The document provides biographical information about Timothy E. Barnes, including his professional experience developing international partnerships for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It details his current role as Director of Illinois Strategic International Partnerships, where he has launched partnership programs with universities in Sweden and the UK. It also outlines his previous experience administering hundreds of agreements between UIUC and foreign institutions and coordinating visits from international dignitaries.

1. Timothy E. Barnes
Office:
Illinois
Strategic
International
Partnerships
(ISIP)
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-­‐‑Champaign
507
E.
Green
Street,
Suite
401
Champaign,
IL
61820
USA
tel:
217-­‐‑300-­‐‑6505
Ÿ
fax:
217-­‐‑265-­‐‑0810
email:
tebarnes@illinois.edu
Home:
306
Trefoil
Street
Savoy,
IL
61874
USA
tel:
217-­‐‑714-­‐‑1325
email:
teb1101@gmail.com
Objective
A
leadership
position
developing,
coordinating,
facilitating
and
managing
the
international
profile
and
engagement
of
a
dynamic
research
university
Personal Profile
An
experienced,
innovative
and
forward-­‐‑looking
professional
in
the
field
of
international
education
administration,
with
16+
years
of
experience
in
positions
of
increasing
responsibility
and
authority
at
a
pre-­‐‑eminent
public
research
university,
focused
on
faculty
international
engagement,
collaborative
research,
cooperative
education
and
learning
abroad
initiatives.
Strong
interpersonal
and
intercultural
communications
skills
gleaned
from
extensive
collaboration
with
faculty
and
academic
leadership
in
a
wide
variety
of
disciplines,
as
well
as
faculty,
leadership,
and
government
representatives
from
around
the
world.
Breadth
and
depth
of
knowledge
of
a
complex
university
organization
and
culture,
with
experience
and
expertise
in
identifying
key
stakeholders,
building
consensus,
and
integrating
internationalization
strategies
into
the
broader
vision,
mission,
and
strategic
plan
of
the
institution
as
a
whole.
Experience
Director, Illinois Strategic International Partnerships (ISIP) July 2011–present
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The
Director
of
Illinois
Strategic
International
Partnerships
(ISIP)
is
an
executive
leadership
position
within
International
Programs
and
Studies,
reporting
directly
to
the
institution’s
senior
international
officer,
with
responsibility
for
identifying,
cultivating,
evaluating
and
sustaining
key
strategic
partnerships
with
a
small,
highly
select
group
of
peer
institutions
around
the
world.
In
addition,
the
Director
of
ISIP
has
primary
responsibility
for
and
oversight
of
all
memoranda
of
understanding,
agreements,
and
contracts
establishing
formal
linkages
between
the
Urbana-­‐‑Champaign
campus
and
foreign
partners.
The
Director
also
serves
as
the
campus
liaison
for
the
Fulbright
Scholar
Program,
and
oversees
campus
protocol
for
visiting
diplomatic
personnel
and
consular
corps
relations
• Developed,
proposed,
and
initiated
the
ISIP
program,
representing
the
first
significant
institutional
investment
specifically
in
international
partnership
development
• Initiated,
sustained,
and
evaluated
INSPIRE:
Illinois-­‐‑Sweden
Program
for
Educational
and
Research
Exchange,
the
pilot
project
of
ISIP,
linking
the
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-­‐‑
Champaign
with
three
leading
public
research
universities
in
Stockholm,
Sweden.
An
initial
four-­‐‑
year
investment
of
approximately
$325K
has
resulted
in
participation
by
120+
faculty
from
11
different
colleges
and
schools
across
the
campus,
45+
co-­‐‑authored
publications,
$17.6M
in
external
funding
for
collaborative
research,
a
sevenfold
increase
in
study
abroad
participation
to
Sweden,
significant
corporate
and
government
engagement
(Chicago,
Stockholm,
state
of
Illinois),
joint
master’s
program
in
development,
etc.
• Launched
the
second
ISIP
project,
BRIDGE:
Birmingham-­‐‑Illinois
Partnerships
for
Discovery,
Education,
and
Engagement
with
the
University
of
Birmingham,
United
Kingdom
• Developed
and
initiated
a
series
of
Global
Issues
Forums
on
the
theme
Smart
Cities/Healthy
Cities
with
National
Taiwan
University

2. TIMOTHY E.BARNES,PAGE 2 OF 5
Assistant Director for Institutional Collaboration June 2008–July 2011
Office of the Associate Provost for International Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Coordinator August 1998–June 2008
Office of Institutional & Faculty International Collaboration (IFIC)
Office of Overseas Projects and Foreign Visitors (OPFV)
Office of East Asian Exchange Programs (EAEP)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Drafted,
negotiated,
revised,
and
executed
hundreds
of
contracts
establishing
and
renewing
formal
cooperative
relationships
between
the
University
of
Illinois
and
foreign
institutions,
ranging
from
non-­‐‑binding
general
cooperative
agreements
to
complex
cooperative
education
and
collaborative
research
contracts.
