Dr. Elizabeth D. Dore
NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative
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Profile:
Dr. Elizabeth D. Dore serves as the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for Radford University, a position she was appointed to by President Penelope W. Kyle in January of 2006. She assumed the FAR reigns from Charles L. Hayes, who vacated the position after a 13-year tenure. A long-time fan of Highlander athletics, Dore can often been seen cheering on RU at home events.
As the FAR, Dore serves as a faculty liaison between the athletic department and Radford’s administration and teaching faculty. She serves on numerous committees, including the Big South Board of Administrators, the Big South Council of Faculty Athletics Representatives and several other Conference committees.
An Associate Professor in RU’s School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Dore joined the Radford faculty in 1996. Her responsibilities include teaching, coordination of field experiences and student teacher supervision. An accomplished author, she has written 20 professional publications and 30 professional book reviews. In addition, Dore has served as a professional educational consultant over 90 times in her career.
Prior to joining the Radford staff in 1996, Dore served as an Instructor, an Assistant Coordinator and a Teaching Assistant in a three-year span at the University of Northern Colorado and Aims Community College. Most of her work during that time period involved teaching, but as the Assistant Coordinator at Northern Colorado, she was responsible for the UNC/US West teams Project of Multicultural/Multiethnic Education Programs in Colorado Schools. She also handled student teacher supervision for two of those years. In her final year at Northern Colorado, she had the added responsibility of coordination of field experiences and curriculum development.
Among her academic specialties, Dore includes several aspects of middle school educational development, middle school social development and issues and multicultural and diversity.
A native of Maine, Dore received a Bachelor’s of Science in Secondary Education from the University of Maine Portland in 1975. She earned a Master’s of Education from the University of Maine Orono in 1990. She was awarded a Certificate of Advance Study from Maine Orono in 1993 and she finished her doctorate work in 1995, earning a PhD in Elementary Education from Northern Colorado.
Dr. Dore resides in Pulaski County with her husband Richard.