About

Jackie Bruce, PhD, is a professor at NC State University within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, specifically in the Agricultural and Human Sciences department. Her contact information includes her phone number 919-515-8801 and email jabruce2@ncsu.edu. The page indicates her role as a faculty member but does not provide specific details about her research focus, background, or key contributions.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Political Science
• Pedagogy
• Psychology
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Geography
• Public relations
• Environmental resource management
• Economic growth
• Archaeology
• Law
• Socioeconomics
• Business
• Philosophy
• Environmental planning
• Aesthetics
• Medical education
• Medicine
• Public administration
• Natural resource economics
• Social psychology

Selected publications

• Agricultural leadership education

  Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025-10-21

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• Effect of Cultural Norms and Traditional Beliefs on the Lived Experiences of Women in Agriculture in Rural Communities

  Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education · 2025-09-10

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  This study examined the effects of cultural norms and traditional beliefs on the lived experiences of women in agriculture in rural communities in Nigeria. Semi-structured interviews with rural Nigerian women and men yielded thematically examined qualitative data. The results revealed that cultural and traditional practices significantly impact the involvement, economic and social progress of women in agriculture in rural communities in Nigeria. Conservatism and patriarchy are central cultural norms and traditional beliefs in these communities. These norms and beliefs institutionalize discrimination against women, exclusion of women from decision-making, relegation of women to domestic duties, restriction of women's access to productive resources and economic opportunities, perpetuating their dependence on the menfolk, and subsistence farming. Women's groups act as a support system because they enable women to voice their concerns in various forums. The study recommends interventions that promote gender justice, education, and resource access to empower women and improve their livelihoods.

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• The final dispensation: Reflections from the Editor’s desk

  Journal of Leadership Education · 2025-07-28

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• The Effects of Burnout in Female Higher Education Administrators

  Advancing Women in Leadership Journal · 2024-02-07 · 5 citations

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  This research explored the phenomenon of femaleness and how it impacts the experiences of women in higher education administration, specifically in colleges of agriculture, and how these experiences contributed to burnout, compassion fatigue, and job satisfaction. Despite representing more than half of the college-educated workforce, women are not represented equally within leadership positions in higher education. In academia, women faculty numbers have improved over the past several decades, representing 52.9% of assistant professor positions (Women in Academia: Quick Take, 2020). Higher education was initially intended only for men (Bystydzienski & Bird, 2006) and therefore valued men in higher-level positions (Bird, 2011; Trower, 2012). This has led to the creation of a culture where women and minorities are underrepresented and face multiple barriers (Bird, 2011). Having an inequitable distribution of power not only in organizations but within society suggests that women will need to traverse a different, more challenging path than their male counterparts to arrive at the same tier of status. Keywords: burnout, compassion fatigue, higher education, women administrators, women leaders in agriculture, stress, gender roles, coping with stress

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• Trauma-informed practices and leadership education: A literature review

  Journal of Leadership Education · 2024-03-19 · 2 citations

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  Purpose This integrative literature review aims to explore themes within higher education that may be applicable to leadership education including: descriptions of trauma, trauma-informed practices and trauma-informed practitioners. Design/methodology/approach Integrative, systematic literature review. Findings The results suggest that trauma and trauma-informed practices may have a place in leadership education pedagogy. Originality/value There is no work being done in trauma informed practice in leadership education. This study provides future direction for both research and practice.

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• Pathways to sustainable transitions in a complex agricultural system: a case study of swine waste management in North Carolina

  Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · 2024-01-22 · 1 citations

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  North Carolina has a high density of swine farms with nearly half of the commercial operations located in two eastern counties. Lagoon and sprayfield (LS) is the dominant method of swine manure management despite pressure to transition to environmentally superior technologies. LS is an efficient and cost-effective method of waste management but has negatively impacted the environment and local communities from both discreet events (breeches, flooding) and ongoing issues (odor, disease vectors). The Multilevel Perspective Theory (MLP) is a frame for understanding the relationships between a sociotechnical regime, its surrounding landscape, and emerging niches for sustainable technology development to help align these different levels of perspective and support transitioning toward more sustainable practices. Here, a farm level is added to represent the user perspective of regime technology in complex agriculture systems (MLP + F). We demonstrate how change may influence the North Carolina swine waste management (NC SWM) system through alternative scenarios applied to a conceptual model developed with the MLP + F frame in a methodology for analyzing complex agricultural systems with input from a diverse panel of experts. This case study demonstrates how the methodology can be applied through two NC SWM model scenarios analyzed with fuzzy cognitive mapping techniques. The first scenario explores whether panel recommended changes generate a shift toward sustainable manure management. Inference results suggest that experts have a broad understanding of how these goals may be achieved, but strategies are needed to enhance the specificity of proposed changes. Testing scenarios with more targeted interventions within specific subsystems could provide greater guidance with regard to policy, economic factors, farm practices, or societal demands. The second scenario considers the systemic effect of introducing a manure dewatering process on swine operations, with and without landscape support. Results from this scenario indicate that the more landscape support is engaged, the greater the impact on desirable outcomes. However, contradictions emerged between different versions of this scenario such as increased negative public perceptions despite positive community outcomes. This may require further investigation to tease out potential misalignment between perceptions of a complex system and actual system behaviors.

