Dr.Edwina Welch, Director

ewelch@ucsd.edu

Edwina Welch, Ed.D, has served as the Director of the UCSD Cross-Cultural Center since spring of 1996.  In this capacity she works with students, staff and faculty on issues of climate and multiculturalism for UCSD and the surrounding San Diego community.  Edwina serves on numerous campus wide committees including the Chancellor’s Diversity Council, the Community Building Collaborative, and the 2004 Chancellor’s Diversity Summit.  Edwina also serves as a consultant to Staff Council, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation and other campus wide committees.

Edwina works in the San Diego Community as a member of the “Working Group for a Civil Society” at the San Diego Foundation, a regional community foundation.  Working with her colleagues at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center and the Women’s Center, Edwina has also presented extensive training to staff and student organizations at UCSD and in the community.   Prior to coming to UCSD Edwina worked for the University of Oregon as the Director of the ASUO Women's Center.  She also worked in Multicultural Recruitment and Academic Advising for the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Admissions Office.  Edwina is also a founding member of the California Council for Cultural Centers in Higher Education (CaCCCHE) a regional wide collaborative of higher education cultural centers.  Her specialty work areas include workshops on diversity, organizational capacity building, and small group communication. 

Edwina received her BA in Communication Studies and Business Administration from California State University Sacramento, a Master’s of Science in Higher Education Administration from the University of Oregon. Edwina recently completed her Ed.D in Education Studies joint program between UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and California State University San Marcos