Biography
Jennifer Maddrell completed her PhD in the Instructional Design and Technology program at Old Dominion University. Prior to enrolling in the ODU doctoral program, Jennifer worked for over 15 years within leading global insurance companies and progressed through various underwriting and management positions after completing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2005, Jennifer began a career transition to pursue her passion for education and technology. After taking a series of instructional design courses at New York University, she was accepted into the Master of Science in Education program at Indiana University where she completed her degree in 2007.
While at Old Dominion University, Jennifer was a Graduate Research Assistant and received the 2010 Mandell Award as outstanding student in Instructional Design and Technology. She received a 2010 – 2011 dissertation fellowship to complete her doctoral dissertation that examined the relationship between distance learners’ perceptions of community and learning outcomes.
Jennifer’s current professional projects include a contract with the National Institute of Aerospace Associates to perform the instructional evaluations of both the 2010 – 2011 and 2011 – 2012 Real-World / In-World NASA Engineering Design Challenges. While living in New York, Jennifer had an appointment with Baruch College to design and facilitate courses within the school’s Corporate Training and Instructional Design program in the Division of Continuing and Professional Studies, which included the design and implementation of a customized training workshop with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Jennifer has served as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Computing in Higher Education since July of 2008.
