Biography
Dr. Michelle Dusseau is a Senior Lecturer of Communication at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, joining the faculty in 2005 after a career in social services. She integrates her desire for purpose driven leadership and effective change management into every course she teaches.
Her content area specialty is Organizational Communication, a course for which she has received the newly designed “Career Readiness Designation”, assuring that communication graduates are prepared for on-the-job application of their skills and a strong vision for their professional future. Additionally, she is passionate about teaching both Communication and the Family, Intercultural Communication and Nonverbal Communication, three classes which help students prepare for their lives personally, professionally and socially.
She is passionate about universal design for learning and has received the College of Sciences Learner-Centered Design Designation for all of her courses. She is the recipient of multiple awards for her educational design and instruction including the competitive Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and TIP awards.
In addition to her work in the classroom and department, Dusseau is also a Faculty Fellow for UCF Faculty Excellence, a Faculty Senator, and the Chair of the University Master Planning Committee.
She has developed many training programs for UCF and is the lead facilitator for university wide Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Pathways Programming for UCF Human Resources.
Dusseau earned a bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication and a master’s degree in Corporate Communication and Technology, both from Rollins College. Her PhD is in Education, where she researched human motivation and learning behavior.
A strong believer in the importance of lifelong learning, she recently completed two additional master’s degrees here at UCF in the College of Community Innovation and Education: the first in Criminal Justice (MSCJ) and the other in Public Administration (MPA).