Interim Director
von-spiegel.2@osu.edu
Jackie von Spiegel is Interim Director of the Walter E. Dennis Learning Center and has been part of the center’s leadership team since 2019.
Her efforts focus on developing and managing college success courses, creating innovative programming to support students’ academic skills, leading the center’s instructional team and coaching team, and collaborating on research-to-practice initiatives that support students’ learning and motivation.
Prior to her current role, Jackie served as Program Manager of the Dennis Learning Center (DLC). In these roles, she provided leadership for the center’s outreach activities, programming, and academic coaching services. In addition, she contributed to the broader field of collegiate learning assistance in the Academic Coaching Advising Community (through NACADA).
Jackie’s passion for supporting college student development stemmed from her undergraduate student jobs tutoring mathematics and statistics, and teaching standardized test prep courses. She received her master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from The Ohio State University, studying children’s language development. While a student in this program, she taught courses in introductory psychology, cognitive development, lifespan development, and internships in psychology. Following her master’s degree, Jackie served as an Academic Advisor in the Department of Psychology, supporting students with academic and career planning, as well as practicing academic coaching skills to develop students’ engagement in self-regulated learning. In this role, Jackie guided students in their first years in college through teaching the college survey classes and the DLC’s course on self-regulated learning.
Jackie is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Ohio State, where her research focuses on college students’ academic help-seeking. Jackie s committed to developing strong teams within the DLC and meaningful learning experiences to support student engagement, retention, and success.