Jason C. McKinney, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Earl C. Clements Job Corps Academy

  Aug 2001 - May 2003

  Career Manager

  • Delivered personal and career counseling to enhance student employability and success in the Job Corps program. • Worked with students from around the globe to enter the workplace as productive employees.• Identified barriers and created individualized career educational plans.• Monitored student’s social, ethical, and independence development while assisting students with vocational trade choices.

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  Earl C. Clements Job Corps Academy

  May 2004 - Dec 2007

  Career Development Instructor

  • Coached students in various academic subjects such as diversity, employability ethics, and health at an academy which provides freer career training and education for low-income 16- through 24-year-olds.• Prepared lesson plans on social and basic education skills.• Developed syllabus and overall course structure and administered all grades.

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  True Vine Missionary Baptist Church

  Nov 2008 - Jul 2014

  Pastor

  • Delivered weekly expository lessons to the congregation, taught Sunday school, and led business meetings to foster growth and stability.• Worked with local church districts to create youth support systems and managed church operations to enhance communication and relationships within the community.

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  University of Missouri-Columbia

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2024

  Enhanced students’ educational experiences through innovative, learner-centered practices and effective course development.• Built strong partnerships with companies like EY, Atria, Lockton, and Commerce Bank to support professional growth and successfully attracted underrepresented students through strategic recruitment efforts. • Led faculty professional development luncheons and student mentorship programs and reported on initiatives promoting inclusive excellence within the Trulaske College of Business.• Worked with staff and faculty to manage the existing and create new pathways and mentorship programs.• Researched and analyzed information to identify areas for experienced-centered learning. Show less Analyzed health data from 40 counties in southern Missouri to identify effective event locations that met community needs.• Focused on three critical health factors from the CDC: geographical areas (rural and urban) and socioeconomic indicators like income, education, and housing, which drive health disparities. • Performed a needs assessment to assist the organizers of events in planning their location, carefully considering the stories that data can tell about the region.• Assisted in creating evaluation forms to collect essential data on chronic illnesses, poverty, food insecurity, and housing insecurity, ensuring program initiatives made a significant community impact.• Researched demographic factors like race and age which play a significant role in Missouri, where people of color have higher rates of chronic illnesses, poverty, food insecurity, and housing insecurity. Show less Developed curriculum and facilitated program for Resident and Fellow doctors in a hybrid setting.• Led impactful workshops with Rural Medical Preceptors via ZOOM to CME (Continuing Medical Education) credit.• Created podcasts with rural preceptors and educational scholars while evaluating the pilot-year data.• Conducted workshops In partnership with the MU School of Medicine DEI department on imposter syndrome and resiliency.• Spearheaded the program's digital marketing and PR campaigns and provided monthly reports on successes and challenges.• Collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate the program.• Completed monthly reports of project accomplishments and barriers within the program. Show less Collaborated with charter school staff to drive success of the program and served as the primary contact for on-campus participants.• Established strong relationships with various colleges across the campus to recruit student mentors.• Recruited Middleton Mentors based on program criteria, developed a mentorship curriculum, organized training classes, designed the Middleton Fellows database, and coordinated campus visits and Zoom communications. • Partnered with teacher advisers in St. Louis and Kansas City to prepare lessons and managed the scheduling of campus tours for charter schools in those cities. Show less

  • Director of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity; The Vasey Academy - Trulaske College of Business

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow: Teaching For Learning Center/ School of Medicine: Center for Health Policy

    Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow: School of Medicine and Teaching Scholars Program

    Sept 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Middleton Fellows Coodinator and Instructor

    Jun 2018 - Sept 2020

  • Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2017 - May 2019

  • Instructor

    Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2014 - May 2018

  • Instructor

    Jan 2016 - May 2016
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  ACUE (Association of College and University Educators)

  Dec 2020 - Sept 2021

  Course Facilitator (Effective Online Teaching Practices)

  Facilitated professors and some administrators through the course consists of 25 modules to obtain online teaching certification. The modules include five units of study: Designing an Effective Course and Class, Establishing a Productive Learning Environment, Using Active Learning Techniques, Promoting Higher Order Thinking, and Assessing to Inform Instruction and Promote Learning.

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  University of Missouri-Kansas City

  Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

  Adjunct Professor: Education Leadership, Policy and Foundations

  EDUL 5566: Racial and Ethnic Diversity & Cultural Understanding in HEThis course explores the ideological and historical construction of education for social inequality and subsequent issues of race, class, and gender that influence colleges and universities in the United States today. Students will acquire an understanding of the impact of the dominating culture of the United States on various ethnic groups, including the impact of the dominating culture on campus climate and equality outcomes today. The literature, along with film and music, is used to examine issues that have shaped some of the current challenges in higher education as we work toward social justice in our education systems. Show less