Board of Advisors

Donna Price Henry
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University

Donna Price Henry is Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biology at Florida Gulf Coast University. Henry completed her undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, earning her B.A. in Biological Basis of Behavior in 1982, and her graduate work at Thomas Jefferson University earning her Ph.D. in Physiology in 1987. She was Chairman of the Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, and Assistant Professor of Biology at Saint Thomas University in Miami, Florida, for six years before joining FGCU.

A founding faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences at FGCU in 1996, Henry developed the curriculum for the biology program. She was a member of the faculty team developing the innovative curriculum for the Interdisciplinary Core for all degree programs, in the College of Arts and Sciences. Henry served as the founding director of the University's Whitaker Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, whose mission includes fostering best practices in science and mathematics education through the use of innovative research tools, technologies, and pedagogical methods. She facilitated the development of the program for the construction of Whitaker Hall, the science, mathematics and technology building on the FGCU campus. Henry's leadership in science education extends far beyond the University; she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Future Scientists, and has presented papers detailing her reform efforts in undergraduate science education.

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