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Jennifer Adams - Drexel University Associate Professor for MS in Global and International Education
Associate Professor
Program Director, Global and International Education

Jennifer Adams, EdD

Education

EdD, Harvard University
MEd, Harvard University
BA, Colgate University

Program Affiliation

EdD, Educational Leadership and Management
MS, Global & International Education
Certificate, Education Policy
  • Davidson, Shannon and Jennifer Adams. (2013) “Adversity and internalizing problems among adolescents in rural China: the protective roles of parental and teacher support,” International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37(6): 530-541.
  • Chen, Shuang, Jennifer Adams, Zhiyong Qu, Xiaohua Wang, Li, Chen. (2013) “Parental migration status and academic engagement in China: the role of parental and teacher support,” International Review of Education, 59(6): 693-722.
  • Yiu, Lisa and Jennifer Adams. (2013) “Reforming Rural Education: Understanding Teacher Expectations for Rural Youth,” The China Quarterly, 216: 993-1017.
  • Comparative and international education
  • Poverty and education
  • Educational inequality
  • Educational policy
  • Quantitative methods
  • Survey research methods
  • Chinese education and society
  • Child welfare
  • Migration
  • Sociology of education
  • Drexel University (2014-present)
    Associate Professor
  • Drexel University (2013-2014)
    Associate Clinical Professor
  • Stanford University (2006-13)
    Assistant Professor
Jennifer Adams is an Associate Professor in the School of Education’s Educational Leadership and Management Program and the Global & International Education Program. Her research interests include comparative & international education, educational policy, educational inequality, child welfare, migration, sociology of education, and Chinese education & society. Adams has published a few works including “Adversity and internalizing problems among adolescents in rural China: the protective roles of parental and teacher support,” “Parental migration status and academic engagement in China: the role of parental and teacher support,” and “Reforming Rural Education: Understanding Teacher Expectations for Rural Youth.”  Her office is located at Room 136 in One Drexel Plaza. She can be reached at 215-571-4581 and at jennifer.adams@drexel.edu.