Ellen Junn
Ellen Junn | |
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11th President of the California State University, Stanislaus | |
Assumed office July 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ellen Nan Junn Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Michigan (BS) Princeton University (MS, PhD) |
Ellen Nan Junn is an American academic administrator. In July 2016, she became the 11th president of California State University, Stanislaus. She is the first Korean-American woman president appointed in the U.S. to a four-year public institution.[1]
Early life and education[]
Junn was born in Champaign, Illinois, the daughter of immigrants from Korea. She was raised in Jenison, Michigan.[2]
Junn earned a bachelor's degree in experimental and cognitive psychology from the University of Michigan. She earned a master's degree and PhD in cognitive and developmental psychology from Princeton University.[3][4] In addition, she holds a management development program certificate from Harvard University, and CSU-Knight Collaborative program certificate from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Research in Higher Education.[5]
Career[]
Junn has worked at California State University for 33 years, working at five other CSU campuses prior to joining Stanislaus. She began her career as an assistant psychology professor at California State University, San Bernardino. She has also taught and held leadership positions at the Dominguez Hills, San Jose State, Fresno and Fullerton campuses. She has led initiatives such as the African American Student Success and Hispanic Student Success task force at San Jose State and the Women’s Campus Connection and the Asian Faculty and Staff Association at California State Fresno.
Junn is widely published and has peer-reviewed research and journal articles.[4] She also has numerous community leadership roles and has worked as an academic professor.[6]
Personal life[]
Junn is married to Allan Greenberg, with whom she has one son.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Office of the President". California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
- ^ "Ellen N. Junn, Ph.D. | CSU". www2.calstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-10-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ellen Junn named president of Stanislaus State, fifth woman in a row picked to lead a Cal State campus". Los Angeles Times. May 26, 2016.
- ^ "Ellen Junn – California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley". Retrieved 2021-01-21.
- ^ "Leadership | CSU". www2.calstate.edu.
- Living people
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
- California State University, Stanislaus faculty
- Women heads of universities and colleges
- California State University, San Bernardino faculty
- California State University, Dominguez Hills faculty
- San Jose State University faculty
- California State University, Fullerton faculty
- California State University, Fresno faculty
- Princeton University alumni
- American academics of Korean descent
- People from Champaign, Illinois
- People from Jenison, Michigan