About
Josh LeFevre
Josh is a professional academic coach for high school, undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students. Additionally, he coaches early career professionals and supports them as they transition to professional roles. He brings over four years of direct coaching experience to bear at helping students develop ways to tackle challenges and meet their academic, professional, and life goals.
Academic coaching is a blend of life coaching and self-mastery. Josh believe success comes through helping individuals better understand themselves and their own mental models to discover solutions and develop self-accountability for achieving their dreams. In short, his approach focuses on guiding individuals to become better versions of themselves. As a professional designer, he works to help clients design the right solution for them and a path to achieve their goals.
Josh served as an Academic Coach at Carnegie Mellon University where he worked closely with TC Eley and Mike Poljak to research the impacts of academic coaching. Through research, the academic coaching program was able to develop their one-on-one coaching approach, metrics to measure success, and create a support system to help students and early career professionals succeed.
As a design consultant and cognitive science researcher, Josh integrates these practices to help people develop the skills to reach their goals and become who they want to be both personally, academically, and professionally.
What People Are Saying
“I came to Academic Development for help with time management; so that, I could reduce my stress level in the latter half of the semester. This was especially important to me as I was returning from a leave of absence after being treated for mental illness. Furthermore, I didn't have a great history with time management. Josh helped me a lot by showing me strategies to plan for assignments coming up many days in advance, to make plans specific to each day, to take study breaks for just the right amount of time, and to maintain my motivation in difficult situations. Since I have a history of bad time management habits, it's taking time for me to adopt the strategies I've learned in Academic Development but I'm steadily getting better at doing so. I see the potential in them and I'm hopeful I'll be able to maintain these new habits by continuing to work with Josh. I already see a growth in my current productivity and the impact it has in the long term.”
— Sanchit A.
“My work with Josh this semester really set me on a better path for future success. Josh went above and beyond my expectations as an AD coach, by not only supporting me by offering time/work management strategies but also with encouragement and emotional support. The success I've had with strategies this semester has made me more optimistic about future self development, and has encouraged me to continue working on myself and developing habits that are conducive to my happiness and success.”
— Chantel S.
“Sometimes, you need not only need an academic coach but a life coach. Josh’s a approach is a perfect blend of mentorship and self-actualization that has made me a better person on sooo many levels.”
— Meghan C.
“Until I met Josh through Carnegie Mellon’s Academic coaching program, I thought the term coach should only be applied to sports coaches. Since, working with Josh, I realized that we all need coaches who will support us and challenge us to become our best selves. I would recommend Josh to anyone looking to improve their academic, professional, and professional lives.
— Milo E.
“Josh is always understanding, attentive, and action oriented as I discussed some of the issues and disappointments I was/am facing. Talking through some of these issues brought some of the finer points to light through his questions and suggestions for improvements. I appreciate the work Josh has done with me. He really took the extra step to care about me as a person and not only help me be successful academically but also be successful on a personal level.”