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The Office of the Dean | UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies

The Office of the Dean of UCSD DES works to create a dynamic learning environment in which students can maximize their academic, personal, and professional potential. We offer bridges of communication between the University and the Communities we serve. to provide bridge programs to a college experience, a vibrant workforce and personal enrichment. Our goal, consistent with the University's mission, is to support our community by developing rigorous, engaging programs, educational and cultural activities that meet the needs of our creative community, industry partners and business pioneers.

UCSD Division of Extended Studies Leadership

Hugo Villar

Hugo Villar, Ph.D., MBA

Dean of UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies
Edward L Abeyta

Edward L Abeyta, PH.D.

Associate Dean of UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies for Education and Community Outreach
Morgan Appel

Morgan Appel, MBA

Assistant Dean of UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies for Education and Community Outreach
Collins Ejiogu

Collins Ejiogu, M.A.

Chief Administrative Officer of UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies
Laura Fandino

Laura Fandino, Ph.D., J.D.

Assistant Dean of UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies for Academic Affairs & Director of Science and Sustainability Programs
Patti Juza

Patti Juza

Associate Dean of UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies & Executive Director of Student Affairs and International Programs
Joshua Shapiro

Joshua Shapiro

Chief Impact and Strategy Officer of UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies

More About the Office of the Dean

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Mary Walshok

Mary Walshok, Ph.D

Mary Walshok is a thought leader and subject-matter expert on aligning workforce development with regional economic growth. She has authored more than 100 articles, reports, and book chapters on regional innovation, workforce development and the role of research institutions in regional economies. As an industrial social scientist focused on the dynamics of regional economic development and transformation, Walshok has studied various communities across America. She has evaluated 13 WIRED regions funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, studied three innovative regions for a National Science Foundation-funded project and assessed one region's efforts to grow an industry for a Lilly Foundation-funded endeavor. As head of the continuing education and public programs arm of UC San Diego since 1981, Walshok oversees programs that educate more than 100,000 enrollees annually, which translates to more than 30,000 students in over 4,400 courses. Walshok has developed outreach efforts to help accelerate the San Diego region's economic vitality, grow the region's globally competitive talent pool and help college graduates transition to high-demand employment areas. She also helps provide access to a vast array of regional intellectual resources through the award-winning UCSD-TV and nationwide through UCTV. During her tenure, Walshok has played an active role in helping the University expand its local impact, national reputation and global reach. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Kellogg Foundation's Leadership Fellowship and was inducted into Sweden's Royal Order of the Polar Star. She currently serves on the boards of San Diego CONNECT (which she helped found in 1985), the La Jolla Playhouse, the United States-Mexico Foundation for Science, the Institute of the Americas, the San Diego Opera and the Girard Foundation. A native of Palm Springs, California, she received her bachelor's degree in sociology from Pomona College in 1964, her master's degree in sociology in 1966 and her Ph.D. in sociology in 1969 from Indiana University. She has been a visiting professor at the Stockholm School of Economics for many years and in 2004 held an international appointment in the department of continuing education at Oxford University in England.

Martin Chamberlain

Martin Chamberlain, Ph.D

Martin Chamberlain (pictured on the left) was named assistant chancellor on July 14, 1969 and became director of UC San Diego Extended Studies (then Extension) in San Diego. Chamberlain joined the UC faculty in January 1966 after serving for two years as director of the Peace Corps in Tanzania, East Africa. Prior to that assignment he was Director of Continuing Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. A professional educator with broad academic and administrative experience, Chamberlain received a B.S. degree in mining engineering and geology from the University of Washington in 1936. The University of Chicago's Division of Social Sciences granted him a Ph.D. in 1960. Under Chamberlain's directorship, student enrollment in UC San Diego Extended Studies' courses in San Diego rose from 8,185 in 1966 to a record high of 13,365 students three years later. Chamberlain was a retired member of the U.S. Naval Reserve with the rank of captain. During World War II he served as commanding officer of the USS Earle and executive officer of the USS Parker. On April 16, 1970, Chamberlain's title changed to Dean of Extended Studies in order to better emphasize the academic role of the organization.