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Dr. Jacqueline Hodes

Professor

College of Education and Social Work - Educational Leadership and Higher Education Administration

Bio

Dr.%20Jacqueline%20Hodes%20serves%20West%20Chester%20University%20as%20Professor%20in%20Higher%20Education%20Policy%20and%20Student%20Affairs%20(HEPSA)%20in%20the%20Department%20of%20Educational%20Leadership%20and%20Higher%20Education%20Administration.%20Currently,%20she%20serves%20as%20department%20chair%20and%20director%20of%20the%20HEPSA%20program.%20She%20teaches%20courses%20in%20Higher%20Education%20and%20Student%20Affairs%20and%20prepares%20graduate%20students%20for%20positions%20in%20these%20fields.%20She%20also%20teaches%20and%20advises%20doctoral%20students%20in%20the%20Ed.D.%20in%20Policy,%20Planning,%20and%20Administration.%20%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EHodes%20has%20worked%20at%20WCU%20since%201986,%20starting%20her%20career%20in%20Student%20Affairs%20as%20the%20director%20of%20alcohol%20and%20drug%20education.%20Over%2026%20years%20as%20an%20administrator,%20Hodes%20served%20in%20many%20different%20capacities%20including%20director%20of%20the%20wellness%20center%20and%20the%20assistant%20to%20the%20vice-president%20for%20student%20affairs.%20She%20has%20had%20experience%20in%20student%20conduct,%20orientation,%20new%20student%20programs,%20student%20learning%20outcomes%20assessment,%20fundraising%20and%20development%20and%20many%20other%20areas%20in%20student%20affairs.%20Most%20notably,%20Hodes%20served%20for%2018%20years%20as%20the%20inaugural%20coordinator%20for%20LGBTQIA%20services.

Expertise

  • Certified Strengths Facilitator
  • Higher Education/Student Affairs
  • Student Development Theory

Education

  • B.A., University of Delaware
  • M.Ed., University of Delaware
  • Ed.D, University of Delaware