Anna M Ortiz

I have been a student development educator in the classroom as a professor or as a practitioner in the field for over 20 years. I have a passion for helping college and university students get the most out of their education and in helping faculty, administrators and staff work the best to make that happen. My research interests center around college student development, primarily in the areas of ethnic identity development, multicultural education and professional issues in student affairs. My work at CSULB has included serving as a primary faculty member the Student Development in Higher Education M.S. program, a coordinator of the counseling program, a co-director in both our joint and indepedent doctoral programs, and on various committees and consultations across the college and campus. My professional involvement includes active membership in NASPA, ACPA, ASHE, and AERA. My personal passions include travel, family and friends, wine and my cairn terrier.

Ortiz, A. M., Santos, S. J. (in press). The ethnic experience of college: Advancing theory and improving diversity practices on campus. Arlington, VA: Stylus.

Santos, S. J., Ortiz, A. M., Morales, A. & Rosales, M. (2007). The relationship between campus diversity, students’ ethnic identity and college adjustment: A qualitative study. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.

Masse, J.M., Miller, E., Kerr, K., & Ortiz, A.M. (2007). Negotiating middle ground: The experiences of mid-mangers of color in student affairs. In R.L. Ackerman & E.A. Langdon (Eds.), The experiences of mid-managers in student affairs (working title). Washington, DC: NASPA Publications.


Ortiz, A.M. (2006). [Review of the book Promoting reasonable expectations: Aligning student and institutional views of the college experience]. The Review of Higher Education, 29, 416-417.

Ortiz, A. M. (ed) (2004). Addressing the unique needs of Latino/a students. New Directions for Student Services, 105. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Ortiz, A. M. (2004). Arriving at tenure. In K. A. Renn & C. Hughes (eds.) Roads taken: Women in student affairs at mid-career. Alexandria, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Hornak, A. M. & Ortiz, A. M. (2004). Implementing the framework for multicultural education in a community college diversity course. In M. B. Magolda & P. King (eds.) Learning partnerships: theories and models of practice to educate for self-authorship. Alexandria, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Ortiz, A. M. & Shintaku, R. Professional and personal identities at the crossroads (2004). In P. Magolda & J. E. Carnaghi (Eds.) Job one: Work experiences of new professionals in student affairs. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Ortiz, A. M. Ethnographic interviews (2003). In F. Stage, & K. Manning (Eds.) Diverse Research Approaches and Methods Applied to the College Environment. Publisher: Brunner-Routledge.

Ortiz, A.M., & Boyer, P. (2003). Student assessment in tribal colleges. In M. C. Brown & J. E. Lewis (eds.) New Directions for Institutional Research, 118, 41-49.