Jennifer L. Bloom
Jenny Bloom joined the faculty of the Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology at Florida Atlantic University in August 2015, and she is a co-founder of the Appreciative Advising and Appreciative Education movements. Dr. Bloom established the annual Appreciative Advising Summer Institute, the Appreciative Education Conference, an on-line Appreciative Advising course, the process for Certifying Appreciative Advisers, and other exciting initiatives related to Appreciative Advising and Appreciative Education.
Dr. Bloom previously served as a Clinical Professor and Director of the Master’s degree program in the Higher Education & Student Affairs Program at the University of South Carolina (USC) from August 2007 to August 2015. Prior to USC, she served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs & the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Bloom served as the 2007-08 President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). was named the recipient of NACADA’s Virginia N. Gordon Award for Excellence in the Field of Advising in 2017.