Joanne K. Damminger

Joanne Damminger, Ed.D. is the Director of Student Transition and Leadership Programs at Rowan University. Joanne's work focuses on designing first-year and sophomore-year experiences and, she directs major events such as Freshman and Transfer Orientations and enjoys teaching in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. Joanne also coordinates a comprehensive first-year learning community for undeclared students.

Joanne presents nationally and internationally on the topics of the first-year experience, creating living/learning communities and helping students to become intentional learners. She has presented nationally and regionally on career counseling topics such as Resume Writing, Interviewing and Job Searching.

In addition to the "Handbook of Career Advising," Joanne recently published "Adding Value to the First-Year Experience: Embedding Self and Major Exploration in the College of Business Curriculum" published in the American Journal of Business Education. Joanne also published "A Collaborative, Holistic Career Development Program for Business Students" in the NACE Journal(March 2007), and she wrote the chapter "Self-Assessment: Relevance and Value in the First-Year" for the NACADA and FYE monograph entitled Academic Advising: New Insights for Teaching and Learning in the First Year.

Joanne earned her Doctorate in Education in Educational Leadership, a Master of Arts Degree in Student Personnel Services, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from Rowan University.