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Embry-Riddle Names Christina Frederick-Recascino as V.P. for Research and Institutional Effectiveness

Christina Frederick-RecascinoDaytona Beach, Fla., June 18, 2007 -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has promoted Christina Frederick-Recascino to vice president for research and institutional effectiveness. She also was appointed as a professor of human factors and systems. Both positions take effect immediately.

In her new role, Frederick-Recascino leads efforts to increase the university’s funded research activities, graduate enrollments, and graduate programs. She also oversees strategic planning, institutional research, accreditation efforts, and the university’s development of a 77-acre research and technology park focused on aviation and aerospace.

“Tina will continue the excellent work she has done already to promote research at Embry-Riddle and to attract top-caliber researchers to our outstanding faculty,” said John P. Johnson, president of the university.

Since joining Embry-Riddle in 2000 as an associate professor of human factors, Frederick-Recascino has served as assistant dean of arts and sciences, assistant provost for research and graduate studies, and interim provost.

Frederick-Recascino is the author of more than 30 research publications, four book chapters, and more than 50 regional, national, and international conference presentations. She is active in a number of aviation and aerospace-related organizations including American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, National Safe Skies Alliance, Women in Aviation, Florida Research Consortium, and the Florida Office of Women in Higher Education.

She earned a Ph.D. in psychological development at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y., and a B.S. in psychology at State University of New York, Geneseo.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through its Worldwide Campus at more than 130 centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.erau.edu.