Currently,
the
office
manages
more
than
500
inter-­‐‑
institutional
agreements
with
partners
based
in
more
than
65
different
countries
around
the
world
• Coordinated
itineraries
and
acted
as
host
and
escort
for
international
visitors
to
the
UIUC
campus,
including
senior
leaders
from
higher
education
institutions
around
the
world,
consul
generals
and
ambassadors,
government
ministers,
and
two
heads
of
state.
• Administered
faculty
exchange
programs,
including
a
unique
10-­‐‑year,
campus-­‐‑wide,
multi-­‐‑
disciplinary
collaborative
research
program
with
the
Centre
National
de
la
Recherche
Scientifique
(CNRS)
and
the
Institut
National
de
Recherche
en
Informatique
et
en
Automatique
(INRIA)
in
France,
which
exchanged
more
than
300
faculty
and
research
personnel,
working
on
more
than
100
collaborative
research
projects
in
Physics,
Mathematics,
Computer
Sciences,
Earth
Sciences,
Chemical
and
Biomolecular
Engineering,
Environmental
Engineering,
Social
Sciences
and
Humanities,
etc.
The
UIUC-­‐‑CNRS
Cooperative
Research
Project
yielded
hundreds
of
co-­‐‑authored
publications,
co-­‐‑published
commercial
software,
patents,
co-­‐‑advised
dissertations,
post-­‐‑doc
opportunities,
and
sustained
collaborations
that
continue
today,
including
a
collaboration
with
INRIA
to
develop,
deploy
and
refine
the
operating/control
system
software
for
the
world’s
first
sustained
petascale
computing
facility,
Blue
Waters,
currently
the
fastest
supercomputer
for
open
scientific
research
in
the
world.
• Administered
a
four-­‐‑year,
$425K
grant
from
the
Ford
Foundation’s
“Crossing
Borders”
initiative
that
brought
together
an
interdisciplinary
team
of
faculty
with
students
and
the
surrounding
community
to
examine
significant
world
issues
through
the
lens
of
the
creative
arts.
Each
year
featured
a
particular
theme,
around
which
were
developed
two
interdisciplinary
seminars
(graduate/honors
undergraduate)
that
each
culminated
in
study
abroad/fieldwork
experiences
(India,
Zimbabwe,
Russia,
Indonesia,
Hong
Kong,
etc.),
visiting
scholars
and
artists-­‐‑in-­‐‑residence,
public
lecture
and
film
series,
public
performances
(including
the
first
performance
of
Chinese
kunqu
opera
in
the
mid-­‐‑west
USA),
and
public
art
exhibitions
(including
the
creation
of
a
twenty-­‐‑
foot
diameter
mandala
sand
painting
by
Tibetan
Buddhist
monks
in
the
campus
art
museum).
• Served
as
the
campus
representative
for
the
Fulbright
Scholar
program
since
1998.
During
this
period,
the
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-­‐‑Champaign
was
recognized
by
the
US
Department
of
State
as
the
top
producer
of
Fulbright
Scholars
for
two
years.
• Designed
and
deployed
a
database
of
international
agreements
and
an
electronic
archive
of
international
agreements
that
serves
as
a
campus-­‐‑wide
resource
Production Editor November 1996–August 1998
Omegatype Typography, Champaign, IL
Management
of
multiple,
long-­‐‑term
academic
publishing
projects
throughout
the
various
stages
of
production,
from
manuscript
to
finished
book.
Established
and
maintained
working
relationships
with
authors
from
colleges
and
universities
throughout
the
country.
Oversaw
the
work
of
four
in-­‐‑house
editorial
production
assistants.
Contracted
services
from
freelance
copyeditors,
indexers,
and
proofreaders.
In
addition
to
these
managerial
skills,
specific
book
production
duties
included
copyediting,
page
layout,
photo
research,
permissions
work,
art
editing,
proofing
color
separations
and
blues.

3. TIMOTHY E.BARNES,PAGE 3 OF 5
Editorial Assistant/Archivist May 1990–August 1996
Musicological Archives for Renaissance Manuscript Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Compilation
and
editing
of
a
large
music
history
reference
catalogue.
