JUDY FAYE JACKSON - College of Education - University of Kentucky

JUDY JACKSON
University of Kentucky
311 Main Bldg.
410 Administration Drive
Lexington, KY 40506-0032
JJ@UKY.EDU
V: 859-257-9293, Fx: 859-323-2800
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, KY
7/08-Present Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Assoc. Prof., College of Education
As Chief Diversity Officer, advise the President and Provost on academic, fiscal and
administrative policy decisions regarding the university‟s diversity goals; on developing,
implementing and evaluating the university‟s diversity plan; and on active community
involvement around diversity issues. Promote collaboration among faculty, staff,
administration and students in earnest pursuit of the university‟s diversity goals. Teach
graduate-level course on policy formulation around student services and institutional diversity
in higher education. Oversee the UK Commission on Excellence, Diversity & Inclusion.
Direct/coordinate “Discover Germany,” a study abroad diversity collaborative between the
university and the German-American Fulbright Commission. Member of numerous campus
and community committees focused on issues of diversity, inclusion and collaboration.
VASSAR COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, NY
7/04-6/08 Dean of the College and Associate Professor, Department of Education
Duties: Responsible for a broad array of offices that assist students with their academic and
non-academic lives. These included: Dean of Studies, Class Advisors, Fellowships &
Preprofessional Advising, Study Abroad, the Learning & Teaching Center, Career
Development, Student Employment, Campus Activities, Religious & Spiritual Life, Campus
Life, the Cultural Centers, Dean of Students, Residential Life, Health Services, Psychological
Counseling, Health Education, Dining & Catering Services, Campus Security.
Developed strategies and policies to innovate student services that strongly support the
interdependence of classroom and out-of-class experiences. Oversaw renovation of residence
halls. Co-chaired campus-wide team for emergency readiness and response.
As Associate Professor in the Education Department, taught on contemporary issues in higher
education, with a focus on policy development around diversity, inclusion and equity.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY
7/02-6/04 Associate Provost, Institutional Engagement/Associate Vice President, Student Affairs
Duties: Oversaw university diversity plan and engagement strategy, ensuring implementation
of philosophy of inclusion and practice of engagement in the academic enterprise.
Coordinated strategies for greater diversity, retention and outreach and assessed
implementation, and impact of multicultural/diversity efforts. Created video diversity training
tool. Established first partnership with National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship,
engaging underprivileged youth from Metro New York. Taught course for Master‟s Degree
candidates in Education Leadership program.
BABSON COLLEGE, BABSON PARK, MA
9/00-6/02 Executive Assistant to the President and Clerk of the Corporation
Duties: As a senior member of President‟s Council, participated in planning and strategy for
the College. Implemented policy on President‟s behalf in specific matters; oversaw President‟s
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governance structure. Provided senior-level leadership for the President‟s campus diversity
goals. Chaired specific committees/projects. Represented President as requested/appropriate.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA
10/98-8/00 Special Advisor to the Provost on Faculty Diversity
Duties: Assisted the Provost in the research, design, and development of a program to
increase the race and gender diversity of the engineering and science faculty. Worked with
a national advisory board to develop recommendations to the Provost for an MIT based,
national program to enhance the presence and participation of women and other
individuals from racially underrepresented groups in the range of academic positions.
9/94-9/98 Ombudsman, President’s Office (9/96-9/98); Staff, Provost’s Office
Duties: Acted as a designated neutral, impartial complaint handler to serve primarily MIT
Faculty and staff. Maintained confidentiality in preserving the rights and welfare of every
person who may be involved in any given case or concern, and the welfare of the Institute.
As Provost‟s staff, worked with national advisory board on issues of faculty diversity.
9/89-8/94 Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education & Student Affairs
(UESA), and Director, Office of Minority Education (OME)
Duties: Oversaw quality and delivery of academic support services to minority and general
undergraduate student population. Developed and implemented strategies and new
initiatives to increase student performance and retention. Created Industrial Advisory
Council for Minority Education with a membership of twenty-seven Fortune 500
companies, transforming the OME into a revenue-producing unit of the Institute. Created
undergraduate academic leadership initiatives and corporate and Institute mentor programs for
undergraduates. Coordinated involvement of numerous Fortune 500 and other companies in
OME programs. Administered corporate-sponsored minority scholarship programs.
