Office of the Vice President
Faculty & Staff Diversity
Elevate, celebrate and support the diverse faculty and staff of San Diego State through professional learning, community building, advocacy, policy recommendations and organizational structures.
Jennifer Imazeki, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff Diversity
Jennifer Imazeki is a Senate Distinguished Professor and Professor of Economics. Her
research focuses on the economics of K-12 education, including work on school finance
reform, adequacy and teacher labor markets. In addition to academic publications,
her work on education policy has included analysis for multiple court cases related
to educational adequacy and, most recently, contributing to the Getting Down to Facts
II project, an in-depth look at California’s PreK-12 education landscape. Since joining
the SDSU faculty in 2000, Dr. Imazeki has taught a range of economics courses, from
a 500-seat section of Principles of Microeconomics to a writing-intensive course for
economics majors. She designed a data analysis course with a particular focus on quantitative
literacy, and created an Economics for Teachers course for SDSU undergrads working
toward their single-subject teaching credential in social science. She has long been
an advocate for active and inclusive pedagogies, and writes one of the few blogs focused
on teaching economics. In her previous role as CTL Director, Dr. Imazeki initiated
multiple programs to promote inclusive teaching practices and to engage faculty in
scholarly evaluation of their teaching. She is Past-President of the Faculty Development
Council, representing faculty developers in the California State University system,
and is a passionate advocate for the faculty role in student success.