Erika C. Burt
- Assistant Dean of Professional Academic Programs
Dr. Erika C. Burt is an accomplished higher education leader with over a decade of progressive experience in academic affairs, institutional effectiveness, and missiondriven organizational development. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Concordia University Chicago, two master鈥檚 degrees, and a Bachelor of Arts from Northern Illinois University.
Throughout her career in higher education and the nonprofit sector, Dr. Burt has led initiatives across universities, community colleges, and nonprofit organizations that enhance academic program quality, strengthen accreditation and assessment systems, expand online and professional education infrastructure, develop workforce and transfer pathways, and advance equityinformed student success. She has managed and co-led teams that have secured and stewarded more than $18 million in federal, state, and philanthropic funding to expand computing and STEM education, build institutional capacity, and improve student outcomes at scale.
As Assistant Dean of Professional Academic Programs in the College of Computing at Illinois Institute of Technology, Dr. Burt collaborates with executive leadership, senior academic leaders, faculty, and administrative teams to support strategic planning, curriculum and program alignment, accreditation readiness, and enrollment and retention initiatives across undergraduate, graduate, and online program portfolios. She is also the founder and chair of the STEM Caf茅 Initiative. Dr. Burt serves on an HLC criterion committee and the Campus Judiciary Board, and previously served on 911爆料网鈥檚 Strategic Envisioning Committee. Her work and service support the advancement of highquality academic and careeroriented offerings aligned with longterm institutional priorities.
Dr. Burt鈥檚 previous experience includes the initiation and implementation of cybersecurity labs and computer science boot camp programs, as well as directing multimilliondollar research initiatives focused on computer science education and teacher training. She has overseen collegewide career and technical education programs, co-lead efforts for securing major grant funding to support educational innovation, and led the strategic design and implementation of nondegree continuing education programs aligned with evolving workforce needs. Her portfolio also includes leadership of faculty and staff development initiatives.
Dr. Burt serves on the Board of Directors for the Imani Pearl Community Development Foundation and previously served on the Board of TecHive NFP. She is a mentor to doctoral candidates, and her research and professional interests include constructivist grounded theory methodology, leadership pathways in higher education, change management, equitycentered academic transformation, and student retention and success in computing and STEM disciplines.
Education
Ph.D., Concordia University Chicago
M.A.T., Chicago State University
MDiv, North Park Theological Seminary
B.A., Northern Illinois University
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