Javita Thompson is the Director of Community and Civic Engagement at Elizabethtown College. She supports collaboration between the community and the campus in a variety of efforts. She also provides opportunities for civic education and engagement at Etown. She has experience in management, leadership, and higher education. Her primary goal is supporting all students with an emphasis on marginalized populations and their communities.

In her work as an adjunct faculty member at Etown, she centers her curriculum around student success and cultural humility. She also has experience teaching communication courses at Millersville University and Shippensburg University. She has facilitated book discussions on “White Fragility”, by Robin DiAngelo, and “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo and co-presented at the National First-Year Experience in Washington, D.C. on “Cross-Campus Collaboration”.

A first-generation college graduate, Javita earned her Bachelor of Science in communication and her Master of Science in Emergency Management from Millersville University and a second master’s in Education Leadership from Shippensburg University.

Jocelyn is the Coordinator of the Bonner Leader Program at Elizabethtown College. The Bonner Leader Program is a service/leadership program aimed at connecting Etown College students with the surrounding community. Jocelyn works with the Bonner Leaders to foster relationships with one another, form connections with the community and Etown College, and exemplify the College’s motto “Educate for Service.” Jocelyn attended Etown College for her undergraduate degree where she majored in Psychology and Neuroscience and is currently in the Master’s in Counseling Psychology Program at Etown.