¶Ù’A²Ô»å°ù²¹ Mull

  • Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

Pronouns: she/her

For more than 20 years, Dr. ¶Ù’A²Ô»å°ù²¹ Mull has served the field of higher education and student affairs leading organizations and initiatives that uplift and enable a comprehensively excellent student experience. Throughout her tenure, and beyond the traditional classroom setting, she has sought to enable student success through the creation of a campus experience in which all students can engage, transform and thrive as active citizens in an evolving global society. 

Dr. Mull serves as the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder (CU Boulder), where she leads a division of 30 departments, nearly 900 staff members and more than 2,700 student employees. As the university’s chief student affairs officer, she develops and oversees numerous initiatives to enhance students’ sense of belonging, well-being and career opportunities, creating pathways for student success. 

The Division of Student Affairs at CU Boulder enables a comprehensive student experience through the creation of co-curricular engagement programs and services that enhance academic achievement, student learning, health and well-being, safety, personal development and community building as we prepare students for lifelong engagement as global citizens. 

Prior to joining CU Boulder, Dr. Mull held numerous executive leadership posts in the divisions of student life at the University of Florida and Ohio State. Most recently, Dr. Mull served as Vice President for Student Life at the University of Florida (UF) leading a team of more than 25 departments committed to developing a robust community for 58,000+ undergraduate, graduate and professional students and was responsible for managing a budget of $140 million. Within the Division of Student Life at Ohio State, she served as Associate Vice and Dean of Students; Assistant Vice President; Chief of Staff; Interim Director for the Multicultural Center; Director for Strategic Partnerships and Director for Graduate Programs during her 16-year tenure with the Buckeyes.  

As a practitioner-scholar, her areas of focus include undergraduate, graduate and global recruitment and retention, community outreach and engagement, organizational development, student support and success and diversity and inclusion initiatives. As a member of the graduate babyÖ±²¥app for UF and Ohio State, she has taught courses focused on multiculturalism in higher education and student affairs; service learning and leadership engagement; and the administration of higher education and student affairs. Beyond UF and Ohio State, she has also held student life positions at Kent State and Michigan State University. 

Dr. Mull serves on numerous student affairs executive committees for state and national organizations, including the American Association of Universities (AAU), the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU), Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education (NASPA) and as a higher education consultant in diversity and inclusion initiatives, organizational strategy and development and strategic global recruitment and retention efforts. She has contributed to numerous national and international knowledge communities as an invited speaker, panelist and author.  

As the recipient of multiple national honors, Dr. Mull’s awards include the 2022 ACPA Diamond Honoree award for her commitment to the advancement of research, scholarship and programs that uplift college student development and success and the 2020 Dr. Kent L Gardner Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors for her dedications to fostering positive change in the fraternity/sorority community, building partnerships within higher education and the interfraternal community and mentoring both new and seasoned professionals. Under Dr. Mull’s leadership, the University of Florida Division of Student Life received the 2021 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs from Diverse Issues in Higher Education.  

She is a first-generation college graduate who earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and criminal justice studies from Kent State University, a Master of Arts in higher, adult and lifelong education from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in educational policy and leadership from The Ohio State University.