HELLO, I'M
Dr. Jackie Hoermann-Elliott.
First-gen student turned administrator & author
committed to helping all students find success in higher ed.
Welcome!
Connection is at the heart of everything I do, and I'd love to connect with you. Email me or find me on other platforms.
ABOUT
Welcome to my site, which I've developed to archive my work in higher ed over the years. As a writing program administration by training, I take an energizing approach to student success, looking closely at how faculty and staff can best support students who have traditionally faced significant barriers to college access, transition, and persistence.
As the author of three books — including Parenting While PhDing: Surviving and Improving the Working Conditions of Graduate Student Parents, published by Rutgers University Press in 2025 — my research focuses primarily on issues of embodiment, writing, and student success. I serve as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and an Associate Professor of English at Texas Woman's University (TWU) in Denton, TX. Previously, I directed TWU's First-Year Composition (FYC) Program for seven years, and I maintain close ties to our writing programs by coordinating efforts to support placement, college readiness, and a summer bridge program for students with lived experience in foster care.
As an award-winning scholar and teacher, I am passionate about researching and designing academic programs that allow students, faculty, and staff to thrive. In 2024, my work with the FYC Program was awarded the NCTE-CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence, and later that year another program I built, Pioneer Prep, was recognized as "Best Program of the Year" by the Texas College Academic Support Programs (CASP) for exceptional work in supporting developmental education and placement for first-year students. Within my institution, I have been awarded the prestigious Mary Mason Lyon Award for Distinguished Junior Faculty (2024), TWU's Distinction in Teaching Award (2025), and the Distinguished Service to Student Life Award (2025).
I hold a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Texas Christian University, and I live in Texas with my husband and four children. In my free time, you can find me running or taking long walks, baking or humbly attempting to create art, and reading historical fiction in the still of quiet moments.