Brief biography of Juan C. González

Dr. Juan González is the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He oversees a large portfolio of services to 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Before coming to UT Austin, Dr. González served for two years as Vice President of Student Affairs at Arizona State University, where he was responsible for oversight of comprehensive key services to 55,000 students. Prior to that, Dr. González was Vice President for Student Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. from 2000 to 2003 and also served in the same capacity at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo from 1994 to 2000 and California State University, San Bernardino from 1990 to 1994. From 1986-87, he was at UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) as a post-doc studying strategies for keeping low-income and minority students in college.

He has served as a consultant to a variety of universities regarding assessment and integration of learning outcomes into services and programs. He has served as a consultant or as an advisory board member to the California Post-Secondary Commission (consultant), Tomas Rivera Research Center in Claremont, California (consultant), American Council on Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Leadership Development Forum (consultant), Advisory Board member to “Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy Project” at the University of Michigan School of Education.

Dr. González's degrees include a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois, a master’s in Bilingual-bicultural Education from the University of Texas in San Antonio, and an undergraduate degree in Latin American Studies from Texas Tech.