Office of the Vice President
Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging
We are focused on building strong relationships and developing inclusive initiatives within and between various campus constituencies. We work closely with leadership across all divisions, colleges, and student organizations to build and maintain relationships with community members and support the University’s efforts around diversity, inclusion and justice.
Tonika Green
Associate Vice President for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Dr. Tonika Duren Green is a professor and associate vice president for Identity, Inclusion and Belonging. With over two decades of experience in education, leadership, and advocacy, she is committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across all areas of her work. As a federally funded grant director, she has secured over $5 million in grants to support programs that enhance educational outcomes for marginalized and minoritized communities, with specific attention to Black youth and youth in foster care. Green’s leadership roles have included School Psychology program director, National Association of School Psychologists Minority recruitment chair, grant director, university senate, and director and founder of the African American Mentoring Program which is devoted to recruiting, reaching, and supporting students of African descent. Green also served as the interim director for the Gus and Emma Thompson Black Resource Center and the Charles Bell Scholar to direct SDSU's Henrietta Goodwin Scholars Program which provides mentorship and academic support for African American first-year students.
In her current role as senior leader over the subdivision of Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Green provides leadership to a number of key areas, including the Office of Graduate Life and Diversity, SDSU’s 10 Community Centers , and the Professors of Equity program. In addition, Green serves as a leader in elevating Black Excellence and Black student success at SDSU.
Dr. Green earned her doctorate degree . in Guidance and Psychological Services with a specialization in School Psychology from Indiana State University. She earned her master’s and bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Old Dominion University .
Contact Information
Office hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 619-594-4467
Email: tduren@sdsu.edu
MSI and Regional Affairs
Steward the university's commitment to honoring our designation as a proud transborder, Hispanic Serving/Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution residing on Kumeyaay land. We work closely with leadership across all divisions, colleges, and student organizations to promote awareness, to educate the campus community, to foster a sense of belonging for our Latinx, APIDA, transborder, and native/indigenous faculty staff and students, and to support the opportunities for engagement of our campus and surrounding community in the effort to promote and sustain our HSI/AANAPISI identity.
Emilio Ulloa
Associate Chief Diversity Officer for Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Affairs
Dr. Emilio C. Ulloa, a Chicano, is a Professor of Psychology, and Associate Chief Diversity Officer for Regional Affairs and serves as the SDSU Chair of HSI affairs. Originally from the Imperial Valley, CA, joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at SDSU in 2003 and has since served SDSU as the Director of Psychology Advising; the Director of the Educational Opportunity Programs and Ethnic Affairs office; College of Sciences Director for Advising; and the Associate Dean of Students and Campus Climate. He academic work includes over 92 scholarly or conference presentations, and 75 publications, including 37 peer reviewed journal articles on relationship/sexual violence among adolescents, and young adults with an emphasis on Latinx populations, and student success for college students from diverse backgrounds. Dr. Ulloa has been recognized by SDSU and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) with advising administrator awards, with both the Provost's Award for Strategic Excellence and the Provost Innovation for Excellence Award, and nominated by his campus for the CSU wide Wang Family Award in faculty excellence in student success. Dr. Ulloa earned his BA in Psychology from San Diego State University in 1997 and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Arizona State University in 2003.
Contact Information
Office hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 619-594-2569
Email: emilio.ulloa@sdsu.edu
Community
Support divisionally managed initiatives as well as student affairs departments in Imperial Valley, testing services, and Tribal Affairs.
Edgar Hodge, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs & Campus Diversity
Dr. Edgar Hodge serves as Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Diversity at San Diego State University. Dr. Hodge has been in various senior leadership roles for the past thirty plus years. His senior leadership roles have been across several different divisions, which includes Academic Affairs, Business and Financial Affairs, Information Technology, and currently Student Affairs and Campus Diversity. In addition, Dr. Hodge's experience in higher education includes being an Adjunct Faculty at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and several other universities for the past twenty-five years.
In his current role as the Assistant Vice President, he provides oversight of several student serving centers and programs, such as the Center for Intercultural Relations (CIR), the Gus and Emma Thompson Black Resource Center (BRC), the Pride Center, Project Rebound (PR), the Women’s Resource Center (WRC), and the Young Men of Color Alliance (YMOCA). In addition, Dr. Hodge oversees the work being done by SDSU Tribal Liaison and supports coordination through a dotted line from the Imperial Valley Dean of Students and the Imperial Valley Cultural Center.
Dr. Hodge earned his Bachelor’s degree in information technology from San Diego State University, his Master’s Degree in Technology Management from National University, and his Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from San Diego State.
Contact Information
Office hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 619-594-0097
Email: ehodge@sdsu.edu
