Dr. Henry Odi
Executive Director and Adjunct
Professor
Academic Outreach
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Dr. Henry Odi received his Bachelor of
Science degree in Business Administration with a minor in
Mathematics and his masters in Education from Millersville
University. He received his doctorate in Education from
Lehigh University.
Dr. Odi also has received a certificate
in Management Development Program from Harvard University,
Management Institute from University of Kentucky, Leadership
Development Program, Lehigh Valley, and has taken MBA courses
in Marketing and Management at Bloomsburg University. Dr.
Odi was recently selected as a 2004-05 American
Council on Education Fellow.
For the past seventeen years at Lehigh
University, Dr. Odi has held several key positions. He currently
holds the position of adjunct professor in the College of
Arts & Sciences and Executive Director of Academic Outreach. He is a faculty
advisor to several MS and Ph.D. degree candidates in Engineering
and Education at Lehigh.
He is the founder and co-founder of several
academic programs in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics. He is currently co-directing a $1.2M National
Science Foundation funded project at Lehigh University to
enhance science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
in K-12 schools in two Lehigh Valley School Districts.
His teaching and research interests are
in Global Sullivan Principles for Corporate Social Responsibility,
Globalization, Global Citizenship, Empowerment, Digital
Divide, Retention Strategies, Experiential Learning, Diversity,
and School-University-Industry Partnership. Click here for a list of courses offered by Dr. Odi.
In 2001 he co-authored an article on "Diversity
and Technology: The Impact of Diversity on the Role of Civil
and Environmental Engineers in Bridging the Digital Divide",
ASCE Leadership and Management in Engineering Journal.
Dr. Odi is married to Curtissa Odi, former math teacher
at Broughal Middle School, BASD and they have three daughters.
Dr. Odi is on the Board of Community Services for Children/Head
Start, Inc. and chair of the Institutional Advancement Committee
for the Agency.
Debra
A. Rubart
Administrative Coordinator
Academic Outreach
Phone: (610) 758-4802
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Colleen Solomon
Program Director for Launch-IT
Phone: (610) 758-4133
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Priyani Jayetileke
Administrative Assistant
NSF STEM Project & Launch-IT
Phone: (610) 758-4133
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