{"id":61245,"date":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-associate-dean-maritime-lawyer-to-lead-rhode-island-sea-grant\/"},"modified":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:00:00","slug":"uri-associate-dean-maritime-lawyer-to-lead-rhode-island-sea-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/07\/uri-associate-dean-maritime-lawyer-to-lead-rhode-island-sea-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 associate dean, maritime lawyer to lead Rhode Island Sea Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 15, 2013 \u2013 Dennis Nixon, associate dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography and a professor of marine affairs, has been named director of the Rhode Island Sea Grant Program, effective July 1. He succeeds Barry Costa-Pierce, who stepped down from the position last year after 12 years.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs director, Nixon will provide overall leadership for the research, education and outreach activities of the Sea Grant Program, which has a budget of approximately $3.1 million. Rhode Island Sea Grant is one of more than 30 federal-state partnerships that make up the National Sea Grant College Program. Its efforts address issues of importance to the marine environment in the state, including coastal management, fisheries, aquaculture and seafood safety and quality.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cDennis has an intimate knowledge of Rhode Island’s coast and surrounding waters, and is uniquely qualified to bring together the academic and public communities to help solve emerging coastal problems in Rhode Island,\u201d said Bruce Corliss, dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography. \u201cI look forward to working with him as Sea Grant director to address significant scientific, policy, and management issues facing coastal Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tA resident of Jamestown and a practicing maritime attorney, Nixon has taught courses in marine and coastal law in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Marine Affairs for 37 years and has also served as associate dean for research and administration at GSO since 2009. He previously was associate dean of academic affairs for the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of the Environment and Life Sciences. He is the author of more than 50 articles and the casebook Marine and Coastal Law, first published in 1994 and released in a second edition in 2010. He has been a guest lecturer in 26 states and 27 countries.<\/p>\n


\nNixon was the co-founder of the joint-degree program in Marine Affairs and Law with the Roger Williams University Law School. He is also the legal advisor and risk manager for the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System, funded by the National Science Foundation, providing advice to all of the U.S. academic research vessel fleet for the past 26 years. <\/p>\n


\n\tHe has had a long association with Rhode Island Sea Grant, beginning in 1975 as a graduate student, and was later funded to carry out work in fishing vessel safety and insurance that culminated in the Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Safety Act of 1988. In addition, he was instrumental in establishing the Rhode Island Sea Grant Marine Law Program and has served as a member of the Rhode Island Sea Grant Senior Advisory Council for more than a decade. <\/p>\n


\n\t“I’m very excited about this opportunity to lead Rhode Island Sea Grant, one of the strongest programs in the country,\u201d said Nixon. \u201cSea Grant’s mission of \u2018providing solutions for America’s coasts\u2019 couldn’t be more important here in the Ocean State. Narragansett Bay is the heart of our state’s identity, and I am committed to supporting research and outreach that will protect it for future generations of Rhode Islanders.”<\/p>\n


\n\tHe is the secretary and general counsel for the Point Club, a fishing vessel insurance cooperative he helped found over 20 years ago, and co-founder of the International Marina Institute, which provides educational programs and certification for professionals in the marine industry.<\/p>\n


\n“I offer my warmest congratulations to my friend, Dennis Nixon, on his appointment as 溏心vlog免费B站’s new Sea Grant Director,\u201d said U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. \u201cDennis is a top scholar in marine and coastal law and someone who has an intimate knowledge of Rhode Island’s coastal waters. <\/p>\n


\nThe program will benefit greatly from his leadership and expertise. I can’t think of a better person to continue Rhode Island Sea Grant’s excellent work to address the many issues facing our coasts today.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tNixon earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in history from Xavier University, a master\u2019s of marine affairs from 溏心vlog免费B站, and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati Law School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 15, 2013 \u2013 Dennis Nixon, associate dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography and a professor of marine affairs, has been named director of the Rhode Island Sea Grant Program, effective July 1. He succeeds Barry Costa-Pierce, who stepped down from the position last year after 12 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}