Debbie Duay received her Ph.D. in Adult Education from
Florida Atlantic University. She has over 25 years of experience in
researching and teaching genealogy. She is a
DAR Vice President General class of 2027 and a Florida
State Society DAR Honorary State Regent. She also serves as the
National Vice Chairman for French Canadian Specialty Research. Debbie has served as the
Florida State Regent, State Vice Regent, State Second Vice Regent, State Organizing Secretary, State
Chairman of the Chapter Development and Revitalization
Commission,
State Chairman of
the Lineage Research Committee, and State Chairman of
the Volunteer Genealogists Committee.Debbie has helped over 500 people join the DAR and SAR as
well as assisting her husband Ted in proving his descent from 41 Revolutionary
War patriots, a Mayflower passenger, a Jamestowne ancestor, King Edward I of England, and Charlemagne.
To help those interested in joining the DAR or SAR, she developed another free
online tutorial: Researching
Your Revolutionary War Patriot Ancestor.
Publications
Duay, D. L., & Bryan, V. C. (2008). Learning in later life: What seniors
want in a learning experience. Educational Gerontology, 34, 1070-1086.
Duay, D. L., & Bryan, V. C. (2008, March). Seniors and computers: A love/hate
relationship. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New York, NY.
Duay, D. L., & Bryan, V. C. (2006). Senior adults’ perceptions of successful aging. Educational Gerontology, 32, 423-445.
Bryan, V. C., Danaher, M., & Duay, D. (2005). Relationship among key variables and students’ perceptions toward learning online in postsecondary environments. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference Proceedings. Phoenix, AZ: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
