Deborah Hunter

Associate Professor Emerita

Deborah.Hunter@uvm.edu
(802) 656-2030
Deborah Hunter
Deborah.Hunter@uvm.edu
+18026562030

208 Colchester Ave
201 Mann Hall
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D. in Higher Education & Student Affairs Administration from Indiana University
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Education

BIO

Dr. Hunter is a passionate supporter of graduate students preparing for careers as higher education and student affairs administrators. Working with master's degree and doctoral students, she strove to complicate their thinking about campus life and ways to support student learning both inside and outside the classroom.

Previously serving as Associate Dean of the College of Education Social Services and Chair of the Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science, her extensive experience included teaching a wide range of courses on Higher Education Student Affairs (HESA). She served as a board member of the Legal Issues in Higher Education annual conference and regularly presented at ACPA (American College Personnel Association), ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education), and other venues.

Courses

  • Capstone
  • Controversies of the Academy
  • Leadership and the Creative Imagination
  • The (Un) Changing Academy

Awards and Achievements

  • Jackie M. Gribbons Extraordinary Service Award from The College of Education and Social Services at The University of Vermont (2007)
  • Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award from The University of Vermont (2005)
  • Annuit Coeptis Award from American College Personnel Association: Recognition by a national professional association of contributions to the student affairs profession (2005)

Area(s) of expertise

  • Educational policy
  • Higher education
  • Student affairs

Bio

Dr. Hunter is a passionate supporter of graduate students preparing for careers as higher education and student affairs administrators. Working with master's degree and doctoral students, she strove to complicate their thinking about campus life and ways to support student learning both inside and outside the classroom.

Previously serving as Associate Dean of the College of Education Social Services and Chair of the Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science, her extensive experience included teaching a wide range of courses on Higher Education Student Affairs (HESA). She served as a board member of the Legal Issues in Higher Education annual conference and regularly presented at ACPA (American College Personnel Association), ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education), and other venues.

Courses

  • Capstone
  • Controversies of the Academy
  • Leadership and the Creative Imagination
  • The (Un) Changing Academy

Awards and Achievements

  • Jackie M. Gribbons Extraordinary Service Award from The College of Education and Social Services at The University of Vermont (2007)
  • Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award from The University of Vermont (2005)
  • Annuit Coeptis Award from American College Personnel Association: Recognition by a national professional association of contributions to the student affairs profession (2005)

Areas of Expertise

  • Educational policy
  • Higher education
  • Student affairs