherché en Sciences Neurologique, 1976.
• Instructor to Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 1973-1976; Assistant to Associate Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 1976—; Chair of the Faculty Senate, University of South Carolina 2003-2005. University Ombudsman, University of South Carolina 2006 to present.
• Contributions to professional journals including The Anatomical Record, Brain Research, Brain Research Reviews, Neuroscience; Lucite plate model of baboon oculomotor nucleus on exhibit in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, England. Textbook: Human Neuroanatomy. Elsevier/Academic Press, Inc, San Diego, 2007.
• Pearls of Wisdom Lecturer - USC School of Medicine – 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006; Teacher of the Year – USC School of Medicine – 1977-1978; 1978-1979; 1985-1986; 1993-1994; 1995-1996; 2002-2003; Mascoutah Schools Achievement Award, 2005; Millikin University Alumni Merit Award, 2006.
• Member, American Association of Anatomists, Cajal Club, Christian Faculty Leadership Network, Christian Medical and Dental Association, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, International Ombudsman Association, Society for Neuroscience. "Ask an Expert" editor and an educational affairs committee member for the American Association of Anatomists.
• Ordained Elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1992); Member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC; several mission trips to Haiti as part of the Haiti Orthopaedic Project.
• Avocations, family, adult Sunday school teacher, road cycling, basketball.
• Office: Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208.