Rosanne Short, Ed.D.

Rosanne serves as the director for graduate, online, and military student engagement at Brenau. She has been at Brenau for 23 years and has served adult students for over two decades. As a liaison for graduate and online students, she is also the point of contact for active military students, overseeing the various Department of Defense website interactions, invoicing, and student support.

Rosanne is the advisor for the Student Veterans Association, and also serves as a campus mediator, having been a judge and host of regional, national, and international mediation tournaments. She is an ordained nondenominational minister, and former Title IX coordinator. Rosanne is an adjunct professor for the Department of Education and Academic Success. Rosanne is also a double Brenau graduate —with a bachelor’s in public relations and master’s in organizational development — and holds a doctorate from the University of Alabama in Higher Education Administration.

As a native North Georgian, nonprofit organizations have been her passion for over 40 years, starting in high school. She has held various titles serving on boards for nonprofits, including executive director, service coordinator, and marketing/PR consultant. She has published work in the nationally renowned Foxfire Books and Magazine and in Southern Living’s Georgia Living. If she does not know the answer to your issue, she knows where to find it and is always ready to assist.