OLEAN, N.Y. — Jamestown Community College faculty member Jessica Kubiak received a 2020 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence recently.

The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence recognizes consistently superior professional achievement and encourages the ongoing pursuit of excellence. A SUNY advisory committee reviewed nominations from faculty, students, and colleagues throughout the 64-campus system.

Kubiak, assistant professor of reading and composition on JCC’s Cattaraugus County Campus, received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. She attended Boston College from 1996-1999 and earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (Pa.) and an undergraduate certificate in African Studies at the University of Pittsburgh at Oakland in 2006.

She completed a master’s degree in adult education at Buffalo State College and a graduate certificate in composition studies at Indiana University’s East campus. She is completing coursework for a Ph.D. in English at Old Dominion University, where her courses and research focus on rhetoric, learner experience, and literacy instruction in higher education settings.

Kubiak has worked at JCC for 10 years as both a faculty member and a staff member. Prior to obtaining her teaching position in early 2013, she was the college’s director of academic initiatives, coordinating experiential learning, honors program, and undergraduate research efforts.

Kubiak teaches developmental and college-level courses on reading, writing, and area studies. Prior to joining JCC, Kubiak was employed by the Guidance Center in Bradford, where she worked as a mental health case manager and coordinated the Big Brothers Big Sisters program for McKean County. She also worked in institutional advancement at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.