Rate My Professor Debra Hemler

Debra Hemler serves as Interim Dean of the College of Science and Technology and Professor of Geoscience Education at Fairmont State University. She holds a B.S. in biology with a minor in environmental science from Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin; an M.S. in wildlife management from West Virginia University; and an Ed.D. in geoscience education from West Virginia University. Before joining Fairmont State University in 2000 as a professor, she taught earth science, chemistry, and biology for seven years in Preston County, West Virginia public schools and worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at West Virginia University for three years. Since 2004, she has been a graduate faculty member at Fairmont State. Throughout her career, Hemler has taken on key leadership roles, including Chair of Natural Sciences, Science Education Coordinator in the Department of Biology-Chemistry-Geoscience, coordinator for science education programs, facilitator for NASA's Educator Resource Center, Director of the Earth & Space Science Passport Program, and Executive Director of the West Virginia Science Teachers Association. She has also served on the Faculty Senate and was nominated for the Suarez Professorship.