Dympna Bowles

Dympna Bowles is Dean for Curriculum and Instruction at FIT and has been at FIT since 2001.  She facilitates the development and approval of new degree programs and curricula and oversees the assessment of general education and in the major.  As Dean, she has responsibility for faculty development and the Teaching Institute, and supervises the Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET), a state-of-the-art technology training facility for faculty.  Dr. Bowles also oversees FIT’s Office of Online Learning.  She serves on the President’s Cabinet, the Dean’s Council, the Curriculum Committee, Academic Cabinet, and is FIT’s liaison to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and SUNY’s system office. 

Before joining FIT, she was Director of Planning at John Jay College for six years, after having served as Director of both Faculty Development and Family College in CUNY’s Office of Academic Affairs.  While at CUNY, she also directed the University’s system-wide efforts in articulation and transfer among the 19 CUNY colleges.  Previous to her administrative positions, Dr. Bowles was an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College.  She holds a doctorate in Linguistics and Reading from Columbia University Teachers College.