Ellen Junn Explained

Ellen Junn
Birth Name:	Ellen Nan Junn
Office:	11th President of the California State University, Stanislaus
Term Start:	July 2016
Education:	University of Michigan (BS) Princeton University (MS, PhD)
Children:	1
Birth Place:	Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Module:	Child: yes Thesis Title: Developments in children's problem-solving procedures from two to five: evidence for the development of inductive strategy in an object manipulation task (reasoning, preschoolers, nonverbal) Thesis Url: https://www.proquest.com/docview/303314055/ Thesis Year: 1984 Doctoral Advisor: Susan Sugarman Discipline: Psychology Workplaces: California State University, San Bernardino California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, San Jose California State University, Fresno California State University, Fullerton

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. 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office of the President. 2021-01-21. California State University Stanislaus. en.
2. Web site: Ellen N. Junn, Ph.D. CSU. 2021-01-21. www2.calstate.edu. en-US.
3. Web site: Office of the President | California State University Stanislaus. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190927233914/https://www.csustan.edu/president. 2019-09-27. 2019-10-03.
4. Web site: Ellen Junn named president of Stanislaus State, fifth woman in a row picked to lead a Cal State campus. May 26, 2016. Los Angeles Times.
5. Web site: Ellen Junn – California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley. 2021-01-21. en-US.
6. Web site: Leadership | CSU. www2.calstate.edu.