Debra Westerfelt Email and Phone Number

Dr. Westerfelt's scholarly pursuits are the areas of business communications, management, and organizational design.Available for company training, consulting, and presentation. Dr. Westerfelt was a forerunner in the online MBA program and International MBA Program at AU, being the first faculty member to achieve QM certification for the program.She served as SHRM advisor at Ashland University for three years, in addition to serving on numerous Faculty Senate committees. Conference Presentations:OBTA Annual Conference Organizational Behavior Teacher's Conference Midwest Science Decisions Institute Ohio Economics and Political Science Conference Lilly Conference at Miami University National Women's ConferencePublished Author: Management and Leadership Journal Business Education Innovation JournalCollege & University Journal Business Education Innovation Journal Peer Reviewer and Session Moderator:Speaker: Engage! ClevelandOBTS Conference Midwest Decisions Regional Conference Teaching and Professional Honors:Taylor Teaching Nominee, Ashland UniversityEllis Award Nominee, Ashland University Service and Leadership Award Nominee, AU Professor of the Year in the EXCELL Program at MVNU Who's Who in AmericaWho's Who in American EducationWho's Who in the MidwestWho's Who in American WomanRuble Scholar at The Ohio State UniversityProfessional Organizations:SHRMOBTSNBEAOhio Diversity CouncilAU Committees Served on:AU Writing CommitteeCOBE Scholarship CommitteeSenate Core Review Committee Faculty Senate Executive Committee 2014-15Core Curriculum CommitteeFaculty SenateUniversity Assessment Committee, SecretaryAcademic Review, SecretaryAcademic Advisor Search21-Hour Load Committee Faculty Welfare CommitteeProfessional Development CommitteeStudent Life Committee4 Management Faculty SearchesAcademic Advising Search CommitteeSpecialties: Organizational Design, Communications, Customer Service, Executive Training