Alumna Christine Victorino of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been appointed Associate Chancellor of UC Riverside. Victorino earned her Ph.D. in 2012 from the Department of Education, working with advisors Sharon Conley and Karen Nylund-Gibson on the dissertation “Examining Faculty Satisfaction, Productivity, and Collegiality in Higher Education: Contemporary Contexts and Modern Methods.”
As chief of staff in the Office of the Chancellor, the Associate Chancellor serves as a principal advisor to university leadership and plays a key role in developing and executing UCR’s strategic vision and goals as well as managing initiatives and liaising with campus leaders, the Office of the President, and the Board of Regents.
Victorino brings an exceptional set of skills acquired over 20 years in higher education. She has spent three years as Assistant Vice Provost in the UCR Office of Undergraduate Education and previously held administrative leadership and academic development roles at Pitzer College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Stanford, and universities in Canada. In addition to her Ph.D. in education from UC Santa Barbara she also holds a master’s degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Toronto and Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. She has delivered peer-reviewed presentations and journal publications on faculty satisfaction, campus climate, student success, and civic engagement.