Student Affairs & Campus Diversity
- Student Services West, room 2640
- Monday-Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - 619-594-5211
- Fax: 619-594-7089
Office of the Vice President
Mission
We provide students with the rich and distinctive experience that is the hallmark of an SDSU education. We create diverse communities and new cultural experiences that inspire students to break down barriers and transform lives, and our guidance and support help them navigate academic, personal and professional success to emerge as our dynamic and global leaders of tomorrow.
Chris Manning, Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Diversity
Christopher Manning is an experienced leader and advocate for diversity in higher education. He was appointed chief inclusion and diversity officer in March 2021. Chris joined SDSU after serving as both an assistant and associate provost for academic diversity for nearly five years at Loyola University Chicago and serving three years as the inaugural vice president and chief inclusion and diversity officer for the University of Southern California.
At Loyola, Manning became the first assistant provost for Academic Diversity in 2016. He evaluated the campus climate and created practices to promote inclusion, seeking input from students, faculty and staff. Identifying barriers to student success and the retention of diverse faculty were among his top priorities. At USC, Manning solidified and built out new elements of the institution’s DEI infrastructure, including establishing faculty and staff peer-to-peer development programs, incorporating restorative justice as a form of alternative dispute resolution and proactive campus community building, facilitating the development of the university’s first demographic dashboards, and establishing its first university-wide diversity and inclusion council. At both institutions, Manning supported a range of issues and crisis management.
In addition to administrative experience, Manning was an associate professor of history at Loyola for 16 years, teaching subjects such as Black history, the civil rights movement and Black politics. He has written on African American political development in the 20th century and is completing an oral history of social justice movements in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (forthcoming LSU Press). He is also completing a memoir about race and identity entitled "Army Brat."
Manning also has a strong connection to the arts. He was a professional Latin dancer and the executive director and founder of the nonprofit dance company Inspiración Dance Chicago, which offered free youth and adult Latin dance training in Chicago.
Manning holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University.
Student Affairs Leadership Team
Rose Pasenelli
Associate Vice President of Student Financial Resources
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619-594-5211
Rashmi Praba
Associate Vice President for Finance and Operations
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619-594-5211
Christy Samarkos
Associate Vice President for Campus & Community Partnerships
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619-594-5211
Randy Timm, Ed.D.
Senior Associate Vice President for Campus Life & Dean of Students
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619-594-5211
Henry Villegas, Ph.D.
Dean of Students for SDSU-Imperial Valley
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619-352-0511
Jennifer Stanley
Senior Development Director
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415‑722‑6786
Campus Diversity Leadership Team
Tonika Green, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Campus Community Affairs
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619-594-4467
Edgar Hodge, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs & Campus Diversity
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619-594-0097
Jennifer Imazeki, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff Diversity
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619-594-3266
Jessica Nare
Assistant Vice President for Community & Belonging
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619-594-5211
Mary Taylor, Ed.D.
Associate Chief Diversity Officer for Outreach and Success
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619-594-5211
Emilio Ulloa, Ph.D.
Associate Chief Diversity Officer for HSI and Regional Affairs
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619-594-5077
Office of the Vice President Staff
Karla Del Carmen
Administrative Support Coordinator
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Adrianna Ramirez
Executive Assistant to the Vice President
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619-594-5211