Represented UESA on various Institute policy and governance committees.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ITHACA, NY
6/88-7/89 Assistant Dean for Advising, Counseling & Minority Programs
Duties: Oversaw advising for entire freshman and sophomore undergraduate population
and delivery of academic services to underrepresented minority students. Designed,
developed, and coordinated implementation of college services to total undergraduate
population. Participated in policy formulation for curriculum and academic support.
Represented Office of Undergraduate Programs on faculty committees regarding all aspects
of undergraduate education, research and finance of graduate education for minorities.
9/86-8/88 Assistant Dean for Minority Programs
Duties: Designed and implemented academic programs for minority undergraduates.
Coordinated corporate involvement in of minority programs. Administered Graduate
Engineering Minorities (GEM) program; advised on undergraduate minority admissions.
Designed and implemented pre-college and college retention initiatives that won
considerable funding from private and corporate foundations. Annually raised funding
in excess of $600 thousand for scholarships and programs operations. Established the
college‟s first corporate (IBM) executive loan program.
6/85-8/86 Assistant Director for Advising & Counseling
Duties: Coordinated academic advising and counseling for some 1,200 freshman and
sophomore students, including pre-law and pre-medical advising. Acted as student
advocate in academic standing reviews. Reviewed admissions applications of minority,
transfer and international students. Prepared and delivered visitor information and student
orientation presentations. Edited College newsletter.
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, LEWISBURG, PA
2/81-6/85 Advisor to Minority and Foreign Students
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Duties: Provided academic support services and enrichment programs for approximately
100 minority students. Coordinated cultural events and advised minority and international
student organizations. Administered federal regulations for students with F-1 and J-1 visas.
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY, SELINSGROVE, PA
12/78-3/81 Lecturer in English
Duties: Taught first-year students in expository, descriptive, and narrative writing.
EDUCATION
Ed.D. Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Administration, Planning & Social Policy, with a Concentration in Higher Education.
Dissertation Topic: “Race and Gender in Engineering Faculty Productivity: What
Difference Do They Make?” Comparative study, by race and gender, of the research, teaching,
and service activities of 665 tenured engineering faculty in 19 of the top 25 engineering
Institutions. The study offers empirical grounding for creation or enhancement of
faculty assessment policies and of programs designed to increase faculty diversity.
MA Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Interdepartmental: Francophone-African Literature, Geography and Foreign Policy.
Thesis Topic: “The Role of Geography in Francophone-African Literature.” Look at
influences of cultural, economic, and political geography in works by two West Africans.
BA University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC. French Language and Literature.
SELECTED HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
* Named to special team to develop Culturally Responsive Teaching, 3/2011-present.
* Member, Education Commissioner‟s Raising Achievement/Closing Gaps Advisory Council, 10/2010-present.
* Appointed Statewide Coordinator, ACE Women in Higher Ed Network—Kentucky, 11/2010-present.
* Member, Board of Directors, Chrysalis House, Lexington, KY, October 2010-present.
* Member, Board of Directors, Lexington Transportation Authority, Lexington, KY, January 12/2010-present.
* Member, Class of 2010, Leadership Kentucky, May-November 2010.
* Member, Executive Committee & Board of Directors, Colony Four Neighborhood Assoc., Lexington, KY,
February 2010-present.
* Member, Former Chair, Diversity Officers, Southeast Conference Academic Consortium, 11/2008-Present.
* Chair, Mayor‟s Commission on Mortgage Lending Practices, Fayette County, KY, 2008/2009.
* Member, Board of Directors of St. Francis Hospital, the American Red Cross, the Community Foundation
Foundation of Dutchess County, the Suzie Reizod Foundation, 2006, 2007.
* Participant on several outside review panels for the National Science Foundation, 1996-2005.
