CSUSB welcomes new administrators
Vice President of Student Affairs
An accomplished administrator and educator, Paz Maya Olivérez was selected to serve as the new vice president for Student Affairs, effective August 1.
For the past nine years, Olivérez has held senior leadership positions at two unique Cal State campuses, most recently as the senior associate vice president for Student Affairs/dean of students at California State University, Stanislaus. This appointment followed a term as interim vice president for Student Affairs. She also spent eight years at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where she held several administrative positions including associate vice president for Student Success.
Dean of the Palm Desert Campus
Jake Zhu, a CSUSB professor of information and decision sciences, who has served in a number of academic leadership roles at the university, including as interim dean of the College of Education, was named the new dean of the Palm Desert Campus starting July 1.
Zhu joined CSUSB in 2002 as an assistant professor in the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration’s information and decision sciences department, where he was later promoted to professor, and served as its department chair. He served as co-director of the college’s Center for Information Assurance and Security Management, which was later renamed the Cybersecurity Center. He was also a co-founder of a Center of Academic Excellence in cybersecurity education at the Brown College.
Dean of the College of Education
Chinaka DomNwachukwu, who has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in higher education, joined the university on June 3 as the new dean for the College of Education.
DomNwachukwu previously served as the associate dean for diversity and values at the Azusa Pacific University School of Education, and was a professor in the Department of Teacher Education. He also previously served as the associate dean for accreditation, and as the associate dean for academic affairs. Prior to joining Azusa Pacific University, DomNwachukwu was a public school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He also served as the Title 1 coordinator and a literacy coach adviser.