Jose Alcaine, PhD, MBA, CRA
Dr. Jose Alcaine currently serves as the director of research services and as an affiliate assistant professor within the Department of Foundations of Education for the School of Education. Alcaine also serves as an adjunct instructor for VCU’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs and has served in that capacity since 2017. He is also the faculty advisor for LaunchPAD, a VCU graduate student group made up of School of Education doctoral students.
Alcaine brings extensive experience in higher education and research administration to include both pre-award and post-award administration to his role as research coordinator in the VCU School of Education. He is involved in the school's research development, proposal preparation and submission, and in faculty and graduate student professional development programming.
Alcaine previously worked for the VCU Office of Research, where he gained wide-ranging experience and institutional knowledge of VCU activities and research efforts. Before coming to VCU, Alcaine gained extensive experience in higher education and research administration at Tulane University in his hometown of New Orleans, where he worked in support of academic, research and clinical faculty as well as doctoral fellows in the School of Medicine.
Alcaine holds a Ph.D. in public policy and administration from VCU’s Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. He also holds the designation of Certified Research Administrator (CRA) granted by the Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC), a national accrediting body in the field.
Alcaine is active in service to SOE and VCU through leadership positions in committees and other campus groups. He is also active in professional organizations and societies and has been involved with national level groups including Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI), National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP), Pi Alpha Alpha (PAA) Public Affairs National Honor Society, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), and Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).