Dr. Jennifer Adams

Biography

Jennifer Adams is an Associate Professor and the Program Director for International Teaching and Global Leadership at Johns Hopkins University. With a master's and doctoral degree from Harvard University, Jennifer Adams has acquired 20 years of experience in the field of global education. Her work encompasses roles as a teacher, school leader, and educational researcher across East Asia, including Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong. She has been recognized as a Spencer Foundation Research Training Fellow and received the Fulbright Specialist Award in Indonesia and the Israel Faculty Fellowship in 2022. Adams has served on the Hong Kong Research Grants Council’s Collaborative Research Fund award panel from 2023 to 2026 and has been associated with the Education and Social Sciences panels from 2014 to 2019. Her teaching includes graduate-level courses in comparative international education and quantitative research methods. Her current research focuses on educational opportunities for children in rural communities and investigates the social, demographic, and economic shifts associated with rapid globalization in contexts such as China. Additionally, Adams explores the educational impact of climate change and natural disasters in Indonesia and conducts cross-national research on environmental literacy and climate change education, aiming to improve educational policy for disadvantaged students in resource-constrained and climate-affected areas.

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