Jaclyn Duerr

Jaclyn Duerr, Ed.D., impassioned by her own transfer student experience, acts as an advocate and agent for student success initiatives at the university level. She has been collaborating and creating retention services and programs for thirteen years, currently serving as the Director of the IDEA Engineering Student Center at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Duerr specializes in engineering student success, transfer student success, academic difficulty, and sense of belonging among commuter students. Within our technology-saturated culture, Dr. Duerr seeks to create accessible, cutting-edge, student-centered programs and services in efforts to build students’ connection to the university, other students, and their goals. Dr. Duerr has her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from California State University, Fresno, master’s in counseling for higher education from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, bachelor’s in psychology from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and an associate’s from Santa Barbara City College.

Mentorship Their Way: How an Adaptable Mentorship Program Enhances Transfer Students’ Sense of Belonging