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Salvador B. Mena

Salvador Mena (he, him, el) serves as Senior Vice Chancellor for the Student Experience at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. In this role, Dr. Mena leads a comprehensive division of student affairs that focuses on health and wellness, student life and advocacy, campus engagement and belonging, and student services.  Over the last 20 years, Dr. Mena has had the privilege to serve college students at different institutional types, including both public and private colleges and universities. Dr. Mena received his doctor of philosophy degree in higher education, student affairs, and international education policy from the University of Maryland, College Park and a master’s degree in student development in higher education and bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Maine. Nationally, Dr. Mena has been involved with a number of higher education professional organizations, including the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). He is a regular presenter at national conferences and has published in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice and contributed a book chapter in Cultural Centers in Higher Education: Perspectives on Identity, Theory, and Practice.

Publications

Relationship Between Student Involvement, Leadership, and Belonging Before and During the Pandemic: Points of Comparison and Differentiation
Relationship Between Student Involvement, Leadership, and Belonging Before and During the Pandemic: Points of Comparison and Differentiation
Dayna S. Weintraub, Ralph A. Gigliotti, Tori Glascock, Gregory Dyer, Salvador B. Mena. © 2024. 30 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the college experience; however, it also provided an opportunity to engage with and support students differently. The COVID-19 pandemic...