Erin Webb, Ed.D., has served the University of California, Merced for sixteen years and is currently the University Registrar. Dr. Webb has been actively involved in university registrar work for the past 20 years and attends and presents regularly at national and regional conferences.
Her experience within the registrar’s office dates back to her days as an undergraduate at Azusa Pacific University working as a student assistant. After completing her undergraduate and master’s degrees, she joined Fullerton College as part of their admissions and records team. When the opportunity came to work at the University of California, Merced—a new research university that opened in 2005—she jumped at the chance to make a difference in the lives of students in her hometown, all while getting to work at a start-up institution. During her tenure at the University of California, Merced, Webb has served as the principal project manager on numerous successful implementations, including degree audit software, a general education revamp, cohort-based tuition, and the exclusive use of students’ lived names. Because of these successes, the Office of the Registrar is widely viewed as a model for how to effectively leverage technology and partnerships—particularly in resource constrained environments—and to do so while maintaining a commitment to customer service.
Webb earned a B.S. in accounting from Azusa Pacific University and went on to pursue an M.Ed. in college student affairs. Her passion for the community college student experience is never far from her heart, so as she began work on her doctoral degree, her research focused on the experiences of transfer students who attended the California public education system but never completed a bachelor’s degree. She earned her Ed.D. in educational leadership from California State University, Stanislaus in 2016.
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