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Dr. Sandy P. Mihal
Dept. of Homeland Security - Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
sandy.mihal@iforces.org
Dr. Sandy Mihal serves at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Glynco, Georgia, Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Mihal has been responsible for the Design, Development, Implementation and Assessment of FLETC wide e-learning, distributed learning architecture, and project management. She is an expert in training techniques, instructional design and curriculum development, adult learning styles, and computer information systems.
Prior to her leadership role at the FLETC Dr. Mihal, served as the Distance Learning Specialist and Project Manager with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service where she was nominated for the prestigious Department of Justice Justworks award (Vice-President's Hammer award) for her groundbreaking technical design of a Mass Immigration Emergency Plan training project.
Dr. Mihal possesses over twenty-five years experience in course development, curriculum design, and instruction and computer systems analysis. She led the development and implementation of the first Associates Degree in Computer Network Management in the United States. In the academic community, Dr. Mihal served as a tenured professor, department chair and division chair at universities and colleges.
Holding a Bachelor’s Degree, two Master’s Degrees, and a Doctorate from Vanderbilt where she graduated with highest distinction, Dr. Mihal is extensively published with two instructional technology textbooks, twelve journal articles and twenty-eight professional papers. Her doctoral dissertation entitled “ An Examination of Accreditation: Views Held By the Key Participants is widely used as a benchmark for accreditation standards within the Federal Academy and Higher Education environments. And she has been called upon by numerous institutions including the University of Southern Indiana, University of Kentucky, the Middle States Association, The American Council on Education and the U.S. Army to evaluate and review their accreditation standards.
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