James R. Augustine
biographical sketch...
- Neuroanatomist
- Born in Mascoutah, IL. Son of John and Anna
(Sweglich); married to Mary Therese Crabtree; three children, Amie
Elizabeth, Mary Kate, Patrick Andrew; two sons-in-law; seven
grandchildren
- BA, Millikin University; MS, Saint Louis University; PhD,
University of Alabama at Birmingham; postdoctoral training, University
of Michigan Neurosurgical Research; Université de Montréal, Centre de
Recherché en Sciences Neurologique.
- Instructor to Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Medicine, 1973-1976; Assistant to Associate Professor, University
of South Carolina School of Medicine, 1976—; Chair of the Faculty Senate,
University of South Carolina 2003-2005. University Ombudsman (
http://www.sc.edu/ombuds/ ), University of
South Carolina 2006 to present.
- Contributions to professional journals including The Anatomical Record,
Brain Research, Brain Research Reviews, Neuroscience; Lucite plate model of
baboon oculomotor nucleus on exhibit in the Museum of the Royal College of
Surgeons, London, England. Textbook:
Human Neuroanatomy. Elsevier/Academic
Press, Inc, San Diego, published in 2008.
- Pearls of Wisdom Lecturer - USC School of Medicine – 1994, 1995, 1996,
2004, 2006; Teacher of the Year – USC School of Medicine – 1977-1978;
1978-1979; 1985-1986; 1993-1994; 1995-1996; 2002-2003; Mascoutah Schools
Achievement Award, 2005; Millikin University Alumni Merit Award, 2006. USC
Educational Foundation Outstanding Service Award, 2009.
- Member, American Association of Anatomists, Cajal Club, Christian
Faculty Leadership Network, Christian Medical and Dental Association,
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Society for
Neuroscience. “Ask an Expert” editor and an educational affairs committee
member for the American Association of Anatomists.
- Ordained Elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1992);
Member of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC; several mission trips to
Haiti as part of the Haiti Orthopaedic Project.
- Avocations: family, road cycling,
basketball.
- Office: Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29208.
