Dr. Patricia Leibfreid

Dr. Patti Leibfreid is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the Professional Personnel Development Center (PPDC) within the Workforce Education and Development program of Penn State University’s College of Education. She consults, teaches, and conducts research relating to career and technical education and teacher education with a focus on student outcomes. She has a B.S. in management from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in workforce education and development from Penn State University, and a Ph.D. from Penn State University. She holds a Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Career and Technical Administrative Director certification. Prior to joining the team at the PPDC, she was an upper-level manager in the private sector and for more than two decades a secondary CTE educator in the human services career cluster. Dr. Leibfreid has been recognized for her research and work by the Association for Career and Technical Education.