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Dr. Jacqueline Yahn holds the BA in Secondary English Education from West Liberty University and an MA in Integrated Teaching and Learning from The Ohio State University. She holds the EdD in Educational Administration from 91̽»¨. Dr. Yahn teaches courses in middle childhood education, reading education, children’s literature, and social studies and English Language arts methods. Her major research interests include rural education, rural school, and community viability, school finance, and education policy and leadership. Her work often focuses on current and/or historical issues impacting rural schools and communities, especially those in the Appalachian region.

Research, Engagement, and Outreach interests: Rural Schools and Rural Community Viability; School Finance and Organization; Policy and Leadership.

Refereed Journal Articles

Ricket, A., Yahn, J., & Bentley, E. (2023). Rural community and career connected learning: Impacts of high school internships prioritizing people and place. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 39(3).

Yahn, J. & Ricket, A. (2023). The rural lifeworld as a pathway to career identity: Lessons from a non-school internship study. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. 

Yahn, J. (2023). Schoolhouses above the rock: The shale gas rush and funding in Appalachian Ohio. Journal of Appalachian Studies, 29(1), 64-87. DOI: 10.5406/23288612.29.1.05

Hartman, S., Yahn, J., Brady, B. (2022). Changing the narrative on rural schools: Addressing damaging rural school stereotypes through teacher education. The Teacher Educators’ Journal,15 (2), 111-130.

Howley, C., Howley, A., Yahn, J., VanHorn, P., Telfer, D. (2019). Inclusive instructional leadership: A quasi-experimental study of professional development program for principals.  Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 31(1), 3-23. http://www.mwera.org/MWER/volumes/v31/issue1/V31n1-Howley-FEATURE-ARTICLE.pdf

Yahn, J. (2018). Power and Powerlessness in the Shale Valley Schools: Fracking for funding. West Virginia Law Review, 120 (3), 943-972.

Edited Book Chapters

Ricket, A., Yahn, J., & Werry, T. (2024). Social capital for Appalachia’s youth. In L.Day, J. Johnson (Eds.). Accessible Appalachia: An open-access introduction to Appalachian studies. Richmond, KY: Eastern Kentucky University.

Yahn, J. (2023). The digital literacy divide across the rural lifeworld: From remote possibility to global connectivity. In S. Kerkhoff & H. Spires (Eds.), Critical perspectives on global literacies: Bridging research and practice (pp.75-88). Routledge.

Yahn, J., Ricket, A. & Werry, T. (2023). Bridging schools, communities, and universities: Community and Career Connected Learning. In S. L. Hartman & R. Klein (Eds.), The middle of somewhere: Rural education partnerships and innovation (pp. 13-29). Harvard University Press.

Yahn, J. (2021) This land is our land? Silas House holds up a mirror in his young adult literature. In S. Shurbutt (Ed.), Silas House: Exploring an Appalachian writer’s work (pp. 98-112). University of Kentucky Press.

Yahn, J. (2020) You talkin’ about me? Turning the Blood of Appalachia’s opioid epidemic into ink. In  T.Stimeling (Ed.), The opioid epidemic and US culture: Expression, art, and politics in an age of addiction  (pp. 118-131). West Virginia University Press.

Yahn, J. (2016).  Frackonomics: The fiscal implications of Northern Appalachia’s natural gas boom. In R. Fletcher & W. Schumann (Eds.), Appalachia revisited, (pp. 139-153). University of Kentucky Press.

Articles, White Papers, Outreach Reports

Ricket A., Yahn, J., Belkin, S.  (2024). Addressing a Missing Link in Implementing Career Pathways In K-12 Education: The Role of BB2C’s Professional Development for Educators [Research report]. Building Bridges to Careers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/64417fb9cf9d6f67a1bc85b6/t/663ec7d5187fd55080314a18/1715390428614/Building+Bridges+to+Careers+2024+Report_April+22.pdf

Ottley, J. R., Yahn, J. J., Clifton, J. A., & Storie, S. O. (2023). This is who we are and what we do: A case study of two districts exemplifying inclusivity. TIES Center;

Ricket, A., Bentley, E. & Yahn, J. (2021). Community and career connected learning: The impact of high school internships in rural Appalachian Ohio. [Research report]. Building Bridges to Careers.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51e96d5ee4b00dfa731a01d5/t/623b399058c0f3010abff689/1648048534244/Internship%2BImpact%2BReport_2022-v3-compressed.pdf