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Ginny Jones Boss, PhD

Biography

Ginny Boss is a higher education researcher and educator whose work examines teaching and learning, labor justice, and how professional environments shape student success. She teaches and mentors master’s and doctoral students in student affairs, preparing future leaders committed to fostering student success, inclusive excellence, and supportive educational environments.

Interests

  • Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
  • Care Work and Labor Justice in Higher Education

Education

  •  PhD in College Student Affairs Administration
    University of Georgia
  •  MA in Mental Health Counseling
    Asbury Theological Seminary
  •  BA in Communication Studies
    Georgia Southern University

Contact

Grants

NASPA Region III Research Grant
2021

Publications

Selected Works

Research universities
  • Boss, G. J. (2024)
  • Institutional Diversity in American Postsecondary Education
Culturally and Historically Responsive Pedagogies to Enhance Student Agency in Racialized Learning Environments
  • Boss, G. J. (2023)
  • In Developing Culturally Responsive Learning Environments in Postsecondary Education (pp. 89–104)
Exploring the role of doctoral education in scholarly practice
  • Boss, G. J. & Dunn, M. S. (2023).
  • Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
On Black mattering and (un)framing the preparation of higher education/student affairs administrators
  • Boss, G. J., Porter, C. J., & Davis, T. J. (2021)
  • Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education
Who cares?: (Re)visioning labor justice for Black women contingent faculty.
  • Boss, G., Porter, C. J., Davis, T. J., & Moore, C. M. (2021).
  • Journal of African American Women and Girls in Education

Awards and Accolades

Senior Teaching Fellows

University of Georgia, 2025

Mid-Career Faculty Award

NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2024

Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity

University College Kennesaw State University, 2019

Junior Faculty Fellow, AAUP Kennesaw State Chapter

Kennesaw State University, 2017

Nevitt Sanford Award

ACPA Commission for Professional Preparation, 2014