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Dr. Jennifer Stephens is the associate vice president for Communications and Marketing.

Overseeing the ÐÓ°ÉרÇøÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s Office of Communications and Marketing, Stephens guides strategies and programs for institutional branding and marketing, web and digital communications, internal and crisis communications, trademark licensing, development and alumni communications, advertising, social media and news media. Stephens also serves as the ÐÓ°ÉרÇøÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s chief communications officer. She is a member of the ÐÓ°ÉרÇø Council and reports to the vice president for ÐÓ°ÉרÇø Advancement, John Blohm.

Stephens has more than two decades of communications and leadership experience in public higher education. She came to UL Lafayette from Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) in Lawrenceville, Ga., where she was deputy chief of staff to the collegeÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s president. She previously served as GGCÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s chief communications officer and as the chief government relations officer.

Stephens has a Ph.D. in higher education from the ÐÓ°ÉרÇø of GeorgiaÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s Institute of Higher Education. She holds a master of divinity degree in biblical studies from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and bachelorÐÓ°ÉרÇø™s degrees in psychology and in graphic design, both from Auburn ÐÓ°ÉרÇø.