State University Dean, Academic Program Planning
California State University
Office of the Chancellor

Dr. Christine Mallon currently serves as State University Dean of Academic Program Planning for the California State University system and is WASC accreditation liaison officer for the CSU. She is a member of the UC-CSU Joint Graduate Board, the Chancellor's General Education Advisory Committee, CSU Assessment Council, and the Lower-Division Transfer Pattern Advisory Committee, among other groups dedicated to providing high quality postsecondary education.

Chris facilitates the review and approval of new academic degree programs, assists in the development and implementation of policy on general education and other curricular matters, and participates in the planning of graduate education and other programs that are responsive to workforce demand.

Before first coming to the Chancellor's Office in 2000, Dr. Mallon taught at Cal Poly Pomona and the University of California, Irvine. She has also worked for the CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning and served as Policy Analyst for CSU Academic Affairs. Prior to joining Academic Program Planning as Associate Dean, she held the position of Associate Dean of Wilkinson College of Letters and Sciences at Chapman University. Her Ph.D., from the University of California, Irvine, is in Comparative Culture.