Hershey, Pennsylvania
New York, New YorkBeijing, China

Jennifer Putnam

Jennifer Putnam earned her Doctor of Education degree at Gardner-Webb University. She is currently the Associate Dean of the College of Education at Gardner-Webb University and directs the Doctor of Education program there. Her most recent published research focuses on growth mindset and self-efficacy in K-12 classrooms. She has been invited to speak at other institutions and conferences, on topics such as graduate student mentoring, effective feedback, and teacher leadership.

Publications

Mentoring Students and Instructors for Retention and Success
Mentoring Students and Instructors for Retention and Success
Jennifer Putnam, Jessica VanValkenburgh Banks, Sydney K. Brown. © 2025. 342 pages.
Mentoring is a critical factor in student and instructor retention, fostering academic and professional success through guidance, support, and knowledge-sharing. Effective...
The Importance of Supporting the Social-Emotional Skills of Teacher Educators in the Post-COVID Era
The Importance of Supporting the Social-Emotional Skills of Teacher Educators in the Post-COVID Era
Mindy Louise Duckworth, Jennifer Putnam. © 2022. 20 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected education on all fronts. Most troubling was the effect on students' social emotional learning (SEL) across all education sectors. The...
Room to IMPROVE: Designing Virtual Professional Learning Environments
Room to IMPROVE: Designing Virtual Professional Learning Environments
Sydney Brown, Jennifer Putnam, Holly Mabry. © 2019. 16 pages.
Digital learning publications have become more accessible for both creators and users. With little training, creators can utilize various web hosting sites to design and publish...