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Debbie
Pearson, Assistant Director in the Division of Professional
Practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology, works with
cooperative education students in the aerospace and mechanical
engineering fields. Her responsibilities include counseling
students, developing jobs, assessing the effectiveness of
co-op assignments, serving on the co-op administration team,
and assisting with Work Abroad efforts.
During
2005-06, Ms. Pearson participated in several conferences and
co-authored two papers: Cooperative Education: A Proven
Cornerstone for Developing Tomorrow’s Space Workforce
and Developing Globally-Minded Engineers through Education
and Experience: An Examination of International Co-op/Internship
Models. At the Ninth Annual Colloquium on International
Engineering Education, Ms. Pearson will co-facilitate a session
on Preparing Interns and Co-ops for the Work Abroad Experience.
Having traveled to various countries,
Ms. Pearson is interested in cross-cultural issues and the benefits
that international experiences hold for engineering students.
Ms. Pearson completed a Bachelor’s Degree in English Education
and a Master's Degree in English, along with counseling certification,
from Troy University. Before joining the Division of Professional
Practice in 1998, she served various educational institutions
through teaching, counseling, administration, and project coordination.
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