Biography
of
Deborah
H. Long
DREI,
CRS, Ed. D.
Biography
of
Deborah
H. Long
DREI,
CRS, Ed. D.
She completed her doctorate in educational leadership in 1994. Her research on the effect of ethics instruction on the ethical reasoning of real estate practitioners received national media and industry attention. She has three other college degrees.
In addition to holding a GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) and CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) designations, Deborah is also a DREI (Distinguished Real Estate Instructor), the most prestigious designation for excellence in teaching offered by the Real Estate Educators Association. She was a Distinguished Lecturer in ethics for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Josephson Institute of Ethics has certified Deborah as an ethics trainer.
She is the award-winning author of many articles and education programs as well as 18 real estate textbooks. Her real estate ethics program for educators received the "Best Single Education Program" award from the Real Estate Educators Association in 1996. In 2001, the North Carolina Real Estate Educators Association recently recognized Deborah as "Educator of the Year." She is also the editor of the prestigious REEA Journal which is read by over 1,500 real estate teachers, school owners, and regulators.
Deborah's real estate ethics research has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and on numerous radio talk shows. Her research has led her to write Doing the Right Thing: A Real Estate Practitioner's Guide to Ethical Decision Making, now available in its 3nd edition by Thompson Learning. She is also the author of Ethics and the Interior Design Profession and Teaching Ethics to Engineers.
Deborah lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. For information regarding seminars and other workshops, please contact her at the numbers or addresses below.
