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Education:
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., George Mason University; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

• Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1974
• Master of Management from Cambridge College, 2000
• Master Mariner- Oceans, Unlimited Tonnage, DLC PIC
• 1st Class Pilotage- Prince William Sound, AK
• 1st Class Pilotage-Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA
• Council of American Master Mariners
• Boston Marine Society
• Nautical Institute
• International Maritime Lecturers Association

Background:

M.Ed. - Bridgewater State University
Student Affairs Counseling 

B.A. - Framingham State University
Sociology

Jim McKenna is the newly appointed Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Since earning his Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island, Jim has served in a variety of academic and federal agency positions. Academic appointments include Assistant Professor of Geosciences at Williams College where he taught and served as Associate Director for the Williams College-Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program; Professor of Marine Biology and Chair of the Ocean Studies department at Maine Maritime Academy; and Associate Dean for the Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics at Bridgewater State University. Jim’s agency work includes serving as a National Park Service Research Learning Center coordinator in Acadia National Park and as Associate Director of Research for the Maine Sea Grant Program. Jim’s interest in the marine world extends into his personal life; he is a passionate sailor and enjoys vacationing with his wife and two children along the coast of Maine and Cape Cod.