About JHI Pathways

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Sue Lewak is the Director of Programs & Development, IEC & writing teacher, and the  Web Text Editor & Writer/Communications Specialist for the John Hughes Institute/JHI Pathways (a department in JHI).

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, 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, major selection, graduate school planning, and career advising. She also offers writing workshops that focus on creative nonfiction and the college admissions essay.

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• Post-Graduate Certificate, Independent Educational Consultant, UC Irvine Division of Continuing Education (UCI)
• Ph.D., English Literature, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
• 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)

• MBTI® Certified Practitioner
• Strong Interest Inventory® Certified Practitioner
• Associate Member - Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
• Member, Western Association for College Admission Counseling (WACAC)