The eldest daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Luoluo (pronounced “lō-lō”) Hong was appointed August 2021 as the inaugural Vice President for Student Engagement & Well-Being at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she also holds a faculty affiliation as Adjunct Professor of the Practice, School of Psychology.. Luoluo has over 30 years of experience in higher education spanning seven campuses and one system. She came to the Institute from the California State University System where she served first as Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management and Title IX Coordinator at San Francisco State University (2014-2019) and then as Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management in the System Office (2019-2021).

Prior, she was Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Hawaiˈi at Hilo from 2008-2014, where she concurrently took on the role of acting Athletic Director for one and a half years. Luoluo began her career at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge as a health promotion professional (1992-2000). Other senior administrative roles have included Assistant Vice President & Dean of Students at Shepherd College (2000-2002); Dean of Students at University of Wisconsin-Madison (2002-2005); and Dean of Student Affairs at Arizona State University’s West campus (2005-2007). 

Luoluo holds a BA in Psychology from Amherst College, a Master’s in Public Health from Yale University, and a PhD in Educational Leadership & Research from LSU-Baton Rouge. Formerly a consulting editor for the Journal of American College Health (2000-2008) and recognized as a Fellow by the American College Health Association in 2006, Luoluo is faculty coordinator for the American College Personnel Association’s Aspiring SSAO Institute and a member of the Women’s Network Executive Council for the American Council on Education. She completed a term as chair for the Pacific West Athletic Conference from 2011-2013. For more info: https://students.gatech.edu/content/about-vice-president-hong.