Jennifer Bonds-Raacke came to St. Norbert in 2019 from Fort Hays State University (FHSU), where she served as dean of the graduate school and office of scholarship and sponsored projects. She held the rank of tenured full professor in the department of psychology at FHSU, where she served as chair for seven years before assuming her role as dean.

Her primary research interests are the psychology of mass communication, decision-making and the psychology of teaching. Prior to joining the faculty at FHSU, Bonds-Raacke served as the associate dean of the Maynor Honors College and as a faculty teaching fellow for the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She also has been an assistant professor and faculty advisor of the honors program at Briar Cliff University.

Bonds-Raacke earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in experimental psychology at Kansas State University and her bachelor’s degree from Christian Brothers University. She has been married to John Raacke for more than 19 years; they have two daughters, Callie and Brooke.