Professional Activity
James A. Vance
Professional Service
Chair of Audit Committee, Hunting, Trapping, and Conservation Working Group of The Wildlife Society, Spring 2016-2020
Session Moderator, Session on Ecology: Ecosystems, 77th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, April 2016
Reviewer, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 4th International Conference on Bioscience and Bioinformatics, 2013
Member, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Agency Advisory Group, 2012-2014
Reviewer, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Transactions on Mathematics Journal, 2011-2012
Ambassador, Governor's Awards for Public Service, Executive Mansion, Richmond, Virginia, June 2011
Session Chair, International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 2011
Session Chair, International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS), Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2010
Reviewer, International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS), IMETI 2009, IMETI 2010
International Program Committee Member for Modelling, Identification, and Control, International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), AsiaMIC 2010
International Program Committee Member for Modelling, Simulation, and Identification, International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), MSI 2009, MSI 2011
International Program Committee Member for Modelling and Simulation, International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), MS 2008, MS 2009, MS 2010, MS 2011
Member of Technical Committee on Modelling and Simulation, International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), 2008-2011
External Reviewer of Scholarly Activity for Promotion of Faculty, Louisiana State University at Alexandria (LSUA), Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 2008
Reviewer, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 2008
Reviewer, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2007
College Service
Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, UVAWise, Summer 2022-present
Data Analytics and AI Steering Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2022-present
Graduate Advisory Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2022-present
Environmental Resilience and Sustainability Grand Challenge Steering Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2024-present
Tech Talent Working Group, UVAWise, Fall 2022-present
Chair, Data Analytics Steering Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2022-Summer 2023
Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2022-Spring 2024
Chair, Data Analytics Professor Search Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2022-Spring 2023
Chair, Executive Director Search Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2022-Spring 2023
Data Analyst Search Committee, UVAWise, Summer-Fall 2022
Academic Systems Specialist Search Committee, UVAWise, Summer 2022
Analytical Chemistry Search Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Chair, Academic Programs Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2016-Spring 2021
Academic Programs Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2015-Spring 2021
Computer Science Instructor Search Committee, UVAWise, Spring 2018, Fall 2018
Vice Chair, Faculty Senate, UVAWise, Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Faculty Senate, UVAWise, Fall 2012-Spring 2018
Secretary, Faculty Senate, UVAWise, Fall 2012-Spring 2013
Faculty Senate Executive Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2012-Spring 2013, Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Animal Care and Use Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2012-Spring 2017
Faculty Development Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2012-Summer 2015
Teacher Education Admissions Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2010-Summer 2012
Applied Mathematics Search Committee, UVAWise, Summer 2010
Statistics Search Committee, UVAWise, Summer 2010
Environmental Concerns Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2008-Spring 2009
Adviser, UVAWise, Spring 2008-present
Academic Appeals Committee, UVAWise, Fall 2007-Summer 2012
Recruiter, UVAWise, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom, March 2008