Seta Khajarian

Clinical Professor of Education

Associate Provost for the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment

Education Division, Graduate School of Education and Psychology

Biography

Seta Khajarian (EdD '11) serves the institution as the Accreditation Liaison Officer and as the Associate Provost for the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and assessment since 2021. Prior to that, Seta had multiple roles in the Education Division at the Pepperdine Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) teaching and directing assessment and accreditation efforts. With about 30 years of experience in educational settings, she has led schools in their accreditation with successful re-affirmations. A graduate of the WASC Senior College and University Commission's (WSCUC) prestigious Assessment Leadership Academy (ALA), she also serves on WSCUC visiting teams to reaffirm accreditation of other universities. An experienced academician, she teaches GSEP courses, including learning design and evaluation, and in the past, she has taught courses in organizational leadership and leadership innovation and change as an adjunct professor at Woodbury University in Burbank, California. Within Pepperdine, Seta is a member of the Advancement of Student Learning Council (ASLC), University Belonging Council (UBC), and University Academic Council (UAC). Seta has served on Leadership Pasadena's advisory board in the past, and currently serves on the Board of Armenian International Women's Association, LA Chapter. In 2025, Seta joined the Board of Visitors of Pepperdine's Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP).

Education

EdD, Education History