Barbara Jacoby, Ph.D., is faculty associate for Leadership & Community Service-Learning at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union–Center for Campus Life at the University of Maryland, College Park. In this role, she facilitates initiatives involving academic partnerships, service-learning, and civic engagement. She is a Fellow of the University's Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and was a Center for Teaching Excellence–Lilly Fellow during the 2007–2008 academic year. She served as senior scholar for the Adele H. Stamp Student Union from 2005 to 2011, director of the Office of Community Service-Learning from 2003 to 2005, director of Commuter Affairs and Community Service from 1992 to 2003, and director of the Office of Commuter Affairs from 1983 to 2003, all at the University of Maryland.

Jacoby has served as Campus Compact's Engaged Scholar for Professional Development. In addition, she is a senior scholar for the National Clearinghouse for Commuter Programs. She was director of the National Clearinghouse for Commuter Programs from 1983 to 2003.

She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in French language and literature in 1978. She is an affiliate associate professor in the Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs, where she teaches doctoral and undergraduate courses.

Her publications include six books: The Student as Commuter: Developing a Comprehensive Institutional Response (ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports, 1989); Service-Learning in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices (Jossey-Bass, 1996); Involving Commuter Students in Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2000); Building Partnerships for Service-Learning (Jossey-Bass, 2003); Civic Engagement in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices (Jossey-Bass, 2009); and Looking In, Reaching Out: A Reflective Guide for Community Service-Learning Professionals (Campus Compact, 2010).

Jacoby was a member of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education from 1980 to 2011. She has held many leadership positions in NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and ACPA–College Student Educators International. She received the 2010 Maryland Campus Compact Scholarship Award and currently serves as an ACPA Senior Scholar. Jacoby writes and consults extensively and makes numerous speeches and presentations across the United States and around the world. Her institution and professional associations have recognized her outstanding work on behalf of service-learning and commuter students.