Jennie Doke-Kerns

Jennie Doke-Kerns is a lifelong central Iowa resident and an English professor at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). She was a first-generation college student, starting at DMACC before earning a bachelor's degree from Grand View University. She later received master's degrees from Iowa State University and Drake University, as well as a doctorate from Drake. At DMACC, she has also served as an Academic Achievement Center coordinator and Director for Justice Impacted Communities and Academic Services. Doke-Kerns is active in the community, serving on the boards of the Young Women's Resource Center and the Taste of the Junction, and is a former chair of the West Des Moines Democrats.