Speakers Bureau

The Speakers Bureau of Delaware County Community College was established in 1973 as a free public service to assist organizations and groups by providing informative, useful and thought-provoking presentations in Delaware and Chester counties.

In order to schedule a speaker, please provide the following information at least three weeks in advance:

1. Your first and second topic preference
2. Name of your organization
3. Date and time of your meeting
4. Meeting location and directions
5. Approximate size of audience
6. Contact person’s name and telephone number

Note: Speakers are not available during June, July and August.


Business Keeley Mitchell, JD, MBA, Ph.D.

  1. Business Diversity—specifically race and gender
  2. Entrepreneurship Globalization Law—specifically business and real estate law
  3. Law in pop culture
  4. Migration – specifically, international migration of U.S. citizens/African Americans


Business Administration Lauren Donovan, MBA, DBA

  • Strategic planning
  • Organizational culture and structure
  • Leadership styles and approaches
  • Marketing strategy
  • Promotional strategy – digital, direct, advertising, personal selling, etc.


Early Childhood Education Debra Lawrence, Ph.D.

  • School Readiness is not what you think
  • How early experiences impact future potential
  • Reading and Math are only some of the essential skills
  • Why whole child thinking will increase student outcomes
  • Why recess matters
  • The importance of play in children’s lives
  • Why play is not just recreation
  • Project-based learning vs. testing, which is indicative of what students can do
  • Why rote learning is the lowest form of student cognition


English Nellene Benhardus, Ph.D.

  • Jane Austen
  • The Brontë sisters
  • Oscar Wilde
  • Virginia Woolf
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Dracula
  • Literary adaptation
  • American and British queer literature and culture, 1800s-present
  • Victorian neo-paganism and the occult
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

History professor Jeffrey LaMonica


History Jeffrey LaMonica, MA, M.Phil.

  • Colonial militia living history demonstration
  • Philadelphia and South Jersey in the American War for Independence
  • Medical Treatment in the American Civil War
  • Buffalo Soldiers
  • World War I (Various topics)
  • World War II (Various topics)
  • Cold War (Various topics)


Psychology Hayley Nelson, Ph.D.

  • Stress
  • Addiction


Psychology Kristen Doran, Psy.D.

  • Personal growth and development for adults
  • Career development; workplace stress
  • Depression and anxiety disorders, OCD and related disorders, and PTSD for adults