Rate My Professor Jennifer Snyder

Snyder's research interests center on physician assistant education, including holistic admissions, diversity and accreditation standards, admissions processes, workforce pipeline, entrance exams, educational reforms, core competencies, student assessments, noncognitive attributes, and educational debt impacts. She has authored nearly 30 peer-reviewed publications, including Time to Pivot: A Guide to Holistic Admissions (2024), Meeting the Accreditation Standard for Diversity (2023), Pipeline to the Physician Assistant Profession: A Look to the Future (2022), Reflections on a Physician Assistant Entrance Exam: Does the Profession Need One? (2021), Reimagining Physician Assistant Education (2020), Using the Core Competencies for New Physician Assistant Graduates to Prioritize Admission Criteria for PA Practice in 2025 (2019), Use of Moulage to Evaluate Student Assessment of Skin in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (2018), and Educational Debt: Does It Have an Influence on Initial Job Location and Specialty Choice? (2014). She serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Physician Assistant Education, Medical Education Online, and PLOS ONE. Snyder has held leadership roles such as President of the Physician Assistant Education Association (2016), board member (2013-2017), President of the Indiana Academy of PAs (2001), and delegate to the American Academy of PAs House of Delegates. She has volunteered as a site visitor for the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (2010-2012) and the Higher Learning Commission (2020-present). Her awards include Butler University PA Class Faculty of the Year (2009), Student Academy of AAPA President’s Award (2011), PAEA Master Faculty of the Year (2019), Butler University Scholarship Star (2020-2021), Faculty All Star (2021-2022), and Distinguished Fellow of the AAPA.