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About Stacy H. Gleixner

Dr. Stacy Gleixner is the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at West Valley College. She is focused on eliminating the equity gap and ensuring West Valley’s academics meet student, workforce and community needs. 

Prior to this role, she served as the Associate Vice President for Student and Faculty Success at San José State University. She led a team of over 60 staff in Academic Affairs to support students and develop faculty. She led university wide initiatives to increase SJSU’s retention and graduation rates and eliminate the equity gap. She also served as the Chief of Staff to the President. As Chief of Staff she created and maintained strong relationships between the campus, the community, and the Office of the President through multiple leadership transitions. In addition, she served on the President’s cabinet and worked with the vice presidents on numerous cross divisional projects including serving as project manager on the campus wide diversity and inclusion initiative. 

Positions

2021 - Present Professor Emerita, San Jose State University ‐ Emeritus Faculty
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April 2020 - Present Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, West Valley College
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April 2019 - April 2020 Professor, Special Projects, San Jose State University ‐ College of Engineering
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February 2016 - April 2019 Associate Vice President, San Jose State University ‐ Student and Faculty Success
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August 2014 - October 2016 Chief of Staff, Office of the President, San Jose State University
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2011 - 2014 Director, San Jose State University ‐ EXCEED: College of Engineering’s Summer Bridge Program
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2008 - 2014 Associate Chair, San Jose State University ‐ Biomedical, Chemical and Materials Engineering
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2007 - 2014 Director, San Jose State University ‐ Microscale Process Engineering Lab
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Grants

2012 - 2017 Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program
Department of Education
Role: Principal Investigator
$959,291
2010 - 2014 Engineering in Action Service Learning Program
Intel, Texas Instruments, and Juniper Networks
Role: Principal Investigator
$85,000
2010 - 2011 Development of Engineering Faculty Workshop on Service Learning Grant
Learn and Serve America
Role: Principal Investigator
$4,000
2008 - 2010 ACE/Sloan Faculty Career Flexibility Award
ACE/Sloan Foundation
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
$200,000
2004 - 2007 Project Based Modules for an Introduction to Materials Engineering Course
National Science Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
$349,978
2005 - 2006 Joint Development of Hands-on MEMS Using Semi-Custom Design Flow
National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
$99,676
2005 Development of Block Co-Polymers for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates
Agilent Technologies
Role: Principal Investigator
$9,900
2002 - 2003 New Users Grant: Characterizing Polysilicon Surface Energy Using Microbeams
Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Systems
Role: Principal Investigator
$10,000
2001 - 2002 Collaboration between SJSU and IBM Almaden on Materials Synthesis
National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
$25,500
2000 - 2002 Development of a Microelectronics Process Engineering Curriculum
National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
$478,817
2001 Materials Engineering Service Course Enhancement
CSU CA Workforce Initiative
Role: Principal Investigator
$12,000
2000 San Jose State University Microelectronics Process Engineering Laboratory
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
$70,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2000 - 2016 Faculty Advisor, Materials Advantage, San José State University
2013 - 2014 Chair, Curriculum and Research Policy Committee, San José State University
2012 - 2014 Student Union Board of Directors Faculty Representative, San José State University
2012 - 2014 Faculty Advisor, Engineers without Borders, San José State University
2012 - 2014 Faculty Advisor, Engineering Ambassadors, San José State University
2012 - 2014 Chair; College Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, San José State University
2011 - 2014 Member; College Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, San José State University
2009 - 2014 Faculty coordinator for the off-campus degree: M.S. Engineering at Lam Research, San José State University
2009 - 2014 Faculty coordinator for the off-campus degree: M.S. Engineering-Photovoltaics, San José State University
2006 - 2014 Coordinator of Women Engineering Faculty Group, San José State University
2005 - 2014 Graduate Coordinator and Advisor for Chemical and Materials Engineering, San José State University
1999 - 2014 Materials Engineering Curriculum Committee, San José State University
1999 - 2014 Materials Engineering Assessment/ABET Committee, San José State University
2012 - 2013 Member, Professional Standards Policy Committee, San José State University
2012 Member, Search Committee for College of Engineering Dean, San José State University
2011 - 2012 Member, College Designated Graduate Advisor Committee, San José State University
2009 - 2012 Chair, Instruction and Student Affairs Policy Committee, San José State University
2010 - 2011 Member, NCAA Athletics Self-Study Academic Integrity Sub-Committee, San José State University
2006 - 2011 Member, College Graduate Studies Committee, San José State University
2006 Chair, SJSU’s Science General Education Advisory Panel, San José State University
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Honors and Awards

  • Silicon Valley Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016)
  • College of Engineering’s Award for Outstanding Service (2010)
  • Dean Newnan Excellence in Teaching Award for Faculty: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering (2008)
  • Applied Materials’ College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (2002)

Education

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1998 Ph.D., Stanford University ‐ Materials Science and Engineering
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1994 M.S., Stanford University ‐ Materials Science and Engineering
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1992 B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering
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Contact Information

Stacy.Gleixner@sjsu.edu

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Conference Proceedings (25)