Presenter Bio - Jody Donovan

Jody Donovan, Ph.D. (she, her, hers) serves as the associate vice president for student affairs at Colorado State University.  She also teaches and advises graduate students in the Student Affairs in Higher Education master’s program and the Higher Education Leadership doctoral program.

During the past three decades, Jody has worked in a variety of student affairs positions at both large public and small private institutions.  In every position, the highlight of her day is working directly with students.  Jody was selected as a Pillar of the Profession by the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) in 2016 in recognition of her many years of outstanding teaching, research, and service to the profession.  Jody earned her Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs leadership at the University of Northern Colorado, a master’s degree in counseling and college student development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Nebraska Wesleyan University.