Dean, School of Education
University of Washington, Tacoma/AANAPISI PI
Rachel Endo (Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign) is Founding Dean of the School of Education at the University of Washington Tacoma, where she holds faculty rank of Professor with tenure. She is also endorsed as a member of the University of Washington Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Faculty. She is the first: (a) native-born Person of Color, and (b) Woman of Color, to serve at the decanal level in the history of this campus. Prior to joining the University of Washington Tacoma, she was Inaugural Chair of the Teacher Education Department, which was the largest departmental entity at Hamline University (Minnesota's oldest university, which was founded in 1854), in the School of Education, where she was also the first Asian/American person in the history of the campus to serve on the Education faculty. Prior to her time at Hamline University, she was Faculty Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Teaching Program, the largest program on campus, at the College of St. Mary, where she also made history as the: (a) first Asian/American person and Woman of Color to serve on the faculty, as well as, (b) the first Person of Color to serve on the faculty in the Education Department. Before becoming a faculty member, she held various administrative and teaching positions in Illinois and Nebraska, spanning both private and public institutions and organizations. She started her career in higher education as Director of Multicultural Students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Friday, February 21, 2025
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST