Holy Family University welcomes Dr. Barbara Schwartz-Bechet as Dean of the School of Education

Former Fulbright scholarship recipient Dr. Barbara Schwartz-Bechet has assumed her role as the newly appointed Dean of the School of Education at Holy Family University. Dr. Schwartz-Bechet brings 25 years of experience in higher education, most recently as the Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Education at Misericordia University.

Additionally, Dr. Schwartz-Bechet has served as Interim Dean of the School of Education at Salus University; Chair of the Department of Special Education and Early Childhood at Northern Illinois University, and Director of Certification Programs at the University of Maryland, University College.

She has received three Fulbright scholarship/ specialist awards, including a grant to review the Shafallah Center in Doha, Qatar in 2016, an opportunity to teach graduate Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) courses at the University of Latvia in 2018, and most recently as a Fulbright Chair to identify mental health curricular needs at the University of Calgary, Canada in 2022.

Dr. Schwartz-Bechet received her doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis/Emotional Disturbance from Columbia University.