Bruehoefener, Friederike
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success
Professor of History
Email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil, Department of History, 2014
M.A., Bielefeld University (Germany), Faculty of History, Philosophy, and Theology, Department of History, 2007.
B.A., Bielefeld University (Germany), Faculty of History, Philosophy, and Theology, Department of History, 2005.
Licenses and Certificates
2026 Hispanic Serving Institutions New Leadership Academy Fellows Program, American Association of Colleges & Universities, January to June 2026.
Microcredentials within the University Ecosystem, Professional Development Training, The University of Texas System, June to July 2023.
Texas Academic Leadership Academy (TALA), Texas Council of Chief Officers, Cohort 4, August 2021 to July 2022.
Emerging & Aspiring Leaders, University of Texas at Austin, Human Dimensions of Organizations, May 2020.
Bio
Dr. Bruehoefener serves as Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success. In this role, she provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for faculty success initiatives spanning the entire faculty career lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through retention, promotion, leadership development, recognition, and retirement. Leading the Center for Faculty Excellence and Teaching Innovation (CFETI), she oversees programming aimed at advancing faculty professional and career development, innovative teaching, and the thoughtful integration of new and emerging technologies in support of equitable student success.
By training a historian, Dr. Bruehoefener's research focuses on Cold War West German new military, political, gender (history of masculinities), and ecofeminist history.
Prior to joining SJSU, Dr. Bruehoefener served as the Director of the School of Interdisciplinary Programs and Community Engagement (SIPCE) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.