Taylor University Chapel

Dr. Rhonda Jeter

Dr. Rhonda F. Jeter is currently a Full-Professor and Dean of the College of Education at Bowie State University. Prior to this appointment, she served as the Interim Dean and the Associate Dean of the College of Education for Accreditation and International Programs. Before this appointment, she was chair of the Department of Counseling at Bowie State University for 8 years.  She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Theatre Arts with a minor in English at Taylor University.  Dr. Jeter taught for three years at the junior high and high school levels in Philadelphia.  She earned a Master’s degree in Family and Community Development specializing in Family Therapy at the University of Maryland-College Park in 1984.  Subsequently she received her Ph.D. in Professional and Scientific Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.  Dr. Jeter taught at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for ten years in the Master’s Program in Guidance and Counseling.  Four of those years she served as the Coordinator of that program. During the 1998-1999 academic year, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at The George Washington University.   In 2010, Dr. Jeter was appointed to the Board of Trustees at Taylor University where she received her undergraduate degree. Dr. Jeter does research and has presented nationally, regionally, and locally on current topics in the education and counseling fields. Some of her areas of expertise include: counselor supervision, relationship issues, conflict resolution, mentoring, women’s issues, group process, racial socialization, racial identity, value added assessment, diversity in education and dissertation completion.  Dr. Jeter holds several counseling credentials; she is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland, a National Certified Counselor (NCC), and an Approved Supervisor in Clinical Professional Counseling in Maryland.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

1. How do you respond to difficult times in your life?  What would you like to change?
2. How is the Christian you are at Taylor different from the one you are at home?
3. What will moving to another level in Christ be like for you?