Ellen Junn

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]

Ellen Junn
11th President of the California State University, Stanislaus
Assumed office
July 2016
Personal details
Born
Ellen Nan Junn

Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Children1
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BS)
Princeton University (MS, PhD)

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
  1. "Office of the President". California State University Stanislaus. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. "Ellen N. Junn, Ph.D. | CSU". www2.calstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. "Office of the President | California State University Stanislaus". Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  4. "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.
  5. "Ellen Junn – California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley". Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  6. "Leadership | CSU". www2.calstate.edu.
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