About Us
Who We Are
General Services
Who We Are
- JHI Pathways is an educational consulting department located within the John Hughes Institute (JHI).
- An IEC is an Independent Educational Consultant. Most IECs are members of national societies such as the IECA or HECA. Many also belong to regional affiliates of NACAC, such as WACAC.
What We Do
General Services
Who We Are
- We coach and mentor students through the college admissions, transfer admissions, and graduate school admissions process.
- We explore potential majors and career paths.
- We also work on writing at the college level.
General Services
General Services
General Services
- Interest/preference assessments (MBTI, Strong Interest Inventory, Corsava)
- Developing the college list/graduate school list
- Mentorship on the admission essay process
- Preparation for computer animation programs (including working with industry professionals on portfolio development).
- College Level Writing (upon request)
- Transition to college/graduate school
- Major and career exploration
Our Policies
Please note the following policy from the IECA:
"an IEC doesn't get you admitted—they help you to demonstrate why you deserve to be admitted."
A sports coach trains and develops athletes to make them competitive enough to win, rather than to guarantee a win. In a similar manner, we instill within our students the skills and confidence needed to make them competitive for the admissions process, rather than guarantee admission to a particular school.
Sue Lewak, Ph.D., IEC
With a decade of experience in higher ed. administration, and a decade of experience in teaching at the college level, Sue has a Ph.D. in English Literature (UCLA), as well as a Certificate in Independent Educational Consulting (UC Irvine). She is an MBTI® Certified Practitioner, a Strong Interest Inventory® Certified Practitioner, an Associate Member of the IECA, and a member of WACAC.
While at UCLA, she was twice the recipient of Outstanding Teaching Recognition Awards, and was the recipient of a Teaching Excellence Award from the English department, where she taught courses in literature and film as a lecturer, instructor, and graduate teaching assistant. She was also an undergraduate academic advisor (College Academic Mentor or CAM) with the College Academic Counseling unit in the College of Letters and Sciences for three years, where she advised undergraduates in course/major selection and post-graduate paths. Finally, she was an Instructional Technology Consultant with the Center for Digital Humanities, guiding faculty through the process of integrating digital tools into their classrooms.
In addition, she has a background in international education from USC, where she both worked with international students at OISS (now the Office of International Students), and researched the trajectory of international students to and in the U.S. (as a graduate student and teaching assistant in the department of anthropology).
Through JHI Pathways, she mentors traditional and non-traditional high school and college students through the college/transfer admissions process, writing at the college level, major selection, graduate school planning, and career advising.
Education
- Ph.D., English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Certificate, Independent Educational Consultant, UC Irvine Division of Continuing Education (UCI)
- M.A., English Literature, CalState-Los Angeles (CalState-LA)
- M.A., Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California (USC)
- B.A., English Literature (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Mount Holyoke College (MHC)
Certifications and Memberships
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