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Jacklyn
A. Bruce
Assistant Professor |
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Experience
- 2003-present
Assistant Professor- Youth & Adult Leadership Development
College of Agricultural Sciences, 75% extension, 25% research
Department of Agricultural & Extension Education
The Pennsylvania State University
- 2001-2003
Instructor & Graduate Assistant
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Department of Agricultural Education
Texas A&M University
- 1999-2001
Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension
Education
- May 2003, Doctor of Philosophy
Texas A&M University
Major Area of Study: Agricultural Education
Emphasis Area: Leadership Education, Educational Administration
Dissertation Title: Transfer of Training and Skills by Texas
State 4-H Council Members: A Qualitative Study
- May 2000, Master of Agriculture
Colorado State University
Major Area of Study: Extension Education
Emphasis Area: 4-H Youth Development
Paper Title: Loss, Retention and Recruitment of Junior Market
Livestock Sale Buyers in the State of Colorado: Factors that Contribute
to Retention and Loss
- May 1997, Bachelor of Arts
Colorado State University
Major: Political Science
Emphasis Area: American Government & Politics and Political
Theory
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Office
8 Ferguson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-1789
Fax: 814-863-4753
E- mail: jab743@psu.edu
Responsibilities
- Strengthening 4-H youth leadership development
activities at the county, regional and state levels, and advancing
the capacity of Extension professionals to develop and deliver
high quality educational programs in the area of leadership.
- My research focuses on modes and methods
of attaining leadership skills and the evaluation of leadership
training environments to ensure the transfer of leadership skills
to practical, real life experiences.
Extension Programs
- Pennsylvania State 4-H Council
- Pennsylvania State 4-H Leadership
Conference
- Pennsylvania County 4-H Ambassadors
- National Program Coordinator (Citizenship
Washington Focus, National 4-H Conference, National Leadership
Academy)
- Youth Leadership Curriculum Committee
- Youth Leadership Development Website
- 4-H Youth Development Advisory Board
- In-Services
Honors/Awards
- February 2002. Conference award for Outstanding
Graduate Research Presentation Loss, Retention, and Recruitment
of Junior Market Livestock Sale Buyers in the State of Colorado
1990-1999. Southern Agriculture Education Research Conference.
Orlando, Florida
- Outstanding Early Career Agricultural Educator-
American Association for Agricultural Education, North Central
Region. (September, 2006). North Central Agricultural Education
Research Conference. Ames, Iowa.
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Selected Publications
Refereed Journals & Book Chapters
- Hoover, T. & Bruce, J. (in
press). Evaluation of the Environment of the Pennsylvania State
FFA Officer Program. Journal of Leadership Education.
- Bruce, J, Webster, N & Sinasky,
M. (in press). Leadership Skills of Extension 4-H Youth Development
Educators. Journal of Leadership Education.
- Sinasky, M. & Bruce, J. (in
press). Volunteers’ Perceptions of the Volunteer Management
Practices of County Extension 4-H Educators. Journal of Extension.
- Bruce, J., Nicola, S. & Menke, T.
(December, 2006). Listening to the Youth Voice in Planning Leadership
Development Programs. Journal of Extension.
- Bruce, J. Webster, N. & Hoover, T.
(August, 2006). Developing Youth Voice in Service Learning Projects.
Journal of Extension.
- Webster, N., Bruce, J. & Hoover T.
(July, 2006). Understanding the Perceptions of Service Learning
with Teen Leaders. Journal of Leadership Education. 5(1). 30-39.
- Sinasky, M. & Bruce, J. (June, 2006).
Supervisors’ and 4-H Youth Development Educators’
Perceptions of the Leadership Practices Employed by the Educators.
Journal of Extension.
- Bruce, J.A., Boyd, B.L., & Dooley,
K.E. (June, 2005). Transfer of Training by State 4-H Council
Members, What the Researchers Learned & Implications for
the Future. Journal of Leadership Education. 4(1). 54-65.
- Bruce, J.A., Boyd, B.L., & Dooley,
K.E. (October 2004). Leadership Life Skills Demonstrated by
State 4-H Council Members. Journal of Extension.
- Bruce, J.A. (February 2002). Loss, Retention,
and Recruitment of Junior Market Livestock Sale Buyers in the
State of Colorado: Factors that Contribute to Retention and
Loss. Journal of Southern Agricultural Education Research. 52(1).
14-23.
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