John Yopp, Ph.D. University of Louisville, 1969.  Associate Provost for Educational Partnerships and International Affairs, Director of the Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership

Dr. John Yopp (vita in PDF) is charged with leading the internationalization of the University. He was a member of NAFSA's International Task Force on the Bologna Process and on the Board of Directors of the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). One of his major interests is the impact of the Bologna Process on U.S. and international graduate education. He has worked closely with the European Association for International Education, The European University Association, and other European Associations on the Bologna Process since 2000. This collaboration includes yearly workshops at NAFSA's conference with these European partners.

John Yopp was Vice President for Graduate and Professional Education at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) from 1997 to 2003 and Vice President for Strategic Higher Education Initiatives from 2003-2004. He was responsible for the international and national build-out of computerized testing in the TOEFL and GRE programs. In addition to his position at ETS, he was a Senior Visiting Scholar at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and a Senior Scholar in Residence at the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington D.C. In these latter two positions he worked with the late Senator Paul Simon, as Project Director, to create, through legislation, a Congressional Commission to study the establishment of the Abraham Lincoln Fellowship Program for Study Abroad now renamed The Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act. His committee of high level representatives from the major international educational associations (e.g. IIE, NAFSA, Alliance) produced the Commission's briefing book.

He served as associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research and Dean of the Graduate School at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) from 1986-1997. He was also a professor of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry at the Illinois University for 27 years.

He also served as chair of the Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education and as a member of the executive committee of the Commission on International Affairs for The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. He was a member of the Board of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and of the executive committee of Graduate Deans for the African-American Institute. He serves or has served as a member or chair on numerous state and national boards and committees concerned with international educational issues over the past 25 years.

He received his B.S. in Biology from Georgetown University and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Louisville. He was a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow in biochemical adaptation to extreme environments at NASA's Ames Research Center before joining SIUC in 1970.