Aurora Kamimura

Lecturer in Education
Assistant Provost for Inclusive Excellence

Washington University in St. Louis

Aurora Kamimura, PhD (she/her/ella), is a lecturer in the Department of Education, and Assistant Provost for Inclusive Excellence at Washington University in St. Louis. She has dedicated her 20+ year career as an educator to broadening access and creating more equitable learning environments. As a mixed methods researcher, her agenda focuses on broadening access and equity in the P-20/professoriate pathway. Most recently, Kamimura’s research has focused on diversifying the professoriate, which naturally stemmed from her prior research on enhancing equitable admissions practices in doctoral programs. Her research compliments her professional work in the K-16 pathway at the brink of student affairs and academic affairs in various units, including Outreach, Service Learning, Multicultural Affairs and Academic Support Services, and most recently as an Associate Dean. She currently serves as on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Hispanics for Higher Education (AAHHE), and is involved in several national projects focused on the development of Latinx/a/o leadership. Kamimura earned a BA in Social Sciences from UC Irvine, Ed. M. in Administration and Social Policy from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Michigan.