Dr. Jill Arensdorf, Professor of Leadership Programs, Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs
Contact Information:
Office Phone: 785-628-4241
Email: jrarensdorf@fhsu.edu
Biography:
Dr. Jill Arensdorf is a Leadership Programs professor at Fort Hays State University (FHSU) and currently serves as the FHSU Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs. Her research interests include civic engagement and leadership, leadership behavior and skill development, and the transfer of learning. She has published numerous articles on the effects of service learning on the development of leadership skills and the transfer of leadership skills to the workplace. She has been active in civic engagement efforts at FHSU, co-writing FHSU's Civic Investment Plan, and co-coordinated the first-year students learning community at FHSU, L3-Live. Learn. Lead. for nine years. Dr. Arensdorf has received the prestigious Navigator and Pilot Awards at FHSU for her exceptional advising and teaching. She completed her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at Kansas State University.
Dr. Arensdorf is highly passionate about teaching and participating in leadership.
Before her work at FHSU, she worked as a 4-H/Youth Extension Agent with K-State Research and Extension. Jill is originally from Hill City, KS. She and her husband, Mike, currently reside in Hays, KS. Dr. Arensdorf's interests include spending time with her family, music, golfing, reading, cooking, and water skiing.