C. Judson King

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C. Judson King is the director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education and professor emeritus of chemical engineering. At the Center, his research focuses on systemic and institutional concerns as well as issues specific to engineering and technical disciplines. His chemical engineering research has centered upon separation processes, including spray drying, freeze drying, solvent extraction, and adsorption.

Since joining the University of California in 1963, King has served in a variety of academic and administrative posts on the UC Berkeley campus and the system level. Most recently, he was Provost and Senior Vice President – Academic Affairs of the University of California system (1995-2004), and before that system-wide Vice Provost for Research. At UC Berkeley, King served as Provost – Professional Schools and Colleges, dean of the College of Chemistry, and chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering. He is a professor of Chemical Engineering and has written over 240 research publications and a widely used text book, Separation Processes.

Among his administrative responsibilities as Provost and Senior Vice President were the oversight of academic planning and of research and academic policies for the UC system, including academic and programmatic coordination among the ten UC campuses and the three national laboratories managed by the University and frequent dealings with the Regents of the University of California and the state government.

As UC Provost, King oversaw a number of significant initiatives, including initial academic coordination for the system's tenth campus at Merced and a dramatic expansion of the University's summer and education abroad programs to help meet enrollment growth pressures and foster international education. He also chaired the planning group that defined the School of Information Management and Systems (now the School of Information) at Berkeley and oversaw the launching of the California Digital Library and its eScholarship project.

Profesor King is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has received major awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Engineering Education and the Council for Chemical Research. He has been active with the California Council on Science and Technology.

At CSHE, the projects in which he is directly involved include The Future of Scholarly Communication, Public Research Universities, and Approaches to Engineering Education

For access to the full text of his text, "Separation Processes", 2nd edition (1980), please follow http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1b96n0xv

Recent Publications

MODERNIZING GOVERNANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: A Proposal that the Regents Create and Delegate Some Responsibilities to Campus Boards by Robert Birgeneau, George Breslauer, Judson King, John Wilton, and Frank Yeary. CSHE.4.12 (April 2012)

University Roles in Technological Innovation in California by C. Judson King, Chapter 15 in Globalization's Muse: Universities and Higher Education Systems in a Changing World  by J. A. Douglass, C. Judson King and Irwin Feller, eds, Berkeley Public Policy Press, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2009.

Globalization's Muse: Universities and Higher Education Systems in a Changing World by John Aubrey Douglass, C. Judson King, Irwin Feller (ed.) Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2009.

Metrics and Methodology for Assessing Engineering Instruction by C. Judson King, Susan A. Ambrose, Raoul A. Arreola, Karan Watson, Richard M. Taber, Norman L. Fortenberry and Elizabeth T. Cady. ASQ Higher Education Brief, August 2009.

Developing Metrics for Assessing Engineering Instruction: What Gets Measured is What Gets Improved by C. Judson King, Susan A. Ambrose, Raoul A. Arreola and Karan Watson. Report from the Steering Committee for Evaluating Instructional Scholarship in Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2009.

Engineers Deserve a Liberal Education by C. Judson King. Guest Editorial, Chemical Engineering Education, v. 42, No. 1, Winter 2008. Also in Engineering Impact, Purdue University, Winter 2007-08, p. 19.

An Analysis of Alternatives for Gaining Capacity so as to Maintain Access to the University of California. C. Judson King. CSHE.5.06. March 2006

"The Research University of the Twenty-First Century." C. Judson King. The Electrochemical Society Interface, 7, No. 2, 17-21 (1998)

"Where is the Research University Headed?" C. Judson King. CHEMTECH, 14-18, (1995)

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