Jonathan received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto in 1988 and promptly enrolled in the graduate program in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After completing his dissertation work on the politics of U.S. Research and Development policy and receiving his Ph.D. in 1996, he worked as a post-doctoral research associate in the UNC Office of Institutional Research. Soon after relocating to Atlanta, Jonathan joined the University System of Georgia as a research associate studying University System distance education programs. He later worked in the System Office of Strategic Research and Analysis where he helped create a student-level data collection for financial aid. In 2002 he joined the Office of Assessment staff at Georgia Tech and now serves as its Interim Director. His current projects include assessment of the Institute's general education objectives and assessment of the new international plan for undergraduates. He taught in the Georgia Tech Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in Spring 2006.


Education

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1996
• M.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1990
• B.Sc., Psychology/History, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1988