Peter B. DeBlois

Peter B. DeBlois is director of programs and media relations for EDUCAUSE, the nonprofit association for information technology in higher education. He coordinates advisory committee operations, the annual awards program, the volunteer process and member recognition, constituent group listservs, board of director nominations and elections, and the association’s performance balanced scorecard. He also serves as staff liaison to the Current Issues, Nomination and Election, and Recognition Committees; oversees relations with the media; and manages association press releases.

Prior to his work with EDUCAUSE, he held successive positions as assistant director of Freshman English, director of registration and records, and university registrar at Syracuse University. He helped found the Registrars’ Summer Institute at Aspen and the Association of American Universities Registrars. He has presented at conferences for AACRAO, MSACROA, The Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, CUMREC, and EDUCAUSE. He holds a D.A. (doctor of arts) in rhetoric and composition, and an M.A. in English from Syracuse University; and a B.A. from St. Lawrence University. He has taught composition, literature, and honors seminars at Illinois State University, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Onondaga Community College, and Syracuse University. He co-authored Composition and Literature: A Rhetoric for Critical Writing (1984); has written for EDUCAUSE Quarterly, EDUCAUSE Review, and Inside Higher Ed; and is responsible for the annual EDUCAUSE Current Issues Survey.