Backman, Dr. Carl A.

Dr. Carl A. Backman, University of West Florida Faculty, 1969-2015

B.S. Ed., Northeastern University, 1963; M.Ed, Northeastern University, 1967; Ph.D, Syracuse University, 1969.

He joined the faculty of Elementary Education in September 1969, University of West Florida, as Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor, September 1973, and received tenure, September 1975. He became Assistant Chairman, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 1977-1978, and Chairman in 1978, serving until 1982. He was appointed acting Dean, College of Education, in July 1982, and as permanent Dean in March, 1983. In January 1987, he was named Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Beginning n mid-1999, he sent two-and-a-half years in Tallahassee as Special Consultant to the Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, returning to UWF in January 2002.
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