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Katya Armistead

Education Committee

A student-focused administrator with 30 years of experience—currently serves as the Assistant Vice Chancellor and Dean of Student Life (AVC/DOS) at UC Santa Barbara. As an executive manager in the Division of Student Affairs, Katya serves as the control point for 10 Student Affairs departments. In her campus leadership role, Katya demonstrates broad concern for issues that pertain to the quality of student life of UCSB students (especially outside of the classroom); facilitates problem-solving and crisis response; promotes inclusion in the campus community and equitable access to UC Santa Barbara learning environment by students of all identities and liaises between students and University administration by listening broadly to student input and representing student perspectives and interests. Katya completed her undergraduate degree in Sociology from UC Santa Barbara, her Master’s in Education from Azusa Pacific University, and her doctorate (Ed.D) in educational leadership from a joint program between UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She is a trained facilitator for The Leadership Challenge Workshop®, teaches a leadership course in the UC Santa Barbara Gervitz Graduate School of Education, and works on special projects, especially around campus climate and diversity.

Katya Armistead
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