Women in Academia

Dr. Bonds-Raacke

Dr. Jennifer Bonds-Raacke is currently the Dean of the Graduate School and Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects at Fort Hays State University (FHSU). She holds the rank of tenured, professor in the Department of Psychology.

Her primary research interests are the psychology of mass communication, decision-making, and the psychology of teaching. Prior to joining the faculty at FHSU, Dr. Bonds-Raacke served as the Associate Dean of the Maynor Honors College and as a Faculty Teaching Fellow for the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She has also been an Assistant Professor and Faculty Advisor of the Honors Program at Briar Cliff University. Dr. Bonds-Raacke obtained her PhD and MS from Kansas State University in Experimental Psychology and her BA from Christian Brothers University.

She has been happily married to Dr. John Raacke for over 18 years and they have two daughters, Callie and Brooke.