Elise Rose Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats

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Elise Rose Jeopardy Contestant Profile

Elise Rose is a tutor, researcher, editor, scientist and former college biology instructor based in Ave Maria, Florida. She appears on Jeopardy! as a contestant from Ave Maria, with the program describing her professionally as a “Tutor, Researcher & Editor.” Her varied career fits that description unusually well: her background spans university teaching and academic support, agricultural and environmental science, financial research and writing/editing.

Rose has an extensive scientific education. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University, followed by a Master of Arts in Teaching from Howard University. She later attended Kansas State University, where she earned a Ph.D. in Agronomy, specializing in areas related to plant and environmental science. Her Kansas State studies took place during the early-to-mid 1980s.

Her scientific research career has covered a broad range of organizations and subjects. Rose has conducted research associated with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, White House Committee on Science and Technology Policy and NASA. Her environmental and agricultural research has included studying nitrate movement from liquid manure into soils and groundwater, the effects of elevated carbon dioxide and temperature on agricultural plants, and the effects of low-light and low-temperature conditions on crops.

Her botanical research has also examined subjects including drought effects on winter wheat root and shoot development, ethylene production in plants, stomatal responses to externally applied ethylene, potassium uptake in oat roots, and tobacco pith tissue culture. This background gives Rose considerable experience in agronomy, botany, plant physiology and environmental science.

Rose subsequently became closely associated with Ave Maria University in Florida. She worked there as an Adjunct Professor of Biology and also held responsibility for student academic support as Director of Tutoring. Other professional listings have identified her with Ave Maria University’s First-Year Program, reflecting a broader involvement in helping students transition successfully into university study. Her teaching experience has included microbiology, introductory biology lectures and laboratories, and animal biology.

Tutoring has therefore been more than an occasional activity for Rose. It has formed a substantial part of her higher-education career, combining her scientific background with direct academic assistance and student development. This history helps explain why Jeopardy! chose “Tutor” as one of the three occupations used to describe her.

Rose has also worked in corporate and financial research. She has been identified professionally as a Research Analyst with Watchdog Research Inc., a company conducting due-diligence and public-company research. Her work has included researching and writing about financial and corporate subjects. In 2021, for example, she wrote about the accounting treatment of warrants issued by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) following new SEC guidance.

She has additionally been associated professionally with Data Workshop, complementing her roles in research, analysis and editing. The combination of scientific research, financial research and academic work explains the unusually broad “researcher” label attached to her Jeopardy! introduction.

Rose continues to be involved in scientific research. In 2026 she was identified as the lead researcher on work examining the possible presence of mifepristone in environmental and drinking-water samples. Her role centered on the environmental-testing and scientific aspects of the project, drawing on her earlier experience studying agricultural chemicals, groundwater, plant physiology and environmental processes.

She is also an Associate Scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute, where her biography emphasizes her scientific background in agronomy, environmental plant physiology and biology. Alongside research, Rose has a long history of writing essays, columns, research-oriented articles and other materials, adding another dimension to the “editor” and researcher description used for her.

Rose has been part of the Ave Maria community for many years and is active outside her professional work. She is a longstanding member of the Ave Maria Parish Choir. In December 2025, she was among the choir members selected to travel to Washington, D.C., where the group performed during the White House Holiday Open House. They also performed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America.

Community coverage published in January 2026 described Rose as the longest-standing member of the Ave Maria Parish Choir and 75 years old. She spoke enthusiastically about the choir’s White House performance, the group’s achievement and her fascination with musical harmony. Her comments suggest that singing and choral music are significant personal interests rather than simply occasional community activities.

Rose is also known to have children, and public biographical material indicates that she stepped into counseling and volunteer activities after becoming a mother. A sister has also been mentioned in coverage of Rose’s choral activities. Her public record therefore reflects a life combining family, science, education, writing, community participation and intellectual pursuits.

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