James L. Rodríguez, PhD

Dean of Extended Education and Global Outreach
Special Assistant to the President for External Affairs
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB)

Dr. James L. Rodríguez is Dean of Extended Education and Global Outreach and Special Assistant to the President for External Affairs at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB).  Dr. Rodríguez previously served as Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Education at CSUB. Prior to his appointment at CSUB, Dr. Rodríguez was a professor of Child and Adolescent Studies at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) where he also held a number of administrative and leadership positions. Dr. Rodríguez also held a tenured faculty appointment in the College of Education at San Diego State University.  He has also held appointments as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychology at Pomona College and at Educational Testing Service.  He is a Research Fellow at the Latinx Education Research Center at Santa Clara University.  Dr. Rodríguez is a native of Calexico, CA, earned his B.A. in Psychology from Pomona College, and Ph.D. in Child and Adolescent Development from Stanford University.  He has been awarded numerous fellowships and awards including a Ford Foundation/National Research Council Predoctoral Fellowship, an American Psychological Association Minority Predoctoral Fellowship, a James Irvine Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, a William Lincoln Honnold Fellowship, a Los Angeles Philanthropic Foundation Scholarship, and a National Hispanic Scholarship multiple years.