Background
In his role as Director of Research and Grants Initiatives, Dr. Jesse Rine is responsible for conducting the Council’s annual surveys and advancing a national research agenda for Christian higher education. His research interests include faith development during the college years, student learning outcomes assessment, and the population ecology of organizations.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Higher Education
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
2010
Master of Arts in Teaching, Latin
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
2004
Bachelor of Arts, Christian Thought
Grove City College
Grove City, PA
2001
Professional Experience
Research Associate
Center for Advanced Study of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
2010-2011
Office of the Vice President for Management & Budget
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
2008-2010
Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
2007-2008
Research
“Committed to Faith yet Open to Difference: Validating a Model for Fallibilist Christian Spirituality among College Students.”
Journal of College Student Development (in press).
“Bridging the Empirical Divide of College Teaching and Student Learning” (with Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas). Academic Symposium on Using Evidence to Improve Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Inauguration of Teresa A. Sullivan as the Eighth President of the University of Virginia. (April 2011).
“Pluralism, Provisionality, and Faith: A Postmodern Spirituality for Evangelical Colleges.” Paper presented as part of Symposium, Spirituality in Higher Education: Exploring an Emerging Stream of Research. 35th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Indianapolis, IN. (November 2010).
“Hiring Reconsidered: Exploring and Responding to the Candidate’s Perspective” (with Gertrude Fraser and Maggie Harden). Keeping our Faculties of Color Symposium V – Faculty Diversity in Higher Education: An Agenda for Research and Change. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. (November 2010).
“Survey Design: Getting the Results You Need.” (with Sarah Collie). Spring Workshop Series, Office of Process Simplification, University of Virginia. (May 2009).
“The Demographic Structure of Full-Time Academic Faculty at the University of Virginia.” Women’s Leadership Council, University of Virginia. (March 2008).
“Identity Formation in Religious Schools: Appraisals and Prospects.” Annual Meeting, Comparative and International Education Society. Baltimore, MD. (February 2007)
Personal
A Pittsburgh native, Jesse currently hails from Burke (VA) with his wife, Rebecca, a doctoral candidate in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Jesse enjoys going to art museums, exploring new cities, and searching for squirrels with his dog, Nicholas.