Design
of
electronic
style
sheets
and
preparation
of
camera-­‐‑ready
copy
for
publication.
Support
services
for
an
international
editorial
board.
Maintenance
of
a
large
archive
of
microfilms
and
printed
materials.
Assisted
visiting
scholars
from
around
the
world
in
accessing
archived
materials.
Adjunct Faculty Positions August 1993–August 1995
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Millikin University
Introduction
to
Music
History
(for
first-­‐‑year
music
majors),
Music
History
(for
upper-­‐‑level
music
majors),
Music
Appreciation,
Introduction
to
World
Music
(a
survey
of
non-­‐‑Western
and
folk
music
traditions),
and
Traditional
Music
of
East
Asia
Professional Activities & Service
2016
From
Two
Pairs
to
Three-­‐‑of-­‐‑a-­‐‑Kind:
Leveraging
Shared
Institutional
Partnerships
to
Create
Unique
Learning
Abroad
and
Collaborative
Research
Opportunities,
with
Louisa
Chang,
Vice
President
for
International
Affairs,
National
Taiwan
University,
and
Shigeto
Sonoda,
Deputy
Director
General,
Division
of
International
Affairs,
University
of
Tokyo,
2016
APAIE
Annual
Conference,
Melbourne,
Australia.
2016
From
Two
Pairs
to
Three-­‐‑of-­‐‑a-­‐‑Kind:
Leveraging
Shared
Institutional
Partnerships
to
Create
Unique
Learning
Abroad
and
Collaborative
Research
Opportunities,
with
Bennett
Fu,
Deputy
Vice
President
for
International
Affairs,
2016
AIEA
Annual
Conference,
Montreal,
Canada.
2016
Implementing
Strategic
International
Partnerships,
with
Clare
Banks,
Assistant
Director,
International
Partnerships
and
IIE
Initiatives,
Institute
for
International
Education,
and
Susan
Buck
Sutton,
Senior
Advisor
for
International
Initiatives
and
President
Emerita,
Association
for
International
Education
Administrators
(AIEA),
pre-­‐‑conference
workshop,
2016
AIEA
Annual
Conference,
Montreal,
Canada.
2015
Implementing
Strategic
International
Partnerships,
with
Clare
Banks,
Assistant
Director,
International
Partnerships
and
IIE
Initiatives,
Institute
for
International
Education,
and
Susan
Buck
Sutton,
Senior
Advisor
for
International
Initiatives
and
President
Emerita,
Association
for
International
Education
Administrators
(AIEA),
pre-­‐‑conference
workshop,
2015
AIEA
Annual
Conference,
Washington,
DC.
2015
The
Role
of
the
SIO
in
the
Process
of
Developing
Strategic
Internationalization
Plans,
with
Gonzalo
Bruce,
Dean
of
International
Education,
Emporia
State
University,
and
Gayle
Nunley,
Associate
Provost
for
International
Affairs,
University
of
Vermont,
panel
discussion
and
presentation,
2015
AIEA
Annual
Conference,
Washington,
DC.
2014
Implementing
Strategic
International
Partnerships,
with
Clare
Banks,
Assistant
Director,
International
Partnerships
and
IIE
Initiatives,
Institute
for
International
Education,
and
Susan
Buck
Sutton,
Senior
Advisor
for
International
Initiatives
and
President
Emerita,
Association
for
International
Education
Administrators
(AIEA),
pre-­‐‑conference
workshop,
2014
AIEA
Annual
Conference,
Washington,
DC.
2013
From
Strategy
to
Reality:
Aligning
International
Partnerships
with
Institutional
Priorities,
with
Bart
Hendrickx,
Director,
Academic
Diplomacy,
Katholieke
Universiteit
Leuven,
pre-­‐‑conference
training
workshop,
NAFSA
2013
Annual
Conference
and
Expo,
St.
Louis,
MO
2013
Invited
external
reviewer,
International
Programs,
Louisiana
State
University
2013
Invited
external
reviewer,
International
Programs,
University
of
Kansas

4. TIMOTHY E.BARNES,PAGE 4 OF 5
2012
Best
Practices
for
Building
International
Partnerships,
invited
panelist,
Institute
of
International
Education
2012
Best
Practices
in
Internationalizing
the
Campus
conference,
New
York,
NY.
2011
Intentionality
in
International
Engagement:
An
Introduction
to
Partnership
Theory,
invited
webinar
for
the
Institute
International
Education’s
International
Academic
Partnership
Program
(IAPP).
