Joanne L. DeTore, Ph.D. is a tenured Associate Professor of Humanities & Communication and the Undergraduate Coordinator for theInterdisciplinary Studies program. She is the former University Director of Diversity Initiatives working for President John Johnson from 2007-2010, overseeing diversity initiatives on all three campuses. She has been with the University since 2002 and is a nationally-recognized and award-winning diversity program creator who has brought in over $670,000 in grant funding as a PI or Co-PI during her tenure. The Office of Diversity and the College of Engineering were awarded the ABET President's Award for Diversity in 2008, for the outstanding programs for women and minority students in engineering.
Prior to Embry-Riddle, Dr. DeTore was a full professor and department chairat Eastern Florida State College with a faculty of 30 full-time faculty members and two dozen adjuncts where she created a journalism program and co-wrote their diversity white paper with the VP of HR titled, The Diversity Mirror, which was adopted by their Board of Trustees and has been cited and used by many community colleges around the country as a standard of excellence.
In addition to her teaching and administrative career, Dr. DeTore was a Director of Public Relations and Fundraising for a non-profit agency in NY and an account executive for a tech PR firm in Rhode Island. She holds a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (1998) where she was a Fellow, an M.A. from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY (1990) and a B.S. from Syracuse University (1987), where she was the recipient of a prestigious Gannett Journalism Scholarship and was a protegee of PR Hall of Fame Inductee, Prof. Raymond Simon, a founder of PR education in America.
Dr. DeTore is a published poet, essayistand scholar. Her work has been published in a variety of journals including Reed Magazine,Voices in Italian Americana; Italian Americana;, Review Americana: A Literary Journal; Apple Valley Review; Slow Trains; Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering; Art & Ciência: Revista de Arte:Cincia e Communicação; And/Or;andFlorida English.She has also been published in books includingAnti-Italianism: Essays on Prejudice; Fractured Feminisms: Rhetoric, Context, and Contestation; Joy, Interrupted;andSweet Lemons: Writing with a Sicilian Accent.
She has presented over 50 papers, poetry readingsandworkshops on literature, popular culture, gender, ethnic studies, public relationsand diversity. In addition, she has appeared on national television and in documentary film. She is amanuscript reviewer for Gender & Society and for Pearson Publishing.
Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in English, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
M.A. - Master of Arts in English, The College of Saint Rose
Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies, Harvard University
B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Public Relations and Journalism, Syracuse University
Associate Professor of Humanities & Communication, ERAU, 2007-present
Undergraduate Program Coordinator for Interdisciplinary Studies, ERAU, 2017-present
Interim Associate Chair, ERAU, 2021-2022
University Director of Diversity, ERAU, 2007-2010
Assistant Professor of Humanities & Communication, ERAU, 2002-2007
Professor of Communication, Eastern Florida State College, 1995-2002
Chair & Professor of Communication, Eastern Florida State College, 1996-1998
University Fellow, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1995
Other Experience:
- Textbook reviewer for Pearson Publishing, 2006-present.
- College Board AP Exam Reader for English Literature Exam, 2006-present.
- Public Relations, Journalism, and Diversity Training Freelance Work, ongoing from 1987 for a number of organizations.
- Account Executive, Stauch Vetromile Public Relations, Technical PR firm, RI 1987
- Director of Public Relations & Fundraising, Catholic Charities of the Eastern Region, Utica, NY, 1986-1987
Memberships
- Modern Language Association
- Popular Culture Association
- Italian American Studies Association
- Malia New York: Italian American Women Writers Collective
- The Association for Research on Mothering
- American Association of University Women
- Women in Aviation
Credentials
- CITI Program, Human Subjects: Researcher certificate ID: 40824738
- Expires 08 Nov 2025
- ճIPR Master Class: A Strategic Playbook for Communicatorsis a 10-month interactive, certificate series for public relations and communication professionals, March 9, 2021-December 14, 2021
Diversity and Inclusion Yellow Belt Certification. Issuing authority Six Sigma Global Institute. Jul 2020. Credential IdentifierCredential ID 20127502
Developing a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Program. LinkedIn Course, July 2020.
