Dawn Spaar, M.B. A, M.Ed Assistant Professor of General Education
Email: Dspaar@HarrisburgU.edu
Biography
Dawn Spaar is Assistant Professor of General Education and Business Administration at Harrisburg University. She has been teaching for approximately 25 years to a diverse range of students including traditional and non-traditional undergraduates, graduate students, and adult learners through on-campus classrooms, virtual, and hybrid instructional formats.
Before moving to full-time teaching, she served in various administrative roles at dean and director levels working directly with part-time (adjunct) faculty, learners, and student service staff. She was involved (Board of Directors [chair] and/or active committee member) of the following national organizations: ACHE, CAEL, CAP and UCEA; and presented at numerous national conferences.
Teaching and Research Interest: business communication, introductory business, management, micro-economics, leadership, organizational behavior, psychology, and sociology. Interest and experience with course and new program development.
Courses taught at HU:
GEND 102 – Creative Mind I
GEND 103 – Creative Mind II
GEND 351 – Organizational Mind (6 cr)
GEND 355 – Corporate Mind
GEND 400 – Entrepreneurial Mind
MEBA 110 – Introduction to Business
MEBA 220 – Principles of Management
MEBA 298 – Project 1
MEBA 440 – Leadership and Organizational Behavior
MEBA 498 – Project 2
MGMT 520 – Professional Communication
Education
M.B.A. Business Administration, Eastern University, PA
M.Ed. Education: Training and Development, Pennsylvania State University, PA
B.S. Human Services, Psychology minor, Elizabethtown College, PA
