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Jodi Linley

Associate Professor

Introduction

Jodi’s research broadly focuses on minoritized collegians’ experiences and supports. More specifically, Jodi studies college student meaning-making about campus culture and campus diversity messaging; minoritized college student success; and higher education socialization. She is PI of multiple research studies focused on LGBTQ+ college student success. Jodi has published in the Journal of College Student Development, Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice, College Teaching, Whiteness & Education, NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education, New Directions for Student Services, among others. Jodi teaches graduate courses on college students and their development, teaching and learning in higher education, and advanced qualitative research methods.

Current Positions

  • Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs

College of Education Affiliations

Education

  • PhD in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
  • MA in Student Development in Postsecondary Education, University of Iowa
  • BA in English, University of Iowa

Selected Awards & Honors

  • Diamond Honoree, ACPA, 2020 - 2021
  • Distinguished Educator Award, University of Iowa Center for Diversity & Enrichment, 2019
  • Distinguished Service Award, Iowa Student Personnel Association, 2019
  • Scholar in Residence, ACPA CLGBTA, 2016 - 2018
  • Outstanding Mentor to Graduate Students, ACPA, 2016
  • Voice of Inclusion Medallion, ACPA, 2016
  • Audrey Qualls Commitment to Diversity Award, University of Iowa College of Education, 2015
  • Distinguished Educator Award, University of Iowa Center for Diversity and Enrichment, 2011
  • Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy, The University of Iowa, 2010
  • David J. Skorton Staff Excellence Award for Public Service, The University of Iowa, 2007

Professional Memberships

  • Critical Race Studies in Education Association, 2017
  • American Educational Research Association, 2013
  • Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2011
  • College Student Educators International, 1999

Selected Publications

  • Linley, J. L. & Stroup, N. R. (2021). Review of Socialization in Higher Education and Early Career: Theory, Research and Application. [Review of the Book Socialization in Higher Education and Early Career: Theory, Research and Application, By John C. Weidman and Linda DeAngelo.] Review of Higher Education 45 (1) 117-123.
  • Copeland, O., Linley, J. L. & Nguyen, D. J. (In Press). LGB Faculty. In Strunk, K. & Shelton, S. A. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Queer Studies in Education.
  • Weaver, K. E., Lange, A. C. & Linley, J. L. (2021). White student leaders’ deflections of diversity conversations. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2021.1900619.
  • Linley, J. L. & Lange, A. C. (2020). Review of Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts: Identity, Policies, and Campus Climate. [Review of the Book Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts: Identity, Policies, and Campus Climate, By Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, Devika Dibya Choudhuri, and Jason L. Taylor.] Journal of College Student Development 61 (4) 535-537. DOI: 10.1353/csd.2020.0047.
  • Weaver, K. & Linley, J. L. (2020). Queering spirituality: A conceptual exploration of spiritual LGBTQ+ college students’ ecological systems. In Snipes, J. T. & Manson, S. (Eds.) Remixed and Reimagined: Innovations in Religion, Spirituality, and (Inter)Faith in Higher Education. pp. 57-70.
  • Mollet, A. L., Weaver, K., Holmes, J., Linley, J. L., Renn, K. A. & Hurley, L. (2020). Queer in residence: Exploring the on-campus housing experiences of queer college students. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1080/19496591.2020.1717962.
  • Mollet, A. L., Stier, M., Linley, J. L. & Locke, L. A. (2020). “I didn’t become a professor to teach high school”: Examining college educators’ perceptions of culture in Early College High Schools. Equity and Excellence in Education 53 (1-2) 229-243. DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2020.1755387.
  • Bowman, N. A., Linley, J. L. & Weaver, K. (2020). Self-authorship capacity and its relationship with college student experiences and outcomes. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice 57 (4) 403-416. DOI: 10.1080/19496591.2019.1663358.
  • Nguyen, D., Linley, J. L., Woodford, M. & Renn, K. A. (2020). Exploring LGBTQ+ students’ awareness of housing and anti-discrimination policies across institutional type. Journal of College and University Student Housing 46 (3) 28-45.
  • Kilgo, C., Linley, J. L., Renn, K. A. & Woodford, M. (2019). High-impact for whom? The influence of environment and identity on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer college students' participation in high-impact practices. Journal of College Student Development 60 (4) 421-436. DOI: 10.1353/csd.2019.0038.

