Ellen Junn

Ellen Nan Junn is a Korean-American university academic. 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. Junn has been a fierce advocate for students and understands the importance of providing educational opportunities for all.

Junn earned a bachelor's degree in experimental and cognitive psychology from the University of Michigan. She obtained both Master's and Ph. D in cognitive and developmental psychology from Princeton University. In addition, she holds a Management Development program certificate from Harvard University, and CSU-Knight Collaborative program certificate from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Institute for Research in Higher Education.

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 forces 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. Junn has also worked as an academic professor. Junn has been selected by the Magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as one of the 25 women who have made a difference in the world by exhibiting leadership while tackling higher education's toughest challenges.

Junn is married to Allan Greenberg; they have one son.