Dr. Debora Scheffel serves as the CUS Dean of the School of Education, at Colorado Christian University. She earned a PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and completed a National Institutes of Mental Health post-doctoral fellowship in cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests are in education reform policy, reading, and oral language development and disabilities in children. She is currently serving a second 6-year term as a member of the Colorado State Board of Education representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. She is passionate about quality education and providing a range of available educational options for all children.