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As CEA’s Director for Academic Affairs, Dr. Jacqueline Martinez brings over 16 years of experience in higher education. Jacqueline’s unique background is an asset to CEA, as she has experience with university operations in the areas of admissions, student services, student affairs, financial aid, student government, judicial affairs, academic affairs, operational strategic planning & assessment, self-studies & site visits, preparing for accreditation approvals (initial and renewal), international operations including F-1 & J-1 student status, and managing campus operations.

Dr. Martinez is also a university professor; she teaches first-year experience courses and master’s level courses in field of Industrial Organizational Psychology. Jacqueline is passionate about student retention, the student experience, assessment, academic operations, and understanding generational behaviors in higher education. Jacqueline holds a BS in Business Administration, MA in Industrial Organizational Psychology, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership -- Higher and Postsecondary Education. Her dissertation was titled Creating the DNA for Organizational Longevity: Understanding Generational Behaviors in Higher Education.

• EdD, Argosy University (AZ)
• MA, Argosy University (AZ)
• BS, Argosy University (AZ)
  

 

Alex Henderson is CEA’s Associate Academic Coordinator. In addition to supporting the Academic Team in day-to-day operations, Alex is responsible for the organization and logistics of all CEA transcripts. Alex previously worked as a CEA Admissions Counselor before moving to the Academic Team.

Alex is an alumni of the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, where he earned a B.A. in History. He is currently candidate for a master’s degree in Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University.

Alex lived in Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom. For future travel destinations, Morocco and Argentina top the list!

As CEA’s Assistant Academic Coordinator, Alexis Pagel supports the Academic Team through organizing all CEA transcripts and working with course syllabi. She is a University of Arizona alumni with a B.S. in Public Management and Policy, as well as a CEA alumni of the Prague, Czech Republic program. She is currently a master’s degree candidate in Arizona State University’s Public Administration program.

Culture, food, and traditions always inspire me. In high school, when the opportunity arose to travel to Europe, a spark inside me ignited. My study of Anthropology and Earth Science at University of California, Irvine fanned that flame! While at UCI, I studied abroad in two magnificent and very different destinations: Be'er Sheva, Israel, and the Waikato region of Aotearoa New Zealand for a total of 15 months. While completely immersed in these two amazing, fabulously diverse cultures and environments, I met many inspiring people from all around this beautiful world that continue to teach and humble me to this day.

I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to travel to Italy, France, Germany, England, Israel, Jordan, and Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as many wonderful places in the States. However, my list of where I’d like to travel is much longer! As much as I wish to travel to many new destinations, I made my two study abroad destinations my "homes," and would love to go back and spend time reconnecting with my friends, "family," and the beautiful environments there.

Outside of CEA, I enjoy hiking, reading, painting, do it yourself (DIY) crafting, baking, playing with animals (especially cats), watching Netflix, going to museums, and—of course—travelling!

Did you know? I was in marching band and color guard in high school and I enjoy dancing!