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Debra Bourdeau, who earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Georgia, has been with Embry-Riddle since 2000 after starting as an adjunct faculty member at the Atlanta campus. She is now Associate Dean for Student Success and Academics, managing all curriculum and assessment processes in the College of Arts & Sciences and overseeing student success components, including the COMPASS mentoring program, the Pathways workshop series and the new EQUATES mathematics resource center. Bourdeau is the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant to support her Humanistic STEM (H-STEM) project, a curriculum model that blends STEM and the humanities to reinforce the relevance of both. “My goal is for students to see the value in their full educational experience, from their general education courses, through their programs and into the workplace.”

Distinguished and Deliberate Highly motivated students like you benefit from the experience and expertise of faculty members who are passionate teachers, invested mentors and highly qualified industry leaders. Faculty at the College of Arts & Sciences also stand apart because of their diverse backgrounds and commitment to a comprehensive and global perspective on education, and all of them are adept at specialized as well as core learning concepts in our wide range of degree programs. Our faculty members come from aviation, military, mathematics, science, homeland security and emergency management, public safety, political science, public administration, humanities, communication and social sciences fields of expertise. They are critical thinkers who have made impressive footprints in their fields of expertise, and each of them has a strong desire and the right qualifications to share their vast knowledge with you.

Debra Bourdeau, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Student Success and Academics

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