Victor B. Sáenz, Ph.D. is the Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin and he is a Professor in the Program in Higher Education Leadership. He is also a faculty affiliate with the UT Center for Mexican American Studies, a Faculty Fellow with the UT Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, and a Faculty Associate with the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute.Dr. Sáenz has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and has published two books, including one on Latino males in higher education (Stylus Publishing). His current research on this topic examines their experiences at both two-year and four-year institutions as they navigate their college pathways. He continues to work closely with the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and the College Board’s Policy and Advocacy Center on their campaigns to raise awareness about the crisis facing young men of color in Education. Dr. Saenz has received several notable accolades in his young academic career. In 2009 he was named by Diverse Magazine as “One of 25 to Watch” diversity leaders in American higher education. In fall 2010, he was recognized as one of seven “ING Professors of Excellence” among over two thousand faculty members at the University of Texas. Over the years, he has been quoted and cited in numerous news stories, policy reports, and scholarly publications, and his research work on Latino males in higher education continues to gain national attention. He is a member of two distinguished editorial boards for peer-reviewed journals in his field, and he is an active member of several national associations focused on higher education issues. In 2005, Dr. Saenz received his PhD from UCLA in Higher Education and Organizational Change with a focus on access, equity, and diversity issues in post-secondary education. Dr. Saenz was a Spencer Foundation pre‐doctoral fellow while at UCLA, where he also completed a Master’s in Education in 2002.

Manage all functions related to survey design and research dissemination

Manage various research projects focused on HERI data; project manager for NIH research grant (PI's: Sylvia Hurtado & Mitch Chang)