Jackie Bruce photo.

Dr. Jacklyn Bruce, Assistant Professor

Agricultural and Extension Education



Office address:
210 Ricks Hall
Box 7607 NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-7607

Office Phone: (919) 515-8801
Fax: (919) 515-1965
E-Mail: jabruce2@ncsu.edu

Courses Taught
AEE 560 - Organizational & Administrative Leadership in Agricultural and Extension Education
AEE 595 - Leadership & Management of Volunteers

Research Interests
Leadership Skill Acquisition
Training Enviornments & Their Effect on Training Transfer

Education
2003, Ph.D -- Texas A&M University
Major Area of Study: Agricultural Education
Emphasis Area: Leadership Education, Educational Administration
Dissertation Title: Transfer of Training and Skills by Texas State 4-H Council Members: A Qualitative Study

2000, M.Ag. -- Colorado State University
Major Area of Study: Extension Education
Emphasis Area: 4-H Youth Development
Paper Title: Loss, Retention and Recruitment of Junior Market Livestock Sale Buyers in the State of Colorado: Factors that Contribute to Retention and Loss

1997, B.A.-- Colorado State University
Major: Political Science
Emphasis Area: American Government & Politics and Political Theory

Biographical Information
Dr. Jacklyn Bruce was born and raised in Colorado. She attended Colorado State University where she received degrees in Political Science and Extension Education. While completing her Masters Degree, she took a position with the Colorado State Cooperative Extension Service and was a 4-H Youth Development agent on the Western Slope of Colorado, before she met and married her husband and returned with him to Texas.

Dr. Bruce attended Texas A&M University, where she completed a PhD in Agricultural Education with emphases in Leadership Development and Extension Education. While at TAMU she was a member of the Department of Agricultural Education’s Leadership Team, and traveled all over the southern United States delivering leadership development workshops to various youth and adult organizations. 

Upon graduating from TAMU in May 2003, Dr. Bruce took a position with The Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education as an Assistant Professor of Youth and Adult Leadership Development. In this position, Dr. Bruce provides leadership for a variety of state level leadership development programming for the Pennsylvania 4-H program, maintains a rigorous research program in the area of transfer of leadership training and skills and an outreach program on working with teens for Pennsylvania’s 4-H Youth Development Extension Agents.

In her down time, Dr. Bruce is committed to her husband Danny, their daughter Ainslee Mae, and the family's Jack Russell Terriers: Oscar, Emma, and Woody. She also enjoys reading, playing jazz trumpet and piano, and volunteering her time with her college alumni groups.

Membership in Professional Organizations
American Association for Agricultural Education
Association of Leadership Educators
International Leadership Association
Gamma Sigma Delta
Phi Delta Kappa
Epsilon Sigma Phi

Selected Peer Reviewed Publications

Ewing, J., Bruce, J., & Ricketts, K. (2009, Winter). Effective Leadership Development for Undergraduates: How Important is Active Participation in Collegiate Organizations?  Journal  of Leadership Education, 7(3), 118-132. Available at: http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/JOLE_7_3.pdf

Ricketts, K., & Bruce, J. (in press). Co-opetition?" Can it exist between Extension and Agricultural Education - A Study on Interdisciplinary Cooperation. Journal of Extension.
 
Ricketts, K. Bruce, J., & Ewing, J. (2008, Summer). Leadership for Tomorrow: How Today’s Undergraduate Students See Themselves as Tomorrow’s Socially Responsible Leaders. Journal of Leadership Education, 8(1). Available at:   http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/JOLE_7_1.pdf  
 
Bruce, J., & Ricketts, K. (2008, Summer) Where’s All the Teamwork Gone? A Qualitative Analysis  of Cooperation among Interdisciplinary Teams. Journal of Leadership Education, 8(1). Available at: http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/JOLE_7_1.pdf  
 
Bruce, J., & Ricketts, K. (2008, Winter). Evaluation of the National FFA Organization’s Nominating Committee Training Program. Journal of Leadership Education , 6(1). Available  at: http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/Jole_6_1.pdf  (19 pp.)
 
Hoover, T., & Bruce, J. (2007,August). The Ag Ed Family - Contributions to the Development of Pennsylvania State FFA Officers. Journal of Leadership Education 5(3). Available at:        http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/Jole_5_3.pdf 
 
Bruce, J, Webster, N., & Sinasky, M. (2007, August). Leadership Practices Employed by 4-H Youth Development Educators in a Northeast State. Journal of Leadership Education 5(3).  Available at: http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/Jole_5_3.pdf  
 
Sinasky, M., & Bruce, J. (2007,June). Volunteers’ Perceptions of the Volunteer Management Practices of County Extension 4-H Educators. Journal of Extension 45(3). Available at:    http://www.joe.org/joe/2007june/tt5.shtml
 
Bruce, J., Nicola, S., & Menke, T. (2006, December). Listening to the Youth Voice in Planning  Leadership Development Programs. Journal of Extension. 44(6). Available at :   http://www.joe.org/joe/2006december/tt6.shtml 
 
Bruce, J. Webster, N., & Hoover, T. (2006, August). Developing Youth Voice in Service Learning Projects. Journal of Extension. 44(4). Available at:  http://www.joe.org/joe/2006august/tt1.shtml

Webster, N., Bruce, J., & Hoover T. (2006, July). Understanding the Perceptions of Service  Learning with Teen Leaders. Journal of Leadership Education. 5(1). 30-39. Available at :     http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/Jole_5_1.pdf

Sinasky, M., & Bruce, J. (2006, June). Supervisors’ and 4-H Youth Development Educators’ Perceptions of the Leadership Practices Employed by the Educators. Journal of Extension. 44(3). (10 pp.)Available at http://www.joe.org/joe/2006june/a6.shtml
 
Bruce, J., Boyd, B., & Dooley, K. (2005, June). Transfer of Training by State 4-H Council  Members, What the Researchers Learned & Implications for the Future. Journal of  Leadership Education. 4(1). 54-65. Available at:  http://www.fhsu.edu/jole/issues/JOLE_4_1.pdf 
 
Bruce, J., Boyd, B., & Dooley, K. (2004, October). Leadership Life Skills Demonstrated by State 4-H Council Members. Journal of Extension. 42(5). (10 pp.) Available at :     http://www.joe.org/joe/2004october/a6.shtml/ 
 
Bruce, J.A. (2002, February). Loss, Retention, and Recruitment of Junior Market Livestock Sale Buyers in the State of Colorado: Factors that Contribute to Retention and Loss. Journal of      Southern Agricultural Education Research. 52(1). 14-23. Available at  http://aaaeonline.ifas.ufl.edu/publications/SRJAE/lossretent.PDF

Honors & Awards
2nd Runner-Up Outstanding Research Presentation- American Association for Agricultural Education, North Central Region. (September, 2007). North Central Agricultural Education Research Conference. Columbia, Missouri.
 
Outstanding Early Career Agricultural Educator- American Association for Agricultural Education, North Central Region. (September, 2006). North Central Agricultural Education Research Conference. Ames, Iowa.
 
Outstanding Graduate Research Presentation - American Association for Agricultural Education, Southern Region Research Conference. (February 2002). Loss, Retention, and Recruitment of Junior Market Livestock Sale Buyers in the State of Colorado 1990-1999.   Southern Agriculture Education Research Conference. Orlando, Florida

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