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Emily Chen-Bendle
Associate Director of Distance Learning
Emily Chen-Bendle is the Associate Director of Distance Learning at the McBee Institute, serving the Institute’s Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Management, Online M.Ed., and Governor’s Teaching Fellows programs.
Emily’s professional background includes teaching experience in both community college and university settings, as well as industry experience as a marketer in both non-profit and for-profit organizations, including Target Corporation and America Online.
As a Ph.D. student at the McBee Institute, she served as a Graduate Assistant for the Institute’s Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Management (2020-2025), as well as for Dr. Gregory Wolniak (2021-2023). She also served as an Instructional Assistant for Quantitative Methods in Higher Education I and II, and for Introduction to Research in Higher Education.
Emily holds a B.A. in English from Columbia University, an M.B.A. from the Darden School at the University of Virginia, an Ed.D. from Western University (the University of Western Ontario), Canada, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the McBee Institute.
Curriculum Vitae:
Chen-Bendle CV 2025.pdf (132.79 KB)
Education 
Ph.D., Higher Education, Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia
Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Western University (the University of Western Ontario), Canada
M.B.A., University of Virginia
B.A., English, Columbia University