Jason Garvey

Executive Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Friedman-Hipps Green and Gold Associate Professor of Education

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Jay Garvey
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Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D. in College Student Personnel Administration from the University of Maryland
  • M.A. in School Psychology from The Ohio State University
  • B.A. in Educational Studies from the University of Delaware

BIO

Dr. Jason C. Garvey is the Executive Director for the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment and the Friedman-Hipps Green and Gold Associate Professor of Education. As an interdisciplinary researcher, he uses his expertise in student success, teaching and learning, education policy, and statistics to merge data-informed decision making with social change and impact in higher education.

Dr. Garvey is the Principal Investigator for QTPiE: Queer and Trans People in Education, a multi-institutional research team with a mission to educate, advocate, and build coalitions that advance equitable policies and practices for queer and trans people in education. He is a 2024 Senior Scholar with ACPA: College Student Educators International, a 2023 Fulbright Scholar with the British Library in the United Kingdom, and serves as the Executive Associate Editor for the Journal of College Student Development.

Dr. Garvey received his PhD in College Student Personnel Administration from the University of Maryland with a certificate in Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation. For more information about his scholarship and professional activities beyond what is included on this profile, please visit his Google Scholar page.

Courses

  • College Students and Contexts
  • Student Development Theory

Publications

Google Scholar

Awards and Achievements

  • American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Senior Scholar Award (2024)
  • Fulbright-British Library Eccles Centre Scholar Award, US-UK Fulbright Commission (2023)
  • Research grant award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 'Catalyzing a data infrastructure to support LGBTQ inclusion in STEM' (2022-2024)
  • Research grant award from the American Educational Research Association and National Science Foundation for 'Queering student success: Exploring structural relationships for queer and trans student college enrollment' (2021-2022)
  • Outstanding Book Award from NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education for ‘Case Studies for Student Development Theory: Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion in Higher Education’ (2021)
  • Joseph A. Abruscato Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship at the University of Vermont (2020)

Area(s) of expertise

  • Queer and trans people in education
  • Survey design and quantitative methods
  • Higher education and student affairs administration

Bio

Dr. Jason C. Garvey is the Executive Director for the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment and the Friedman-Hipps Green and Gold Associate Professor of Education. As an interdisciplinary researcher, he uses his expertise in student success, teaching and learning, education policy, and statistics to merge data-informed decision making with social change and impact in higher education.

Dr. Garvey is the Principal Investigator for QTPiE: Queer and Trans People in Education, a multi-institutional research team with a mission to educate, advocate, and build coalitions that advance equitable policies and practices for queer and trans people in education. He is a 2024 Senior Scholar with ACPA: College Student Educators International, a 2023 Fulbright Scholar with the British Library in the United Kingdom, and serves as the Executive Associate Editor for the Journal of College Student Development.

Dr. Garvey received his PhD in College Student Personnel Administration from the University of Maryland with a certificate in Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation. For more information about his scholarship and professional activities beyond what is included on this profile, please visit his Google Scholar page.

Courses

  • College Students and Contexts
  • Student Development Theory

Publications

Awards and Achievements

  • American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Senior Scholar Award (2024)
  • Fulbright-British Library Eccles Centre Scholar Award, US-UK Fulbright Commission (2023)
  • Research grant award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 'Catalyzing a data infrastructure to support LGBTQ inclusion in STEM' (2022-2024)
  • Research grant award from the American Educational Research Association and National Science Foundation for 'Queering student success: Exploring structural relationships for queer and trans student college enrollment' (2021-2022)
  • Outstanding Book Award from NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education for ‘Case Studies for Student Development Theory: Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion in Higher Education’ (2021)
  • Joseph A. Abruscato Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship at the University of Vermont (2020)

Areas of Expertise

  • Queer and trans people in education
  • Survey design and quantitative methods
  • Higher education and student affairs administration