Kelly A Whealan-George

Mrs. Whealan George serves as Executive Director of Research Administration and is the Discipline Chair of the Social Sciences and Economics Program in the Department of Arts and Sciences at ERAU. She is also instrumental in the development and implementation of ERAU Worldwide’s Assessment Program. Mrs. Whealan George currently teaches Economics and Statistics courses for ERAU, and has over twenty years of teaching experience. Mrs. Whealan George started teaching as a favor to a colleague. When the U.S. Navy invaded her family life and required her to move to China Lake California, she discovered ERAU and was able to continue to teach. Mrs. Whealan George graduated with a BBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University. She worked as a Banking Officer at Bank of America (formerly NCNB Texas) for two years. While completing her Masters in Economics at Southern Methodist University, she began work as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas. Her areas of research include aviation economics, international trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement, corporate banking finance, the aviation, agriculture, petroleum and services industries, national income distribution, and educational economics. Mrs. Whealan George has published several articles in professional journals, and is currently enrolled in the inaugural class of ERAU’s PhD in Aviation.