About Martha

Dr. Martha Enciso serves as Adjunct Faculty in the School of Education at the University of Redlands where she teaches in the Master’s in Higher Education and Student Affairs program as well as the Ed.D. in Leadership for Educational Justice program. Dr. Enciso has nearly twenty years of experience working in academic and student affairs and focuses on creating intentional cross divisional partnerships to address equity issues on campus. She has co-chaired campus wide Transfer Student Success Initiatives, First-generation College Student Initiatives, and was the lead in applying for and receiving the NASPA First-gen Forward Institution designation for Cal State Fullerton and San Diego State University. Her research interests focus on transfer students, first-generation college students, and historically minoritized students. She is a co-editor for the recently published book, First Gen & Juice: Exploring First-Gen College Student Narratives in Pop Culture and Mass Media.

Dr. Enciso presents her work nationally, including at the San Diego Comic-Con. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of First-Generation Student Success, as National Knowledge Communities Director on the NASPA Board of Directors, the NASPA NUFP Advisory Board, and was selected as a 2024 NASPA Pillar of the Profession. Dr. Enciso received her Ed.D., Master of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts degree all from the University of Southern California. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Executive Leadership from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy Center for Studies in Higher Education as well as a Certificate in Management and Leadership in Education from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.