Debora Scheffel has an extensive background in academic assessment, serving as the Director of Academic Assessment at two universities, and has been a visiting scholar at the United States Air Force Academy in assessment. 

Her academic background is in communication disorders and special education with research interests in cognitive psychology and learning theory as related to implications for learning environments, brain-behavior relationships and learning, and reading and oral language development and disabilities in children.

Debora has worked in six states in a variety of post-secondary educational contexts, and is a published author in literacy, special education, and higher education assessment. 

She is currently a member of the Colorado Literacy Council and serves on the editorial boards of Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, Colorado Reading Council Journal (CRCJ) and Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.

• Jones International University,
  Academic Dean, School of Education
  Debora Scheffel was appointed July, 2008 as the Dean of the School of Education at Jones International University.
  

• Colorado Department of Education
  Special Assistant to the Colorado Commissioner
  For the academic year of 2009-2010, Debora Scheffel served as a special assistant to the Commissioner of Education in Colorado for literacy.

• University of Northern Colorado, Tenured Professor
  Debora served as a tenured professor in Special Education as well as the Director of Academic Assessment at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado.

• K-12 Teaching Experience in the state of Colorado