Dr. Jennifer Chace

Jennifer Chace is passionate about collaborating with youth and adults to create cultures of meaning, connection, and transcendence. In addition to leading the team at The Source School, Jennifer serves as the Assistant Director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute and the Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation at the University of Southern Maine.

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She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Educational Leadership from the University of Southern Maine, an M.Ed. from Antioch New England University, a B.A. in Art from Mount Holyoke College, and a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard Business School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Jennifer’s research focuses on trust, hope, mattering, and democratic capacity building in schools as pathways for positive personal and social transformation.