Ashley C. Jordan

Biography

Ashley C. Jordan is an Associate Professor of Practice and Director of Online Programs for the Psychology department.  Her primary research interests revolve around the scholarship of teaching and learning in online contexts in Higher Education. Specifically, she is interested in how pedagogical practices and technologies can be used and incorporated in an online environment to enhance student engagement with the instructor, with peers, and with course material. Her ultimate goal is to increase student success: meaning better learning (evidenced through improved grades) and better retention (evidenced through graduation rates and time to degree). When she's not teaching undergraduate courses, she enjoys exploring new hiking trails and spending time with her nine-year-old twin daughters.

Awards

• Five Star Faculty Award
• University of Arizona, Spring 2021 (Award Nominee)
• University of Arizona, Spring 2020 (Award Nominee)
• Top 8 Online Psychology Undergraduate Degree Program
• US News and World Report, Spring 2021 (Award Finalist)
• CUES Fellowship
• Center for University Education Scholarship, University of Arizona, Fall 2017 (Award Nominee)
• Student-Faculty Interaction Grant
• The student-faculty interaction grant is conferred by the University of Arizona's Student Affairs & Enrollment Management and Academic Initiatives & Student Success, Fall 2017
• 5 Star Faculty Award
• University of Arizona (university-wide competition), Spring 2017 (Award Finalist)
• Teaching Excellence Award
• College of Health & Human DevelopmentPennsylvania State University (my last semester working there before starting at UA in Fall 2015), Spring 2015