Deborah Schussler

Deborah Schussler is an associate professor of education in Penn State’s College of Education. She is also an affiliate at the Prevention Research Center. She was a high school English teacher for five years before becoming a teacher educator.

Dr. Schussler’s research interests include exploring how prospective teachers acquire the necessary dispositions to meet the needs of all learners. Specifically, she has examined the epistemological nature of dispositions and how teacher education fosters awareness of dispositions to enhance prospective teachers' knowledge, skills, and moral sensibilities.

Dr. Schussler is currently the secretary/treasurer of the Moral Development SIG. She also chairs the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education TEAM-C (Teacher Education as a Moral Community) taskforce.

Education

• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Vanderbilt University (1998 — 2002)
• Master of Education (M.Ed.) Middle Tennessee State University (1995 — 1997)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Indiana University Bloomington (1989 — 1993)

Companies

• Professor Penn State University (2021)
• Associate Professor Penn State University (2013)
• Chair AACTE TEAM-C taskforce (2012 — 2016)
• Program Chair AERA Moral Development SIG (2012 — 2013)
• Associate Professor Villanova University (2002 — 2012)
• Teacher Brentwood High School (1994 — 1998)