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Mari Luna De La Rosa, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, M.S. in College Counseling and Student Development |
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5932 Email: mlunadelarosa@apu.edu |
Dr. Mari Luna De La Rosa is an assistant professor in the Department of College Student Affairs and Organizational Leadership and director of the M.S. in College Counseling and Student Development program. Her research focuses on diversity in higher education, college access and financial aid for low-income students, student retention, and faculty-student engagement. Before coming to APU, Dr. Luna De la Rosa was research director at The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) in Berkeley, California where she worked on college affordability issues.
Dr. Luna De La Rosa conducted research at the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, as a postdoctoral research associate. She worked with nine low-income high schools in the Los Angeles area to understand the pre-college perceptions of low-income students on financial aid and college opportunity. She was part of the evaluation resource team on the James Irvine Foundations’ Campus Diversity Initiative based at Claremont Graduate University.
Dr. Luna De La Rosa has made numerous research paper presentations at professional conferences including the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). She recently co-authored and contributed a chapter in the special edition of American Behavioral Scientist on Financial Aid and Access to College: The Public Policy Challenges.
She completed her Ph.D. in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. She received her master’s in Public Administration from Arizona State University and a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition to her research experience, she worked with students as a financial aid advisor and directed a summer writing program for low-income high school students.
Dr. Luna De La Rosa conducted research at the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, as a postdoctoral research associate. She worked with nine low-income high schools in the Los Angeles area to understand the pre-college perceptions of low-income students on financial aid and college opportunity. She was part of the evaluation resource team on the James Irvine Foundations’ Campus Diversity Initiative based at Claremont Graduate University.
Dr. Luna De La Rosa has made numerous research paper presentations at professional conferences including the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), American Educational Research Association (AERA), the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). She recently co-authored and contributed a chapter in the special edition of American Behavioral Scientist on Financial Aid and Access to College: The Public Policy Challenges.
She completed her Ph.D. in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. She received her master’s in Public Administration from Arizona State University and a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition to her research experience, she worked with students as a financial aid advisor and directed a summer writing program for low-income high school students.
Education
Ph.D. - Education, Claremont Graduate UniversityM.P.A. - Arizona State Universtiy
B.A. - University of California at Santa Barbara
Department
- School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences
- Department of Leadership and College Student Development
Courses Taught
CCSD 551 – Introduction to College Student AffairsCCSD 567 – Diversity in Student Affairs
CCSD 571 – Student Learning in the Cocurriculum
