John C. Griffith

Title
Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
Email
Department
Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology
College
College of Arts & Sciences

Office Hours

Monday through Friday,: 8:00 AM-5 PM Eastern Time Zone or by appointment

Areas of Expertise

Statistics, Research Methods, Management
John C. Griffith


Dr. John Griffith currently resides in Port Orange, FL. John has been a part of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University since 2001.  He has served as an adjunct instructor, Sheppard AFB campus Director of Academics, Western Region Associate Dean of Academics, BS in Interdisciplinary Studies Program Chair and MPLS/STEM Education Department Chair prior to returning to the faculty. He is now a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology. John has been married to his wonderful wife Sonja since 1986. They have two adult children: Tina and J.R. The Griffith family have all served in the US Air Force. 

Dr. Griffith's research focus areas are Emergency Services Management and Distance Learning.


  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Technical Training and Development: Management Science, University of North Texas
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Administration: General Administration, Central Michigan University
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Fire Fighter I - National Professional Qualifications Board for the Fire Servie

  • STAT 222: Business Statistics
  • BSIS 473: Interdiscip Studies Capstone
  • CSCI 109: Intro Computers & Applications
  • STAT 211: Statistics With Aviation Appl

Statistics, Research Methods, Introduction to Computers



A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab. (Faulconer, Emily K., Griffith, John C., Wood, Beverly L., Acharyya, Soumyadip, and Roberts, Donna L.), Journal of Chemistry Education Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1039/C7RP00173H  (2017).  


Dr. Griffith served 23 years in the United States Air Force to include 3 years as a ground equipment mechanic, 2.5 years as a firefighter and 17 years as a Medical Service Corps officer. His last Air Force position was commander of the 882nd Medical Training Support Squadron where he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Publications/Area of Research: Dr. Griffith has published and presented articles in the personnel administration, emergency services and distance education fields. Awards include: the National Association of Developmental Education 1999 Outstanding Research Project, the 2014 Bollinger-Rosado Symposium Vance Mitchell Award, the 2014 Finance, Economics, MIS and Global Business Research Conference “Best Presenter Award”,  the 2016 College of Arts and Sciences "10 Month Faculty of the Year" award and 2018 Runner up: Outstanding Accomplishments in Research, ERAU WW Latitude Award. His research can be reviewed at http://works.bepress.com/john_griffith/ 

 - American Statistical Association 2017-present

 - International Association of Emergency Managers (2014-2017)

 - International Association of Fire and Emergency Services, Higher Education (2014-2019)

 - International Association of Women in Firefighting and Emergency Services (2014-2019)

 - Kappa Delta Pi (1996 – present)

 - Phi Kappa Phi (1998 – present) 


 2018 Runner up for ERAU WW Outstanding Accomplishments in Research

2016 ERAU-WW College of Arts and Sciences 10 Month Faculty of the Year

2016 Runner up for ERAU WW 10 Month Faculty Latitude Award

   2014 Vance Mitchell Award for outstanding presentation, Bollinger-Rosado Symposium

   2014 Best Presenter, Finance, Economics, MIS and Global Business Research Conference 

   2001-2002 Outstanding Graduate Instructor, Hurlburt AFB ERAU Florida Campus.

  1999 Outstanding Research Project Award, National Association for Developmental Education.