Dr. Mark Kamimura-Jimenez is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is a strategic leader focused on developing an inclusive experience that embraces the intersectionality of identities on campus. He has led practice and research teams on identity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives for strengthening the connection culture of the college experience. Prior to WashU, he served as the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs at Texas Christian University and Assistant Dean for Programs, Policy, and Diversity Initiatives at the University of Michigan. He has held leadership positions at Cal State Fullerton, UCLA, UCI, and Columbia University and has been awarded nearly $17M in federal and private partnership grants to strengthen diversity and access to college. Dr. Kamimura-Jiménez has held teaching appointments at several universities and authored chapters and articles on the topics of diversity, mentorship, and access within the educational pipeline, and co-editor and author of the Latina/o Pathway to the PhD: Abriendo Caminos.

He received his B.A. from the University of California, Irvine, M.A. from Columbia University, and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.