Jacqueline Mac

Jacqueline Mac (she/hers), PhD, identifies as a first-generation student and as an ethnic Chinese Vietnamese woman. Her dedication to equity and justice work is informed by her family’s refugee experiences, heavily shaped by a background in Asian American studies, and drawn from her work as an educator, community and labor organizer, and facilitator in student affairs, higher education, and nonprofit sectors.

Jacqueline conducts research to examine race and racism in education, understand the effectiveness of higher education policies and practices, and advance institutional transformation towards equity. She also teaches courses on assessment, evaluation, research design, public policy, and equity and justice in higher education.

Jacqueline earned her doctorate in Higher Education and Student Affairs from Indiana University, masters in College Student Personnel from University of Maryland College Park, and bachelors in Psychology and Asian American studies from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She also holds an executive certificate in diversity, equity, and inclusion from Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies.