Ellen Beaulieu, Ed.D.
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The 鶹ýboard of trustees awarded Dr. Beaulieu the distinction of professor emeritus in January 2025 in recognition of her distinguished academic career and achievements at the 鶹ý.
Dr. Beaulieu served most recently beginning in 2017 as the vice president for Strategy and Communications, leading a top-performing Communications team of over 20 professionals who enhance the institution’s reputation with marketing, design, writing, social media, website management, and crisis communication expertise. The team won numerous prestigious media and public relations awards, including multiple Golden Arrow Awards for media excellence and outstanding magazines. The Communications team also achieved many Broderson Awards for marketing and design, as well as the prestigious Webby Award for outstanding mobile web design, and the University Standard of Excellence Award from the Web Marketing Association in 2024.
Credentials
Research
Selected publications
Beaulieu, E. (1999). The learning culture of the next century: Making connections. Monograph published by Programs for Higher Education at Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, originally published on the NSU Florida website in 2000.
Beaulieu, E. & Dufour, L. (2000) The primary care physician in the prevention of early childhood caries. Consultant, 40, (6), 1129–1138.
Beaulieu, E. (2000) Community based dental hygiene care in the Unites States. Contact International: The Journal of the International Federation of Dental Hygienists, 14 (2), 4–8.
Beaulieu, E., Dufour, L., & Beaudet, R. (2000). Community partnerships for better oral health. Journal of Dental Hygiene, 74 (11), 131–134.
"Partnerships for Better Oral Health," International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 1, 2003;101–104. "Early childhood caries prevention: Early intervention by the dental hygienist," The Journal of Practical Hygiene. May/June, 2001, 15–19.
Other scholarly activity
- Teaching and evaluating the first dental hygiene programs in Shanghai, China as a Project Hope fellow in 1987.
- Keynote speaker at the 2009 Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners Public Advocacy Conference. Gave a speech titled “Continuing Competence: Is the Public Better Protected?” on the topic of the social contract between the professions and the public.
- Principal investigator on a grant from the Gates Foundation in 2015 to study and implement new models of education, such as competency-based learning, at UNE.
- As a result of the Gates funding the Digital Learning Academy was created in 2016 in cooperation with multiple corporate partners. This non-credit training program linked learners with companies, using a CBE model. Almost 100 learners were placed in advanced-beyond-coding digital technology positions within 6 months.
- Selected to participate in the Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership in 2016. The Academy is a unique program developed by Presidents Michael Crow of Arizona State University and John DeGioia of Georgetown University to address the challenges facing higher education in the United States.
- Fulbright Administration Scholar to France and Germany in 2017.
- Researched new models of training options that have been created to combat the traditional system to open education and training opportunities to a broad and diverse population.
Research interests
Improving oral health in community settings through program development and policy analysis.
Innovative new models of education and training.