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David Knight, Ph.D.

Interim Dean, College of Engineering
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David Knight
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Education

Ph.D. Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University, 2012
M.S. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 2009
B.S. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 2006

Biography

David B. Knight currently serves as the interim dean for the College of Engineering and is a professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His vision in establishing the Virginia Tech Data Enlightened Educational Practice (DEEP) Lab is to have it serve as one of the world’s leading research shops for promoting a systems view of engineering education with an explicit mission to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and inclusiveness of the field.

Knight's research tends to be at the macro-scale, leverages large-scale institutional, state, or national data sets, and considers the intersection between policy and organizational contexts. He currently serves as the co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Education.