Jody Hicks

I grew up in Lima, Ohio and graduated from Baldwin Wallace College.  Upon graduation I spent 2 years in the Peace Corps in Guyana, South America where I taught nutrition and AIDS education/awareness.  When I returned, I worked as legal advocate for victims of domestic violence before returning to school to earn my Masters in Public Administration.  In 2000, I moved to Idaho and worked as the director of a day treatment facility for at-risk youth.  In 2002, I was accepted into the Doctor of Arts Program in Political Science at Idaho State University. Upon graduation, I moved with my family to Oneida, New York and began teaching night classes at Mohawk Valley Community College and Pratt Munson Williams Proctor.  Once my children were in school, I began teaching in the Social Science Division for Cazenovia College.