Bucks County Community College officials have announced that Carolina Blatt, Ph.D. has been hired as Dean of Arts and Communication and Jacqueline Burger has been named the Dean of Learning Resources and Bucks Online.
Dean of Arts and Communication
Building on Bucks County Community College’s long history of leadership in the arts, Carolina Blatt, Ph.D. will join the College as the next Dean of Arts and Communication on June 2, 2025.
Blatt is an arts administrator, art educator, and scholar who seeks to catalyze the arts within and beyond the classroom. She currently serves as a Program Coordinator and Instructor of Art Education at Rowan University’s College of Communication & Creative Arts. Prior to Rowan, she taught the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Aesthetics, Creativity, and Narrative to Creative Arts Therapy doctoral students at Drexel University. Blatt was previously the Director and Professor of Art & Design Education at The University of the Arts, Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Art Education at The College of New Jersey, and an Associate Professor of Visual & Performing Arts at Georgia Gwinnett College.
Dr. Patrick M. Jones, President & CEO of Bucks County Community College said, “Dr. Blatt’s community-centric approach to arts and place-making, entrepreneurial spirit, and ability to inspire people artistically and with a vision for an arts-enriched future will help our students experience the world in authentic and organic ways that are not predetermined or prescribed.”
“The School of Arts and Communication at Bucks is a local treasure. I am thrilled to steward its legacy of artistic and cultural vibrancy in the community and beyond,” Dr. Blatt added.
Dean of Learning Resources and Bucks Online
After an extensive search, College officials have also announced that Jacqueline Burger will assume the role of Dean of Learning Resources and Bucks Online effective July 1, 2025.
Burger, who possesses a strong entrepreneurial disposition, will play a crucial role in not only fostering innovation within an academic setting and collaboration within the College, but also cultivating relationships with universities, institutes, research centers, and corporations across the region in an era of rapid technological change.
Burger has been serving as the College’s Interim Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics since June 2024. She previously served as Associate Professor, Learning Technologies Liaison for 15 years, also at Bucks County Community College. She also has taught online computer science courses to first-year and guest students as well as a hybrid college orientation seminar to first-year students since 2014.
“Dean Burger has repeatedly demonstrated her capacity for driving innovation during her service at the College and has been nationally active as an educational innovator,” said President & CEO Patrick M. Jones. “Her creative thinking, intellectual curiosity, and systematic approach to problem solving will help the College navigate a rapidly changing technology landscape, evolving needs of learners, and changing modalities of literacy. With her leadership, the College will be at the forefront of educational innovation that supports student success.”
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