Ding-Jo started her full professorship in the Educational Leadership Ed.D. Program at California State University Fullerton in the fall of 2011. This new chapter of her career comes after she has earned the reputation as an outstanding national and international recognized leader in higher education with over 30+ years of distinguished service as Chancellor of Coast Community College District, President of Coastline College, and a number of executive level leadership roles. Ding-Jo is known as the first Asian American woman to be elected by her 1200+ peer CEO’s as the Chair of American