Jennifer Stephens
Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations (ELC) Department
Teacher Education Fellows Program Director, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: jennifer.stephens@uncg.edu
Office: 114B Guilford Hall
Website: Teacher Education Fellows
Research Interest
- Teacher leadership
- Residential colleges
- Integrated and applied learning
- Rural education
- Critical place-based pedagogies
Education
- Ph.D. in Educational Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- M.S. in Counselor Education, North Carolina State University
- B.A. in Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Licenses/Certifications
- North Carolina Teaching License: Elementary Education (K-6), Middle Grades Language Arts (6-9), Middle Grades Social Studies (6-9)
- National Certified Counselor (#238981)
- Licensed Professional Counselor (NC, #7886)
Biography
Dr. Stephens is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director of the Teacher Education Fellows Program, which exists in partnership with the UTLC’s Residential Colleges. She also serves as a N.C. Education Policy Fellow and an editor of the Journal of Ethical Educational Leadership. She is guided by the principles that learning is a holistic endeavor encompassing the intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the human experience; teaching and learning are reciprocal processes involving both teachers and students; and learning should extend beyond the classroom in ways that are both practical (what is) and theoretical (what is possible).