Faculty Make It RealAt Tiffin, we have 133 distinguished full-time and adjunct
faculty, and 80 percent of our full-time faculty hold doctorates or
the highest certification in their profession. Many serve as
consultants in their field of study and remain closely connected to
their industry. Because of this, you'll have plenty of
opportunities to put learning into action. You'll
gain real-world experience through fieldwork and
internships and benefit from the connections that our
faculty have in various industries.
Whether you want to learn on campus or online, our faculty
members are skilled at making each student's educational
experience personable and engaging. We offer small classes, so our
faculty know your name and will help you discover your potential.
If you are an on-campus student, you can stop by your faculty
member's office and talk one-on-one. If you are studying
online, faculty are available for online chats to answer questions
and discuss assignments. If you're in one of our degree
completion programs, you will take each course with the same group
of students—we call this a cohort—and your faculty
member will spend a good portion of each four-hour class answering
questions and working individually with students.
We are proud of the distinguished faculty who have chosen
to share their real-world experiences with our students.
Our faculty members have worked in The White House, in
the top echelon of the United States Armed Forces, and for Fortune
500 companies.
For example:
In the School of Criminal Justice and Social
Sciences, Mark Stallo and Deborah Osborne, adjunct faculty in
Tiffin's graduate program in crime analysis, have recently
published new research in their field. Osborne is a crime analyst
with the police department in Buffalo, New York.
"Students are indeed fortunate to be taught by some of the
nation's most recognized crime analysts and authors in the
field of crime analysis," said Keith Haley, professor and
chair of Tiffin's Department of Criminal Justice.
In the School of Business, Tom Debbink spent 13 years with General Motors in
several different staff areas, including direct manufacturing,
quality engineering, salaried personnel administration, and purchasing. He has been a
consultant to General Motors, NCR Corporation, and the United
States Navy.
In the School
of Arts and Sciences, Michael Howell is an assistant
professor of art history and fine arts and the director of Tiffin's Diane Kidd Gallery. He
came to Tiffin with more than 10 years of museum and gallery
experience that includes curatorial research, exhibition
development and design, marketing and public relations, and
management.
As William Stinchcomb, a senior forensic psychology major,
said, "At the end of the day, Tiffin has everything I want
and need. It's a close-knit and supportive community where
you get a lot of one-on-one attention from talented, experienced
faculty."