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Anna-Kaye C. Rowe

Anna-Kaye C. Rowe is the Assistant Director for Career and Employer Engagement at Ohio University in Athens, OH. where she advises and provides career coaching and professional development support to students across several disciplines.  She was born and raised in Manchester, Jamaica and completed her B.A. degree in Media and Communication at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.  She is also a doctoral candidate pursuing Higher Education and Student Affairs at Ohio University, where she earned dual master's degrees in Public Administration and Communication and Development. 

Anna-Kaye is the Vice-Chair of Educational Programs with the ACPA Commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development and is actively involved in the Research on Women and Education AERA Special Interest Group. Her experience in academia spans several areas including student advising, curriculum and instruction, alumni relations, experiential learning, and career development. For the last three years, she has served as an Instructor at Ohio University’s Global Leadership Center, working with undergraduate students enrolled in the Global Leadership Certificate program. Anna-Kaye also coordinated the Center’s professional development courses and programming for graduate and professional students. 

As a proud first-generation and international college graduate, Anna-Kaye is passionate about access and equity in higher education, international students, post-graduation outcomes, and career preparedness. Her dissertation research explores the experiences and post-doctoral transition of international graduates in education and the social sciences.