Faculty Highlight
Dr. Jennah Perry
She has devoted the past several years to building courses and curricula aimed at increasing college students’ stress resilience, success rates and retention. In collaboration with the College of Aviation and the academic advising team, Dr. Perry assisted with copy revisions for the campus UNIV-101 (College Success course) curriculum. Dr. Perry’s commitment to teaching comes from a passionate belief in engaging the learner. As she expresses through Benjamin Franklin, “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Way to go, Dr. Perry, and congratulations on finishing your Ph.D.!
As a former first-generation college student, an Embry-Riddle alum and current faculty member, Dr. Jennah Perry embodies what it means to be an Eagle. Having attended all three campuses — Prescott, Daytona Beach and Worldwide – Dr. Perry is an Eagle through and through. After graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Air Traffic Management in 2006, she worked for Lockheed Martin as an air traffic specialist for eight years. During that time, she married her college sweetheart
(also an Eagle), earned a master’s degree in Aeronautical Science with specializations in
Education Technology and Human Factors in Aviation Systems and welcomed three children. Dr. Perry held the position of Air Traffic Management program chair for several years but is currently the Applied Aviation Sciences department chair. Over the past four years, Dr. Perry completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership. While working on her Ph.D., she found a gap in higher education, which pertained to college student stress and its impacts on student success.
“Don’t wait for the right opportunity: create it.”
George Bernard Shaw
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