PHS1010: COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING. Issuing authority: Purdue University Global.Jul 2020. No Expiration Date
Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control. Issuing authority: World Health Organization.Jul 2020. No Expiration Date
- Communication Graduate courses through Fort Hays State University.
- Certified Diversity Trainer, June 2000 & June 2001, from National *Multicultural Institute, Washington, DC
- The Institutional Portfolio: Performance-Based Model for Assessment, Innovations Learning Center Course, March 2001
- Central Florida Consortium Leadership Enhancement Program, August 1999 -April 2000. Selected by the President of Brevard Community College for leadership potential. Year long training with seminars.
- 2000 Florida Leadership Summit, January 2000
- The Community College Course, Innovations League, January 2000
- Master Student Workshop by David Ellis, June 1999
- Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Effective Management Workshop, 1998
Professional Associations:
- Reviewer Gender & Society, a peer-reviewed journal from the U of Mass, Dec. 2015-Feb. 2016
- Women in Aviation, 2016-present
- Popular Culture Association, 2003-present
- Executive Council Elected Board Member of Italian-American Studies Association, Two terms, 2012-2014 and 2014-2016
- Communication Committee, Chair: Social Media: 2012-2016: Created and maintain all social media including Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn sites.
- Membership Committee: 2015-2016
- Conference Committee: 2016 Conference: plan, execute, review & select panels
- Conference Committee: 2014 Conference: plan, executive, review & select panels from over 150 paper proposals
- Editorial board of Florida English journal, 2013-15
- Editorial Board Member and Manuscript Reviewer, Scientific Journals International
- Malia New York: Italian American Women Writers Collective, 2002-present
- Italian American Writers Association, 2014-present
- Florida Association of Writers, 2015- present
- Italian American Studies Association, 2001- present
- The Association for Research on Mothering, 2001-2008
- American Association of University Women, 2007- present
Recent Awards and Honors:
COAS Award for Undergraduate Student Mentorship, 2024-2025
Charles E. Scheidt Faculty Fellow in Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University's Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP), 2023-2024
Outstanding Small Teaching Practice Award, issued by the CTLE, May 2023
Faculty Veterans Champion Award, issued by the Veterans Services Department, May 2022.
Finalist, Outstanding Teacher Award, issued by the Faculty Senate Outstanding Teacher Committee, 2022. Seven nominees, three finalists.
Finalist, Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry, Reed Magazine, for poem, “Leftovers,” 2016. One of three finalists.Finalist, Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry, Reed Magazine, for poem, “Leftovers,” 2016
- Vision Award for Creating Outstanding Programs for Women, 2010
- Leadership Institute Award, UCF, for Visionary Leadership, 2009
- Volunteer of the Year, Creekside Middle School for leading All-Girl Robotics Team, 2009
- ABET's President's Award for Diversity : Office of Diversity & College of Engineering, 2008
- Nominated for Faculty of the Year by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Senior graduating class, 2005.
- Nominated for Exceptional Service Award by the Office of the Chancellor at ݮƵ, fall 2005.
- Who's Who of American Women, 2002, 2003, 2005
- Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1998, 2002, 2005
- Distinguished Educator Finalist for Teaching Excellence & Innovation, 2002
- VIP Merit Pay Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, 2001
- Service Learning Teaching Awards, 1998-2001
- Educational Leadership Enhancement Grant Program Participant, 1999-2000 Year-long program.
- College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Fellowship, SIUC, 1994-1995
- Passed Preliminary Examinations with Distinction, SIUC, December 1993
- Alan M. Cohn Research Award for Most Outstanding Research Paper, SIUC, 1992
Most outstanding research paper written by an English graduate student for "Measure of a Man: Male Friendship in Henry James's Ambassadors." - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Must have a 4.0 to qualify as a graduate student), Inducted 1993
- Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, Inducted 1989
- Gannett Journalism Scholarship, Utica College of Syracuse University, 1986
- National Dean's List, 1985
- Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, inducted 1984