Dr. Deborah Arfken

| Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Nonprofit Management

Dr. Deborah Elwell Arfken

Professor of Political Science

B.A. – 1963, The College of Wooster

M.A. – 1964, The University of Pennsylvania

Ed.D – 1983, The University Tennessee

Expertise

• Nonprofit Management
• Work/Family Issues
• Technical Writing
• Philanthropy

Research Interests

• Corporate and Nonprofit Boards
• Higher Education Management

Sample Publications

• “Still Chilly After All These Years: A Longitudinal Study of Corporate Board Composition in Tennessee. Arfken, Bellar, and Helms.   Business Perspectives, Vol. 19, no 2 (Winter/Spring 2008), pp. 46-53.
• “Gifford Pinchot: American Forester.”  In Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, pp. 3253-3257.
• Light Upon the Hill, The University at Chattanooga, 1886 - 1996 by John Longwith. Co-editor with Frederick Obear.  Chattanooga, TN: UTC 2008.

Professional Awards and Memberships

• Distinguished Service. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 2007
• Award from Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst for “Germany Today: Innovations in German and European Graduate Education.” 2006
• National Endowment for the Humanities: Institute on Technology in American Society, 1607-1940. 1987