John R. Hoffman is a Professor of Biology, public speaker and a scientist examining the recovery of the nervous system after injury. Since 2006 he has written several unpublished manuscripts and he is currently working on the first Nathaniel Smythe novel and short story collection. He spends his spare time with his family and running.

About

John Arcadia headshot 2009John R. Hoffman is an amateur novelist, professional biologist, speaker, and higher education consultant.

Since 2006, John has been actively participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge of writing a 50,000 word fiction manuscript within 30 days in November.  He successfully met the challenge in 2006 (A Priest, a Rabbi, an Imam, and a Scientist walk into a Bar), 2007 (H5N1), and 2009 (Wildtype).

John is the founding dean of the College of Business, Health & Sciences. He continues to serve as Dean of Graduate Studies, and was previously the Associate Dean for Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities.

John received his B.S. in Biology from the Lyman Briggs School at Michigan State University in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Neurobiology from the University of Michigan in 1992. He trained at the Medical College of Pennsylvania (now Drexel University School of Medicine). He is a member of the Society for Neuroscience and the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. John is as past-president of the Philadelphia area chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and served a three-year term on the Society for Neuroscience’s national Committee For Neuroscience Literacy.

John was a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Arcadia University from 1995 until 2008, chairing the department from 2001–2005, 2006–2007. During that time he taught in the General Biology sequence, Research Methods in Biology, and upper-level courses in Neurobiology, Histology, and senior seminar. He continues to teach a University Seminar on Scientific Ethics. In 2001, Dr. Hoffman received a Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Since 1995, he has mentored 63 Arcadia undergraduate students in the completion of empirical research-based senior thesis projects. The significance of the student accomplishments is illustrated by the fact that Arcadia University students have been co-authors on 15 presentations at national or international meetings and seven peer-reviewed journals. John continues to promote university-wide opportunities for faculty and faculty-student research, scholarly, and creative activities.

John can be reached by email: drjohnrhoffman@gmail.com