Desdemona Cardoza is a retired Professor of Psychology at California State University Los Angeles. She is currently working as a Special Consultant to the California State University Office of the Chancellor. She has served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, Vice President for Information Technology and Director of Institutional Research at California State University Los Angeles. She received her Master’s and Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Riverside and her BA in Psychology from UC Berkeley.