Background

Deborah Britt Roebuck was born on April 11, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, United States; the daughter of Aubrey Clarence, a farmer, teacher, and minister, and Marian LaVeta (Wyatt) Britt, a teacher and guidance counselor.

Education

Deborah Britt Roebuck studied at Missouri Baptist College (now Missouri Baptist University), where she received an Associate of Arts degree in 1972. Deborah got a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts from Northeast Missouri State University (nowadays Truman State University). She also holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Georgia State University.

Career

Deborah Britt Roebuck worked in service, manufacturing, and public sector environments across a broad range of industries. In 1979 Deborah was appointed at Northeast Missouri State University (Truman State University) as an instructor in business. In a year she became an instructor in business administration at Iowa Central Community College. From 1982 to 1984 she worked as an instructor in administrative services at William Rainey Harper College and from 1984 to 1985 was an instructor in business at Phillips College. She served as Executive Director of the Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics, and Character.

Roebuck joined the staff of Kennesaw State University in 1986 and served as a Professor of Management and Chair of the Department of Leadership and Professional Development, as well as Director of Programming for the Executive MBA Programs.

Deborah currently serves as Publication Chair for the Publication Board of the Association for Business Communication. She has also served as Chair of the MBA Special Interest Group and as Conference Chair of the ABC Southeastern Regional Conference in 2011.

Achievements

• Deborah Mae Britt Roebuck has been listed as a noteworthy management consultant and educator by Marquis Who's Who. She is the recipient of numerous honorary awards and the most recent of which is for the 2011 Outstanding Article in Business Communication Quarterly.

Works

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• book

  • Communication Strategies for Today's Managerial Leader 2012
  • Improving Business Communication Skills 1992

Membership

Deborah Britt Roebuck is a member of the American Society of Training and Development, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Academy of Business Education, Association for Business Communication, Family Firm Institute, Professional Graduate Society in Business Education, EMBA Council, Southern Management Association and Delta Pi Epsilon.

Interests

• reading, gardening, travel

Connections

Deborah Britt Roebuck married Robert Roebuck, an engineer, on July 29, 1972. Their marriage produced one child - Hillary Grace.

Father:

Aubrey Clarence Britt

Mother:

Marian LaVeta (Wyatt) Britt

Spouse:

Robert Leroy Roebuck

child:

Hillary Grace Roebuck