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• A methodology for using a multilevel perspective framework to analyze complex systems

  Methodological Innovations · 2023-03-15 · 12 citations

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  Misalignment between the different levels of complex societal systems (e.g. socio-technical, socio-ecological) are often a barrier to transitioning these systems toward more sustainable behavior. One way to understand alignment is through the Multilevel Perspective Theory of sustainable transitions in sociotechnical systems (MLP) which posits that when a regime (the current “ways of doing” something) exhibits behavior that negatively impacts its surrounding economic, social and environmental landscape, that landscape will exert pressure on the regime to change. This in turn opens the window of opportunity for niche developments such as novel technology adoption or policy changes. Therefore, understanding the relationships between the landscape, the regime and emerging niches can help align these different levels of perspective to facilitate a successful transition toward more sustainable practices. This paper describes a methodology for mapping complex systems such as agricultural systems based on MLP theory, and incorporates a fourth “user” level (e.g. the farm) into this multilevel framework (MLP+ F). The methodology is illustrated with a case study example of North Carolina’s lagoon and sprayfield swine waste management regime. By integrating well-established techniques for data collection and analysis, the case study engages a diverse panel of local experts through a modified Delphi approach to identify the relevant concepts and their cause-effect relationships for the current regime. These concepts and relationships are then categorized and organized into a multilevel, multi-perspective conceptual model using fuzzy cognitive maps. The conceptual model identifies how stakeholder groups align in their perception of the system, and provides a foundation for future qualitative, semi-quantitative, and visual analyses of the system and how it can be changed through alternative scenarios. Although this methodology was initially developed for agricultural applications, it has potential for application to other complex societal issues where understanding stakeholder alignment and the potential for sustainability transitions through change are needed.

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• Strategies for Diversity & Inclusion

  NACTA Journal · 2023

  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Psychology

  The diversity of undergraduate students on college campuses across the country is increasing (Pope et al., 2014). In conjunction with this increase in diversity has been a rise in negative responses to that diversity, which in turn, causes decreased student satisfaction in the campus experience for those diverse student populations (Evans & D'Augelli, 1996; Evans & Rankin, 1998; Huntt et al., 2012; Seymour & Hewitt, 1997; Tonso, 1999). This increase in student diversity and decrease in student satisfaction has challenged universities to not only to support students, but also to create programs, design policies and procedures, and implement strategies and interventions that are culturally sensitive. The purpose of this case study is to provide insight into HBCU College of Agriculture (CoA) faculty experiences with diversity with a particular focus on why those HBCU CoA faculty chose to become multiculturally competent or not.

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• JOLE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

  Journal of Leadership Education · 2022-10-15 · 1 citations

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  The JOLE Editorial Advisory Board provides an introduction to the 20th anniversary issue of The Journal of Leadership Education.

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• QUEER REPRESENTATION IN LEADERSHIP EDUCATION: An Integrative Literature Review

  Journal of Leadership Education · 2022-07-15 · 3 citations

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  Modern leadership educators have shown an increased interest in empowering queer student leaders and making campuses more equitable for queer people. These educators help shape the policies, programs, and curriculums that directly impact how queer people experience higher education. Yet there appears to be a dearth of abundant literature on queer people and their experiences as they relate to leadership education. This integrative literature review explores the existing literature on the relationship between leadership education and the queer community over a thirty-year period. The results suggest that queer people are being represented more equitably than they were thirty years ago, but that representation does not extend to all members of the queer community.

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Frequent coauthors

• Katherine McKee

  Western Carolina University

  77 shared

• Donnette Noble

  Fort Hays State University

  65 shared

• Kristine F. Hoover

  Eastern University

  64 shared

• Danielle Mitchell

  Baylor College of Medicine

  64 shared

• Tess Hobson

  64 shared

• Sek Ying Chair

  Chinese University of Hong Kong

  64 shared

• Barry Z. Posner

  Santa Clara University

  64 shared

• Vivechkanand S. Chunoo

  Florida State University

  64 shared

Awards & honors

• 2023 – CALS Administrative Faculty Fellow, NC State
• 2016 – Distinguished Teaching Award, Association of Leadersh…
• 2015 – Distinguished Leadership & Service Award, Association…
• 2015 – NACTA Educator Award. North American Colleges & Teach…