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San Diego State University

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Norah P. Shultz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at San Diego State University, where she also serves as Director of Inclusive Curriculum for the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity and as doctoral faculty in the EdD Educational Leadership Community College and Post-Secondary Education Program. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from Bryn Mawr College in 1988, M.A. in Sociology from Bryn Mawr College in 1984, and B.A. Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Social Science/Sociology Concentration from Rosemont College/Villanova University in 1978. Dr. Shultz's early research, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, examined the intersection of volunteerism and aging. For over two decades, her scholarly work has concentrated on the sociology of higher education, including the relationship of multiculturalism and internationalization in global curricula, general education, leading change in higher education, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and student success. Her primary teaching responsibilities center on research methods, and she is currently involved in student success projects with the College of Education’s Center for Teaching Critical Thinking and Creativity and the College of Engineering.