Sarah MacDonald: Assistant Dean

Assistant Dean
macdonsk@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Assistant Dean, Outreach & Engagement
I came to O&E in July of 2007; prior to that I worked for the Graduate College and the Writing Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I have a master's degree in Writing & Rhetoric, and a master's in Adult and Human Resource Education, both from the University of Illinois. I'm also in the final stretch of completing a PhD here at JMU in Assessment & Measurement, with a dissertation that focuses on part-time graduate students and their sense of belonging to the university. Here at O&E, I oversee our undergraduate programs, online graduate programs, and O&E's contributions to university accreditation and assessment. I love what we do because learning never stops. Our world is changing rapidly, and requires us all to continuously learn new skills, ideas, and strategies - and providing access to programs that do that for people who once thought that higher education wasn't for them is deeply powerful and fulfilling.
Adult Degree Program
Professional Development
Lifelong Learning Institute
Test Preparation
Youth Programs


