Jacqueline Edmondson is an educator who is committed to Thomas Jefferson’s tenet that an educated and engaged citizenry is necessary for a democracy.
Throughout her career at Penn State, she worked collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students across twenty campus locations on undergraduate and graduate curriculum, accreditation, program reviews, and new program development. She led access and affordability initiatives, programs dedicated to student success, and strategic efforts to serve communities where Penn State campuses are located.
Her research has focused on rural communities, public policy, and popular culture.
Edmondson has been married to Michael for 31 years, and they have two sons. Their oldest son Jacob works as a behavioral and social interventionist for Washington County Mental Health Services in Vermont, and he plans to graduate from Northern Vermont University in May with an M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Their youngest son Luke is an estate attorney who lives in Philadelphia, PA, and he is pursuing an LLM focused on tax law at Temple University.