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Dean of the Business School
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · Posted recently posted
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The chair you’re filling
Debora Jackson
2021–2025
- Education
- DMin 2012, Andover Newton; MDiv 2006, Andover Newton; MEng 2000, WPI; MS 1989, WPI; BS 1984, Indiana University
- Career path
- 20 years software engineering/IT → ministry (Senior Pastor, First Baptist Needham; Executive Director, Ministers Council) → Inaugural Director of Lifelong Learning, Yale Divinity School → Dean, WPI Business School
- Known for
- Leadership and womanist-leadership scholarship: books Spiritual Practices for Effective Leadership (2015) and Meant for Good: Fundamentals of Womanist Leadership (2020); Harry G. Stoddard Endowed Professor.
- The seat
- Nationwide-search external hire effective Jan 1, 2021; WPI alumna (MS 1989, MEng 2000) and WPI trustee from 2012. Interim successor named effective July 1, 2025; reason for leaving not stated.