Bucks County Community College announces two new deans

Dean of Arts and Communication

Building on Bucks County Community College’s long history of leadership in the arts, Carolina Blatt, Ph.D. will join the College as the next Dean of Arts and Communication on June 2, 2025.

Blatt is an arts administrator, art educator, and scholar who seeks to catalyze the arts within and beyond the classroom. She currently serves as a Program Coordinator and Instructor of Art Education at Rowan University’s College of Communication & Creative Arts. Prior to Rowan, she taught the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Aesthetics, Creativity, and Narrative to Creative Arts Therapy doctoral students at Drexel University. Blatt was previously the Director and Professor of Art & Design Education at The University of the Arts, Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Art Education at The College of New Jersey, and an Associate Professor of Visual & Performing Arts at Georgia Gwinnett College.

    Dr. Carolina Blatt will become the new Dean of Arts and Communication at Bucks County Community College effective June 2, 2025
  

Blatt is a noted lecturer and presenter. Her research has been published in scholarly journals including Arts Education Policy Review, The Journal of Learning Through the Arts, and International Journal of Education & the Arts. In addition to numerous awards and grants, she received the Higher Education Award from the Art Educators of New Jersey in 2021 and is a member of the National Art Educators Association’s 2022 cohort of School for Arts Leaders.

Dr. Patrick M. Jones, President & CEO of Bucks County Community College said, “Dr. Blatt’s community-centric approach to arts and place-making, entrepreneurial spirit, and ability to inspire people artistically and with a vision for an arts-enriched future will help our students experience the world in authentic and organic ways that are not predetermined or prescribed.” Jones added, “I have no doubt that Dr. Blatt will help to build relationships and joint ventures with arts organizations, working artists, communities, and business leaders in order to advance the arts in the region.”

With a dynamic community of more than 50 artists and scholars on faculty, the College’s School of Arts and Communication is a hub and nexus of the regional arts ecosystem. Accredited by both the National Association of Schools of Art & Design and the National Association of Schools of Music, the School offers Associate of Arts, Associate of Fine Arts, and Associate of Music degrees in 10 disciplines including art, dance, music, multimedia, theater arts, and communication, as well as certificates and community and youth programs.

"The School of Arts and Communication at Bucks is a local treasure. I am thrilled to steward its legacy of artistic and cultural vibrancy in the community and beyond."

Blatt earned her doctorate in Art Education from the University of Georgia, her Master of Arts in Art History from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and a Bachelor of Art in The History & Social Foundations of Art from Juniata College.

Dean of Learning Resources and Bucks Online

After an extensive search, College officials have also announced that Jacqueline Burger will assume the role of Dean of Learning Resources and Bucks Online effective July 1, 2025.

The Department of Learning Resources is home to the Academic Success Center, Bucks Online, Center for Personal & Professional Development, Libraries, and the Media Lab which features state-of-the-art virtual and augmented reality and 3-D printing resources. The Department also supports the College’s open educational resources (OER) which have saved Bucks students more than $1 million in the 2023-2024 academic year. Bucks Online offers 33 fully online programs, and support to all students and faculty in a variety of technologies including the College’s learning management system.

    Jacqueline Burger has been named Dean of Learning Resources and Bucks Online at Bucks County Community College effective July 1, 2025
  

Burger, who possesses a strong entrepreneurial disposition, will play a crucial role in not only fostering innovation within an academic setting and collaboration within the College, but also cultivating relationships with universities, institutes, research centers, and corporations across the region in an era of rapid technological change.

Burger has been serving as the College’s Interim Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics since June 2024. She previously served as Associate Professor, Learning Technologies Liaison for 15 years, also at Bucks County Community College. She also has taught online computer science courses to first-year and guest students as well as a hybrid college orientation seminar to first-year students since 2014.

“Dean Burger has repeatedly demonstrated her capacity for driving innovation during her service at the College and has been nationally active as an educational innovator,” said President & CEO Patrick M. Jones. “Her creative thinking, intellectual curiosity, and systematic approach to problem solving will help the College navigate a rapidly changing technology landscape, evolving needs of learners, and changing modalities of literacy. With her leadership, the College will be at the forefront of educational innovation that supports student success.”

"I am excited to continue serving Bucks County Community College in a new capacity, bringing 15 years of experience to the role of Dean of Learning Resources and Bucks Online. I look forward to collaborating with an exceptional team dedicated to advancing our mission and enriching the student experience."

Burger has presented at the Middle States Commission for Higher Education Annual Conference, the Northeast Regional Computing Program Conference, and EDUCAUSE’s ELI Annual Conference, a premier event for higher education teaching and learning professionals covering a range of topics including efficient institutional self-appraisal, strategic partnership and leadership team models, and creative faculty collaborations for information and digital media literacy programs.

Burger earned a Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design from University of Wisconsin-Stout, a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science from Drexel University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Dickinson College.

About Bucks County Community College
Founded in 1964, Bucks County Community College is a two-year, public institution offering more than 90 programs of study that lead to either an associate degree or certificate, as well as many workforce training programs on campus, on site, or online. Successful graduates directly launch a career or transfer to four-year colleges and universities to complete a bachelor’s degree, depending on the major. Classes are offered on campus in Newtown, Bristol, and Perkasie, and worldwide through Bucks Online. To learn more, visit bucks.edu.