Janice Amos

Title
Assistant Professor of the Practice
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Department
Department of Humanities & Communication
College
College of Arts & Sciences

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Janice Amos

Janice Amos is an assistant professor of the practice in the Department of Humanities & Communication, with service to the university beginning in 2010 as an adjunct faculty member and continuing as full-time faculty since 2022. Current roles include Interim Director of PATHWAYS, service on the Worldwide Senate and Faculty Council and participation on multiple committees across the university. A particularly meaningful part of this work is mentoring students through the COMPASS Center.

Previous teaching experience includes history courses at Florida State College at Jacksonville, Barry University, Elgin Community College and the University of Phoenix.

Beyond academia, community involvement includes volunteering to deliver food to senior citizens. Personal interests include knitting, felting, needlework and cooking. Her family travels to the Netherlands every five years to honor the end of World War II and her father’s role in the liberation of Roermond.

  • M.A. - Master of Arts in History, Northeastern Illinois University
  • B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and History, Northeastern Illinois University
  • HIST 302: Evolut. of Scientific Thought
  • HIST 130: History of Aviation in America
  • HIST 310: History of Space Exploration
  • HIST 119: U.S. History to 1865
  • HIST 331: US Military History
HUMN140- Western Humanities I, HUMN141- Western Humanities II, HUMN 210 World Culture

Teaching Experience:

 (2010-Present) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Traditional and Online Courses  

  • History of Aviation in America
  • Values and Ethics
  • Western Humanities I
  • Western Humanities II: Renaissance to Post-Modern
  • World Culture

(2012-2015) Barry University

Traditional and Independent Studies

  • History of Florida
  • 20th Century American History

(2001 to 2015) - Florida State College at Jacksonville

Traditional, Hybrid, and Online Courses

  • United States History to 1865
  • United States History 1865 to the Present
  • Western Civilization Through 1589
  • Western Civilization from 1589 to the Present
  • Student Life Skills
  • Association of Florida Colleges (AFC)
  • American History Association
  • Phi Alpha Theta