Jacqueline Smith

Vice President, Principled Innovation and Impact,

Office of University Affairs

Other ASU affiliations

School of Community Resources & Development (CRD)

Mail code: 7005

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Jacqueline is Vice President for Principled Innovation and Impact. In this role, she guides initiatives that advance human flourishing and civic culture, strengthening the ways we care for one another, our communities, and the common good.

Jacqueline is also a Professor of Practice in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions where she focuses on community leadership and civic trust. She has also taught an undergraduate course called Cross Sector Collaboration which is offered to students in the Next Generation Service Corps, a program she helped design.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics and her law degree from Georgetown University.

Research Activity

Smith,Jacqueline Vella*. Lifelong Learning: Research Framing Partner Engagement. (7/15/2014 - 9/1/2015).
Smith,Jacqueline Vella*. The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at ASU. (6/29/2012 - 12/31/2019).
Smith,Jacqueline Vella*, Boradkar,Prasad, Boradkar,Prasad, Callahan,Christopher, Callahan,Christopher, Cannella,Albert, Crow,Michael M, De Los Santos,Kimberly Amber, Essig,Linda, Gillmore,Mary Louise Rogers, Hoffman,Dennis L, Hoffman,Dennis L, Jurik,Nancy C, Jurik,Nancy C, Lobo,Jose A, Melnyk,Bernadette Mazurek, Phillips,Elizabeth Deutsch, Regier,Philip Roger, Rikakis,Thanassis, Rosen,Julia Karen, Shafer,Terri, Van Der Leeuw,Sander. University as Entrepreneur. KAUFFMAN FDN(1/24/2007 - 6/30/2012).

Courses

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
NLM 160	Vol Action & Community Ldrshp

Expertise Areas

Design and Design Thinking in Education

Educational Policy and Politics

Higher and Postsecondary Education

Innovation

Leadership Development

Lifelong Learning

Social Entrepreneurship