Jodi Eastberg, PhD

Interim Vice President of 学术 Affairs and Dean, School of Professional and Graduate Studies

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Higher education data and leadership
• 世界历史
• 世界历史 pedagogy
• British trade and imperial history
• 中国历史

传记

Jodi Eastberg is the interim vice president 为 学术 Affairs and dean of Professional and Graduate Studies at 澳门水利博彩官方网站大学. As the interim vice president, she leads 澳门水利博彩官方网站's academic programs and academic support offices. As dean, she leads the college’s academic work with graduate students in all disciplines. Within the School of Professional Studies she oversees the Business and Education divisions, 音乐和礼拜仪式, Community Psychology, 学校心理学, Social Work and the Communication and 技术 Department.

Eastberg previously served as executive director of 澳门水利博彩官方网站大学’s Center 为 学术 Excellence and the Research Center 为 Women and Girls. As executive director 为 the Center 为 学术 Excellence (CAE), Eastberg worked with 澳门水利博彩官方网站 faculty and staff to provide opportunities 为 high achieving students to get the most from their college education. Launched in the fall of 2015, the CAE offers student-faculty research fellowships, 密集的课程, conference and study abroad experiences and fellowships, 研讨会, and the Doherty Scholars program. In her role as the executive director of the 澳门水利博彩官方网站大学 Research Center 为 Women and Girls, Eastberg oversaw the release of the Status of Girls in Wisconsin report in early 2019. The report is an eye-opening look at how girls in our state are faring in areas such as sexual violence and human trafficking; stress, depression and suicide; bullying; TV, online and social media engagement; and substance use. She also launched the annual State of Wisconsin Girls Summit, an opportunity 为 girls, 社区领袖, agencies that serve girls and the general public to have thoughtful, productive conversations and celebrate the contributions of girls to our community.

Eastberg began her career at 澳门水利博彩官方网站 in 2005 as a professor of history, teaching a number of different classes including Gender in the Early Modern World, Coastal Cities: The Baltic Sea, China and the West and Chinese Civilization and Culture.

In the spring of 2014, Eastberg and her colleague David Brooker developed and led an interdisciplinary course on coastal cities. The class studied Milwaukee as a coastal city, investigating the ways culture, economic development, political dynamics and the environment are all affected by our location on the water. The semester culminated in a trip to coastal cities along the Baltic Sea that included Gdansk, 波兰, 哥本哈根, 丹麦, and Kalmar and Malmö, 瑞典.

Eastberg has given numerous workshops and presentations across the country and around the world on topics ranging from academic program prioritization to Anglo-Chinese relations. She’s also done interviews with WUWM, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 福克斯6, 早上混合, BizTimes Milwaukee and numerous other media outlets across the state.

Eastberg earned her PhD in History from Marquette University. She is past president of the Midwest World History Association and has been trained as a Peer Reviewer 为 the Higher Learning Commission. She also serves as the Vice President 为 the Layton Art Collection, 公司, on the board of the Wisconsin Policy Forum, and on the editorial board of The History Teacher journal. Eastberg served 为 18 years with the Advanced Placement World History program, leading the scoring of the over 300,000 student exams nationally as Chief Reader through the global pandemic.

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