Dr. Ron Vogel, Former Dean of RXCHHS

Ron Vogel has served as a faculty member and administrator for more than 39 years. He started his academic career as a part-time lecturer in 1975 and became a tenure-track faculty member in 1979 after earning his doctorate from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He went through the academic ranks at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte in the Department of Criminal Justice (1980-1991) primarily teaching research and served as a department chair (1988-91).

In 1991, he moved to California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and continued his career as a professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice for another 10 years before moving into Administration. After interim positions as an Associate Dean and Associate Vice President for research and graduate programs, Ron became the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services at CSULB from 2002-2008.  He has published dozens of peer reviewed research articles, worked on several editorial boards and served as the editor of the tier 1 research journal Crime and Delinquency.  In 2009, he became Provost at California State University, Dominguez Hills before taking the position as Associate Vice Chancellor for the CSU system in 2011. In 2015, he returned to campus life and served as the Dean of the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services at Cal State LA till 2025.