Jenny
Kwon
Assistant Chancellor & Dean/ Chief of Staff
- Office 200 McAllister St, Room 300
- Email Address kwonjenny@uchastings.edu
- Telephone 415-565-4627
Biography
Jenny Kwon is Assistant Chancellor & Dean and Chief of Staff to Chancellor & Dean David Faigman. She advises the Chancellor and Dean on the administration of the campus and guides the implementation of college-wide strategic priorities, including developing partnerships and collaborations, managing government relations, and overseeing various DEI efforts.
Prior to joining UC Law SF, Dr. Kwon served as Associate Chief of Staff to the Chancellor at UC Berkeley. She has broad experience in higher education, having served as an academic librarian, director of career development, and advisor in equity and inclusion. She completed her undergraduate work at UC Berkeley, received her Master’s in Education from Harvard University, her Master’s in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University, and her Doctorate in Education from UC Davis. Her research focuses on the career progression of staff of color at large public universities.
Education
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University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Education 2016
Doctorate in Education
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San Jose State University, School of Library & Information Science 2008
Master of Library and Information Science
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Harvard University, Graduate School of Education 2004
Master of Education
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University of California, Berkeley 2003
Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare
Selected Scholarship
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Staff diversity at UC Berkeley: An analysis of staff of color representation, 2018
Journal of Higher Education Management
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Talk about diversity hiring often means faculty. What about staff? 2017, June
Chronicle of Higher Education
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Assessing staff diversity at public universities: A quantitative analysis of staff of color representation (Order No. 10190020) 2016
Available from Dissertations & Theses @ University of California; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1880157133)