Jen Schneider
Bio
Jen Schneider is Associate Dean of the College of Innovation and Design. She has worked extensively in the areas of public communication of science and technology controversies, stakeholder engagement, and public engagement. Jen received her PhD in Cultural Studies from Claremont Graduate University in 2004, and was a professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines before joining Boise State in 2014. She served as Interim Associate Dean of the School of Public Service at Boise State before joining CI+D.
Scholarship
Jen frequently works with organizations and agencies interested in engaging the public in decision-making. She facilitates public meetings, but also works with groups who want to design longer-term public engagements and partnerships, and has experience working in high-conflict, partisan, and information-rich environments. She also has extensive experience collecting and analyzing qualitative data, such as written responses to surveys, or focus group and interview data, and using that information to analyze problems or strategize future directions.