* Institutional Planning, Analyst Intern. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, April 1996.
* Gregory Anrig Graduate Fellowship, first recipient. Harvard Graduate School of Education 1995/96.
* Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Fall 1995/96.
* Multiple grants from National Science Foundation, General Electric Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts
for engineering/science diversity efforts and student retention programs, 1986-99.
* Massachusetts Pre-Engineering Program. Board member; VP Parent/Community Relations, 6/90-9/94.
* Boston Black Achievers Commission, board member, 6/90-7/92. Achiever Award Recipient, 1993.
* National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators: Member, 1/81-9/94.
Chair-elect of Region A, 2/93 election; Executive Board member, 2/93-9/94.
* Keynote and motivational speaker to numerous audiences on education, diversity & inclusion, and human
relations topics.
* Member, several national professional education organizations.
MAJOR PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS
* “How You Diversify Depends On Where You Sit,” panel member at Southern Region Conference of College
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& University Professional Association for Human Resources, Little Rock, AR, April 10-12, 2011.
* “Avoiding Cognitive Errors in Faculty Hiring,” with JoAnn Moody, major workshop of the National
Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, Chicago, May 2006.
* “The Story Is Not in the Numbers: Academic Socialization and Diversifying the Faculty.” Special report
in the National Women‟s Studies Association Journal, volume 16, number 1, spring 2004, pp. 172-185,
Special Issue: (Re)Gendering Science Fields, edited by Brenda Daly, Iowa State University.
* “What Good Is What We Know? How Faculty Experience Can Enhance Doctoral Student Preparation for
Academic Careers.” Paper given at the 12 th Annual International Conference on Learning, University of
Granada, Spain, July 11-14 2005.
* “Faculty Diversity: Problems and Solutions.” With JoAnn Moody, PhD, JD. Major workshop given at the
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, New York City, May 31, 2005.
* “Women in Business and Entrepreneurship in Chile: Research Findings of Women Owners or Operators
in Various Industries in Santiago and Concepcion,” with Olga Pizarro Stiepovic (2002). Paper given at
Research Forum on Entrepreneurship in Latin America, Babson College, June 9-11 th , submitted for
publication by Praeger Press.
* “Is „Advantage‟ the Real Impediment to Diversity in the Engineering Professoriate?” in the NACME
Journal 2001-2002, pp. 68-73.
* “Way Past Qualified: Quest for Race and Gender Diversity in the Engineering Professoriate.” Paper
given as keynote address at the 2001 joint national conference of the National Association of Minority
Engineering Program Administrators and the Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network,
Washington, DC. Conference focus: “Co-Champions for Diversity.”
* “Helping Junior Faculty of Color Mitigate Cumulative Cultural Disadvantage.” With JoAnn Moody of
the New England Board of Higher Education, presented and published in the proceedings of the 1998
national conference, “Keeping Our Faculties: Addressing the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of
Color,” Minneapolis, MN, October 18-20, 2001.
* “Race and Gender in Engineering Faculty Productivity.” Paper given at the 2000 annual meeting of
Working Group of the International Society of Optical Engineers, San Jose, CA.
* “Mainstreaming Your Program: Experiences from the Field.” With Barbara Bogue of The Pennsylvania
State University, presented and published in proceedings of the 1999 Women in Engineering Programs
and Advocates Network national conference, “Moving Beyond Individual Programs to Systemic
Change,” San Antonio, TX.
* “The Engineering Foundations program: A New Program for Minority Students in Engineering at Cornell,”
with Richard H. Lance and Avery Solomon. Paper published in proceedings of the 19 th Annual
Conference on Frontiers in Education (pp. 17-23), Binghamton, NY, October 15-17, 1989.
* Book review of “Summer Learning Options USA: Guide for Foreign Nationals” (New York:
Institute of International Education), for print in International Education Review, Fall 1984.
* “Toward the Year 2003.” Journal of Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education, edited
by Dr. Joanne Gabbin, Lincoln University, Oxford, PA. Spring 1984.
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