Resident Associates :: Joe and Jenny Rozelle

Joe Rozelle was born and raised in State College, Pennsylvania, home of the Penn State Nittany Lions. He transferred to Rice his sophomore year and studied cognitive sciences for three years, graduating in 1999. During that time, he worked in psychology labs, participated in Navy ROTC, performed in musical theater productions and captained the Wiess College men's bike team.

Jenny (West) Rozelle was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. Yes, she wears shoes (most of the time). And she pronounces "pen" and "pin" the same way, like any good Southerner. At Rice, she majored in English, was active in Hanzsen College government, played Powderpuff football and volunteered for the Peer Health Information and Support (PHIS) hotline.

We managed to see past the Wiess-Hanszen rivalry and started dating during Joe's senior year/Jenny's junior year. It's a sweet story - ask us sometime. After Jenny graduated in 2000, we married and moved to San Diego.

During Joe's eight years in the U.S. Navy, we lived in southern California, South Carolina and Cambridgeshire, England. Joe has spent time as a ship-driver, nuclear engineer and military intelligence analyst. He now works for an energy company in downtown Houston. Jenny spent her time as a public relations specialist, editor, freelance writer and boat design tester. She now works as assistant editor for Rice's Office of Public Affairs.

Happy to be back in Houston, we became associates at Brown College in fall 2007. We're now excited to be the newest resident associates at Brown, occupying a lovely room in the fourth floor quads. We enjoy eating, watching television, attending theater productions and spending too much time on Facebook. Joe also spends his spare time running, playing pick-up sports games, performing in theater productions and having lively discussions on business topics. Jenny likes dancing, reading, traveling, experimenting with photography and volunteering at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

We stand ready to listen to you, cry with you, laugh with you (laugh at you, too, but only if you're really funny) and provide help when you need it. If our door is unlocked, we're home. So come visit us!