TJ Bliss is Associate Commissioner for Academic Affairs at the Utah System of Higher Education and a clinical assistant professor in Education Leadership at the University of Idaho. He was previously the chief academic officer for the Idaho State Board of Education.
TJ’s earlier roles include chief advancement officer at the Wiki Education Foundation, education program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and director of assessment and accountability at the Idaho Department of Education. He is an internationally recognized researcher in Open Educational Resources, co-developed the COUP research framework, and contributed to the UNESCO Recommendation on OER. TJ holds degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, including a Ph.D. in educational inquiry, measurement, and evaluation from BYU.