Ray Shiu

Ray Shiu serves as the Deputy Director of the Center for Social Justice (CSJ).

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He has been in this role since January 2020. In this role, he is responsible for the overall management of CSJ’s staff-directed and student-run social justice community-based engagement, including student development, community and university outreach, and fiscal and administrative management.

Ray joined CSJ as Special Programs Coordinator in 2004 and later served as Program Director for Student Leadership and Special Programs from 2006 to 2012 and CSJ’s Associate Director from 2012 to 2020.

Originally from Modesto, CA, Ray received his BS in Genetics from the University of California, Davis, as a first-generation student. After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked as a program and financial officer at a research center at the Columbia University Business School. While in New York City, Ray earned his MA in Higher Education, with a concentration in academic and student development from Columbia University’s Teachers College.

Ray serves as a board member on two local nonprofits providing services to the unhoused community, Friendship Place and Georgetown Ministry Center. He also serves as a member of the advisory board for the GU School of Continuing Studies’ Higher Education Administration Master’s Program.

About Ray Shiu

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Bridges to Social Justice
Community Engagement