Karen Shaffer serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, supporting the division in our work in student engagement and in divisional staff development. Before joining UNC Charlotte, Karen worked with student organizations, student governance, programming boards, student unions, leadership, and community engagement at the University of Virginia and California State University, Fresno. She holds a master’s degree in College Student Personnel from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago.