After several years and hundreds of hours, Evie has finished her Doctoral Disertation. She successfully defended it before her dissertation committee in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic University April 19th, 2002, and can now officially refer to herself as Dr. Evelyn Torrey - she has also taken back her maiden name. Her official degree will be conferred May 3 - a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership, specializing in Adult and Community Education, with additional coursework in Higher Education.

She is teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in Multicultural Education and coordinating grant programs for public school teachers taking multicultural education courses at FAU.