She joined the College of Education and Human Performance at the University of Central Florida in August, 2001. Currently, she is the middle-level science program coordinator and coordinator of the science education doctoral program. Dr. Jeanpierre earned a BS in secondary biology from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a Master of Arts in Education with a specialization in gifted education from St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a double-focus in science education and program evaluation from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.