Department of Adult, Career and Higher Education

    Dr. Donald A. Dellow

    Associate Professor, Higher Education

    Office:  EDU 151F

    Phone: (813) 974-9696

    FAX:    (813) 974-3366

    Email:  dellow@coedu.usf.edu

Background

Don Dellow received an A.A. from Paul Smiths College (NY), a B.A. from SUNY Oswego, an M.Ed. (Psychological Foundations and Community College Teaching) and an Ed.D. (Psychological Foundations) from the University of Florida.

He began his career as a psychology instructor at Daytona Beach Community College. After completing his doctoral work, he taught educational psychology and human development courses at the University of Kansas and Memphis State University. In 1979 he began his administrative career as the Chairperson of Social, Recreational and Business Sciences at North Country Community College (NY). He then assumed administrative roles as dean of instruction, vice-president of academic and student affairs and interim president at Chipola Junior College (FL). He recently finished his administrative career as president of Broome Community College (NY).

Teaching

He has taught undergraduate courses in psychology, educational psychology, personal adjustment, adolescent psychology and human relations. He taught graduate courses in educational psychology, adolescent psychology, human growth and development and personality variables in the classroom at Kansas University and Memphis State University. At the University of South Florida he has taught the following courses: Community College in America , Leadership in Higher Education, Organization Theory and Practices in Higher Education, Globalization and Higher Education, and Ethics in Higher Education.

Research and Publications

His research and publication interests are as varied as his professional experiences. He has authored and co-authored a number of articles on faculty evaluation, instructional innovation, computer literacy, and issues pertaining to community college management. He has co-authored a chapter in the New Directions for Community College Series and co-edited another volume in the series on microcomputer applications. His most recent publications and presentations have centered on the need for community colleges to promote a more global perspective. He recently authored a chapter on this topic.

He is currently interested in community college leadership programming, the need for greater international education and the role and effects of community college-type institutions around the world. He has served in consulting and managing roles for US State Department Grants in Romania and Russia.He has also worked with higher education institutions in Romania, Russia, Norway, and the Dominican Republic.

Service

He has served on numerous local, regional, state, national and international boards, including: American Council on International and Intercultural Education, Association for Presidents of Public Colleges of NYS, the Binghamton-Borovichi Sister Cities Committee, Binghamton Rotary, Broome County Economic Development Council, Broome County Workforce Development Board, College Council for International Studies, College Consortium for International Development, Leadership Broome Advisory Committee, United Health Services Hospital Board.

Personal

As spring rolls around each year he thinks longingly of hiking on his favorite trails in the Alps of Switzerland and Austria.

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