Jay W. Roberts

Jay Roberts is Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina and 2026 Head Elect at the Athenian School in Danville, California. Previously, he spent twenty years at Earlham College in Indiana as a Professor of Education and serving for seven years as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Jay is also a Fellow with the American Council on Education.

Jay’s research and scholarship focus on engaged pedagogy, experiential learning, and leadership. He is the author of three books: Risky Teaching: Embracing the power of uncertainty in higher education (2021); Experiential Education in the College Context: What it is, how it works, and why it matters (2016) and Beyond Learning by Doing: Theoretical currents in experiential education (2011) all published by Routledge press.

Jay gives talks and workshops on engaged pedagogy and experiential learning at schools, colleges, and universities nationally and internationally and currently serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Experiential Education and the North Carolina Outward Bound School.

Jay received his B.A. in Anthropology from Lawrence University, an M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Education from Miami University.