Dr. Jarrett joined the DFPM faculty in 2008. For 15 years, she was a member of the management team of the UAMS Little Rock Family Medicine residency program, where she was the Assistant Director and also the DFPM Director of Education and Communications. In 2023, she was named Director of the brand new DFPM Office of Communication and Departmental Relations and Co-Director of the DFPM Office of Leadership and Professional Development. Dr. Jarrett is the recipient of the UAMS College of Medicine Dean’s Educational Excellence Award, the DFPM Advancing Excellence in Education and Inclusive Leadership Award, the Dr. Edith Irby Jones Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award, and the UAMS College of Medicine MVP Award. In 2024, she was selected as co-editor for the STFM Education Column, which spotlights educational innovations in Family Medicine. In 2023, she was awarded the Sandra L. Panther Fellowship in the History of Medicine from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Over the years, she has made presentations at conferences everywhere from New York to Denver to Saskatchewan. She holds the rank of Associate Professor and is a member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the American Educational Research Association, and Mensa International. Dr. Jarrett’s master’s degree is in journalism/mass communication and her doctorate is in higher education. When she isn’t working, she enjoys writing about classic films. She has had five publications in the international journal Films of the Golden Age — biographical essays on William Boyd, George Macready, Micky Moore, and Jack Doyle, and an analysis of the 1943 film The Seventh Victim. Her publications in Classic Images include profiles of actors Richard Todd, Ray Dixon, Frank Albertson, and Dan Frazer, along with World War I ace/actor Charles Nungesser and director Carl Theodor Dreyer.