Dr. Jason “Jay” Pugh is a best-selling author and an award-winning Leadership & Development (L&D) Director and Facilitator with nearly fifteen years of teaching and training experience.
He builds, advises, and facilitates L&D courses for New Horizons - Central and works closely with Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies on how to be more effective leaders in their daily lives.
With a Ph.D. in Instructional Management and Leadership from Robert Morris University, Dr. Pugh has a wealth of applicable knowledge for conducting synchronous and asynchronous trainings and developing course materials for both live and online training sessions.
He has published multiple articles and studies in the field of Education and was recognized as the #1 Worldwide Business Facilitator in New Horizons’ entire network for 2014, 2015, and 2020.
His philosophy is “The most influential education should be experienced in the mind, heart, and soul. It allows for people to connect on levels which they never thought possible.”
In his personal life, Dr. Pugh is a father of four daughters (2 Adopted, 2 Biological, all loved!). His daughters and his wife April (of 12 years) are his world!
He builds, advises, and facilitates L&D courses for New Horizons - Central and works closely with Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies on how to be more effective leaders in their daily lives.
With a Ph.D. in Instructional Management and Leadership from Robert Morris University, Dr. Pugh has a wealth of applicable knowledge for conducting synchronous and asynchronous trainings and developing course materials for both live and online training sessions.
He has published multiple articles and studies in the field of Education and was recognized as the #1 Worldwide Business Facilitator in New Horizons’ entire network for 2014, 2015, and 2020.
His philosophy is “The most influential education should be experienced in the mind, heart, and soul. It allows for people to connect on levels which they never thought possible.”
In his personal life, Dr. Pugh is a father of four daughters (2 Adopted, 2 Biological, all loved!). His daughters and his wife April (of 12 years) are his world!
Books
Pugh, J. J. (2021). Conquering the Seven "C's" for Better Face-to-Face and Online Teaching.
Dissertation
Pugh, J. J. (2016). An explanatory case study on pre-service teachers’ knowledge, perceptions, and preparation of classroom management in secondary suburban, white dominant and urban, African-American practicums (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Robert Morris University, Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Successfully defended on January 28, 2016.
Publications
Pugh, J. J. (2016). “Different shouldn’t mean disadvantaged”: Exploring the needs and successful approaches of urban, African-American dominant schools. e-Proceeding of the 4th Global Summit on Education GSE 2016 (pp. 16-20). Kuala Lampur, Malaysia (e-ISBN 978-967-0792-07-1).
Pugh, J. J. (2015). Social media and education: A position on web 2.0 and networking sites in the classroom. In D. Slykhuis & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 2527-2540). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Pugh, J. J. (2021). Conquering the Seven "C's" for Better Face-to-Face and Online Teaching.
Dissertation
Pugh, J. J. (2016). An explanatory case study on pre-service teachers’ knowledge, perceptions, and preparation of classroom management in secondary suburban, white dominant and urban, African-American practicums (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Robert Morris University, Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Successfully defended on January 28, 2016.
Publications
Pugh, J. J. (2016). “Different shouldn’t mean disadvantaged”: Exploring the needs and successful approaches of urban, African-American dominant schools. e-Proceeding of the 4th Global Summit on Education GSE 2016 (pp. 16-20). Kuala Lampur, Malaysia (e-ISBN 978-967-0792-07-1).
Pugh, J. J. (2015). Social media and education: A position on web 2.0 and networking sites in the classroom. In D. Slykhuis & G. Marks (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 2527-2540). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).