Interim Director
tbitting@central.uh.edu

Dr. Tiffany Bitting is an experienced higher education professional with 15 years of developing diverse students, including undergraduate/graduate students, postdocs, and teams in public and private university settings. Her experience includes building awareness through campus-wide partnerships with a focus on implementing career readiness initiatives to best prepare students in transition while increasing their confidence to enter a global workforce. Dr. Bitting received her Ed.D. in Ethical Leadership with a Social Justice focus from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas where her research focused on Retention, Sense of Belonging, and Career Readiness of First-Generation College Student Success.

She also holds a Master of Science in Counseling with an emphasis in Student Development in Higher Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Black Studies from California State University, Long Beach. With her passion for career development, she holds certifications in Strong Interest Inventory, Myers Briggs Step I/II Practitioner, and the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Coaching series.

Dr. Bitting currently serves as the Interim Associate Director of University Career Services and as an Adjunct Faculty member for Exploratory Studies’ College Success course at the University of Houston where she provides career and professional development support, tailored workshop series, and one-on-one coaching to diverse students in first-year experience programs, graduate/professional programs as well as postdocs preparing to transition into various industries and into academia.