Profile
Jeanine holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from Eastern College, an M.S.Ed. in Human Development from the University of Pennsylvania, and an Ed.S. in Education Policy from The George Washington University. Her research has focused on identity development and how it plays out in educational settings.
Jeanine has held positions in college student development, retention and academic support at The George Washington University and Trinity College. Currently, she serves as adjunct professor of developmental studies at Villa Julie College. In this position, she teaches courses designed to help first-year college students to develop their critical reading, writing and thinking skills.
Through her work, Jeanine has acquired a strong interest in literacy and its relationship to identity. In the LLC Program, she plans to further pursue this interest, focusing on the relationships among critical literacy, identity development, and retention. Specifically, her research will focus on critical pedagogy to foster critical literacy, identity development and persistence among under-prepared first-year college students.
Previously, Jeanine served as the Director of the Future Focus program at Trinity College in Washington, D.C. In this position, she was responsible for planning and implementing a retention-based academic bridge program for under-prepared, first-year students. Jeanine has also served as a consultant in developing such programs at other institutions.
Upon completion of her doctoral studies, Jeanine would like to continue teaching and researching literacy. She would also like to serve as a consultant to developmental reading and writing programs in the areas of faculty and curriculum development, particularly in the use of critical pedagogy and appropriate curricula. Because developmental coursework is so pivotal to student retention and ultimately increased access to higher education among disadvantaged populations, it is her hope that such curricula will become policy at institutions nationwide.
top
News
top |
