Jacob brings over a decade of experience in higher education that includes academic & career advising, teaching, designing & delivering experiential education programs, research, and directing nonpartisan efforts to empower college students to vote in local, state, and national elections. Additionally, he has interned and worked on several campaigns, interned at the U.S. Department of Education, and most recently worked at American University as an instructor and advisor.

Jacob is an alumnus of Iowa State University (’11), where he received his BA in Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies and then earned a MA in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University (’13). Jacob is a PhD candidate in Higher Education at the University of Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education, and his research focuses on the adoption and sustainability of nonpartisan student voting initiatives on college and university campuses.

He and his partner live in the Park View neighborhood of Washington, DC, with their two pups. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, exploring DC restaurants, sharing DC’s vibrant history and culture with visiting friends and family, trivia, and living in the new golden age of television. Jacob is also the founder and an executive board member of Missouri Courage Scholarship, a nonprofit organization which acknowledges, affirms, and rewards the courage of college-bound high school seniors working to enhance the lives of LGBTQ+ people and advance social justice.