Jeff M. Allen

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Jeff M. Allen
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPenn State University
Scientific career
FieldsInformation Science
InstitutionsUniversity of North Texas

Jeff M. Allen is a Regents Professor of information science at the College of Information at the University of North Texas. His research and activities of interest include knowledge acquisition, knowledge management, and workforce development and innovation. [1]

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Allen has served as a board member of the Academy of Human Resource Development, [2] past editor-in-chief of the journals Performance Improvement Quarterly and Career and Technical Education Research, [3] and is the founding editor of Learning and Performance Quarterly.

Allen earned a B.A.A.S. (Occupational and Vocational Education) and an M.S. (Industrial Technology) from the University of North Texas, and a Ph.D. in Human Resource Development from Pennsylvania State University. [4]

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References

  1. "Jeff M. Allen UNT Profile. UNT Information Science".
  2. "Academy of Human Resource Development Board Members".
  3. Allen, Jeff M. (18 January 2017). "Research Scholarship: A Call To Action". Performance Improvement Quarterly. 29 (4): 337–341. doi:10.1002/piq.21238.
  4. "Jeff Allen". UNT. Retrieved 16 December 2020.