2011
Chancellor
Search
Committee,
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-­‐‑Champaign,
elected
representative
of
the
Council
of
Academic
Professionals
2009-­‐‑12
Committee
on
Extended
Education
and
External
Degrees
(CEEEED),
Graduate
College,
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-­‐‑Champaign
2008–
Study
Abroad
Advisory
Committee
(SAAC),
University
of
Illinois
at
Urbana-­‐‑Champaign
2009
System-­‐‑wide
Task-­‐‑Force
on
Multi-­‐‑Institutional
Degrees,
University
of
Illinois
Education
1990–1997 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PhD
(ABD)
Historical
Musicology
and
Ethnomusicology
Specializations:
16th-­‐‑century
Spanish
Instrumental
Music;
Japanese
Koto
Music
of
the
Edo
and
Meiji
Eras
and
the
20th
century;
Hawaiian
music
in
mainland
US
circa
1908-­‐‑1960.
Dissertation:
‘Neath
the
Hula
Moon:
the
Artistry
and
Enterprise
of
Hawaiian
Guitarist
Eddie
Alkire
1985–1989 University of Maryland at College Park
Master
of
Music
in
Historical
Musicology
and
Ethnomusicology
Specializations:
16th-­‐‑century
Spanish
Instrumental
Music;
Japanese
Koto
Music
of
the
Edo
and
Meiji
Eras
and
the
20th
century
1981–1985 Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music (now Shenandoah University)
Bachelor
of
Music
in
Classical
Guitar
Pedagogy,
minors
in
Lute
Performance
and
Educational
Psychology
Honors & Awards
2016
Andrew
Heiskell
Award
for
Innovation
in
International
Education,
Best
International
Partnerships,
awarded
by
the
Institute
for
International
Education
(IIE)
in
recognition
of
the
INSPIRE:
Illinois-­‐‑Sweden
Program
for
Educational
and
Research
Exchange
2011
Fulbright
International
Education
Administrators
(IEA)
Seminar,
Korea
scholarship
recipient
1994
Theodore
Presser
Foundation,
Dissertation
Research
and
Travel
Grant
recipient,
Spain

5. TIMOTHY E.BARNES,PAGE 5 OF 5
Select Publications
Editorial
Committee.
Global
Perspectives
on
Strategic
International
Partnerships,
Institute
for
International
Education/Deutscher
Akademischer
Austausch
Dienst
(DAAD),
forthcoming
2016.
Barnes,
Timothy
E.
with
Wolfgang
Schlör,
“The
Strategic
Management
Challenge
for
Research
I
Universities,”
in
Global
Opportunities
and
Challenges
for
Higher
Education
Leaders:
Briefs
on
Key
Themes,
Laura
Rumbley,
Robin
Matross
Helms,
Patti
McGill
Peterson
and
Philip
G.
AltBach
(eds.),
American
Council
on
Education
and
the
Center
for
International
Higher
Education,
Boston
College,
Boston:
Sense
Publishers,
2015
Barnes,
Timothy
E.,
“Intentionality
in
International
Engagement:
Identifying
potential
strategic
international
partnerships,”
in
Developing
Strategic
International
Partnerships:
Models
for
Initiating
and
Sustaining
Innovative
Institutional
Linkages,
Susan
Buck
Sutton
and
Daniel
Obst,
eds.,
New
York:
AIFS
Foundation
and
Institute
of
International
Education,
2011
Barnes,
Timothy
E.,
“Beyond
Handshakes
and
Signing
Ceremonies:
Leveraging
institutional
agreements
to
foster
broad
and
deep
international
partnerships,”
in
Developing
Strategic
International
Partnerships:
Models
for
Initiating
and
Sustaining
Innovative
Institutional
Linkages,
Susan
Buck
Sutton
and
Daniel
Obst,
eds.,
New
York:
AIFS
Foundation
and
Institute
of
International
Education,
2011
Select Academic Conference Presentations
1997
To
Hell
with
the
Devil:
Sign
and
Signifier
in
Christian
Heavy
Metal
Music,
International
Association
for
the
Study
of
Popular
Music
(IASPM)
national
conference
1995
‘Rokudan
no
Shirabe’
as
‘kata’:
didactic
ritual
in
Japanese
koto
pedagogy,
Society
for
Ethnomusicology
(SEM)
mid-­‐‑west
regional
conference
1994
Variations
on
the
Sacred:
Paraphrase
and
Musical
Exegesis
in
Alonso
Mudarra’s
Instrumental
Glosas
of
Sacred
Music
(1538),
American
Musicological
Society
(AMS)
mid-­‐‑west
regional
conference
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Available
upon
request