Management Professor Honored with SDSU Diversity Excellence Award

April 14, 2023

Beth Chung, a management professor at the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University, has been named the faculty recipient of SDSU’s 2023 Diversity Excellence Award. Chung accepted the award during a ceremony held April 12, 2023. 

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Senior associate VP for Student Affairs and Campus Diversity, Aniesha Mitchell, presents Beth Chung with the 2023 Diversity Excellence Award
The award, given by SDSU’s Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity, recognizes the faculty member “who has shown an exemplary commitment to diversity, inclusion and social justice.”

“I am genuinely honored to be recognized for doing work I am passionate about,” said Chung. “Time and time again, we’ve seen overwhelming evidence of how organizational diversity and the inclusion of individuals with diverse viewpoints have contributed to increased productivity and overall workplace satisfaction. This award tells me that my colleagues share my commitment to increasing inclusiveness and diversity in the workplace, the classroom and throughout our daily lives.” 

Chung, who has been with the Fowler College since 2000, is currently the director for the Institute on Inclusiveness and Diversity in Organizations (IIDO) and the past chair of SDSU’s Senate Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She has also taught courses and published significant research on inclusion and diversity in organizations.  

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