Jack ThomasJack Thomas is president of Western Illinois University and has served in several administrative capacities, including provost and academic vice president at WIU and senior vice provost for academic affairs and professor of English and interim dean o the College of Continuing Education and Distance Learning at Middle Tennessee State University. Thomas earned his BA in English from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, his MA in English education from Virginia State University and his PhD in English (literature and criticism) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Read More Read Less