Selected Presentations

  • Linley, J. L., O'Wesney, S., Nguyen, D. J., Woodford, M. & Renn, K. A. (2021, November) A Different Perspective on the Departure Puzzle: Ecological Factors Influencing LGBTQ+ Students' Desire to Persist. Paper presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education, San Juan.
  • Linley, J. L. (2021, August) Trans College Students' First-Year Experience: What Matters and Why. Paper presented at Bridging the Rainbow Gap, Auburn, Alabama.
  • Lange, A. C., Linley, J. L. & Kilgo, C. A. (2020, March) Trans students' college choice & journeys to undergraduate education. Paper presented at ACPA College Student Educators International, Nashville.
  • Lange, A. C., Weaver, K. E., Augeri, M., Martin-Stanley, C. R. & Linley, J. L. (2019, November) Is It Worth It? Let Me Work It: The Attitudes of Peer Socialization Agents Toward Diversity and Inclusion.. Conference Presentation presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
  • Davison, C. H., Doran, E., Lange, A. C., Whitehead, M. A., Linley, J. L., Cabrera, N. & Foste, Z. (2019, November) Shifting the Gaze: How Differently Situated Scholars Approach and Experience the Study of Whiteness in Higher Education.. Panel presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
  • Bowman, N. A., Linley, J. L., Jarratt, L., Jang, N. & Bono, T. (2019, November) The Peaks and Valleys of the First Semester of College: Differences Between High-Belonging and Low-Belonging Students.. Conference Presentation presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
  • Anderson, D. L., Martin-Stanley, C. R., Mollet, A. L., Mohebali, M., Jarratt, L. & Linley, J. L. (2019, November) Underlife: Strategies of Higher Education Peer Socialization Agents to Navigate Tension in Institutional Roles. Conference Presentation presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
  • Linley, J. L., Weaver, K. E., Martin-Stanley, C. R., Augeri, M. & Lange, A. C. (2019, November) A Visual Analysis of Peer Socialization Agents' Perceptions of Alignment Between Institutional Diversity Narratives and Campus Climate.. Conference Presentation presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
  • Holmes, J. M. & Linley, J. L. (2019, November) Reimagining LGBTQ+ College Student Surveys.. Conference Presentation presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
  • Linley, J. L. (2019, September) Autoethnography: Finding possibilities by exploring hauntings. Invited Lecture presented at College of Education Words As Data Collaborative, Iowa City, Iowa.

Selected Grants & Contracts

  • Linley, Jodi L (Principal Investigator), Kilgo, Cindy Ann (Co-Principal) Grant Research, Applied. The Journeys of Transgender Students’ College Choice Processes and Transitions to Campus. Spencer Foundation. Funded. August 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019.
  • Linley, Jodi L (Principal Investigator) Grant Research, Applied. LGBTQ+ College Student Survey Development. Iowa Measurement Research Foundation. Funded. August 1, 2018 - June 1, 2019.
  • Linley, Jodi L (Principal Investigator) Grant Research, Applied. LGBTQ+ College Student Success. University of Iowa. Funded. February 1, 2019 - May 1, 2019.
  • Linley, Jodi L (Principal Investigator), Mollet, Amanda L (Co-Investigator) Grant Research, Applied. Do Ask, Do Tell: Exploring LGBQ Student Veterans' Ecological Systems. ACPA Foundation. Funded. January 1, 2017 - January 31, 2019.
  • Linley, Jodi L (Principal Investigator) Fellowship Research, Applied. Advancing Research About Minoritized College Students Toward Inclusive Campus Climates. College of Education. Funded. June 1, 2017 - August 30, 2017.
  • Linley, Jodi L (Co-Investigator), Jarratt, Lindsay, Kilgo, Cindy Ann (Co-Investigator) Grant Centering Gender Identity: Preparing Faculty , Staff, TAs & Students to Use Students’ Preferred Names and Gender Pronouns at the University of Iowa. ACPA Coalition for LGBT Awareness. Funded. August 15, 2015 - July 1, 2016.