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Debora Van Hoorn

Phone: 309-677-3694
Email: dvanhoorn@bradley.edu

Debora Van Hoorn serves as Bradley University's Certification Officer and Coordinator of Field Experiences.  As such, she has a two-fold mission: to certify all Bradley University students seeking teacher certification from the State of Illinois and to place all Bradley students, Freshman through Senior, in the required field experiences in appropriate educational settings.  She serves as a liaison between the College of Education and the Illinois State Board of Education.

 

Dr. Van Hoorn received a Bachelor of Science in Junior High and Middle School Education, with minors in English and Reading, from Illinois State University.  She also received a Master of Science in English from ISU, then a Doctor of Arts in Rhetoric and Composition from ISU.  She holds both elementary and secondary teaching certificates.

 

Dr. Van Hoorn holds membership in a number of English and Education organizations.  She also serves as a Board Member on the Eureka District 140 School Board.  She has a keen interest in global educational practices.  In pursuit of that interest she has traveled extensively and has lectured on Higher Education and English in China.