Jeanett Castellanos, Ph.D. is Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the School of Social Sciences. Her areas of research include Latinx student coping and persistence, cultural values and identity, and spirituality and well-being.
Dr. Castellanos has published in numerous national journals including the Journal of College Counseling, Journal of Counseling and Development, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, and Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. She also has two edited volumes addressing Latinx student experiences in higher education. Nationally, Dr. Castellanos is the recipient of the 2020 APA Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race) Distinguished Career in Service Award, the APA Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) Samuel M. Turner Mentorship Award, the 2012 NLPA Star Vega Community Service Award, and 2012 AAHEE Outstanding Support of Hispanics in Higher Education.
At UC Irvine, she has also been recognized with the: 2017 Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentorship, 2014 Chancellor’s Living Our Values Award, 2014 Lecturer of the Year by the Academic Senate Council on Student Experience, Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award, Chancellor Teaching Excellence Award, and Distinguished Women of UCI Award. Castellanos received her Master’s in Counseling and Ph.D. in Higher Education from Washington State University.