Armando I. Bengochea

Armando Bengochea is senior program officer for Higher Learning and director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF), a program he was previously involved with at both Brown University and Connecticut College. Armando has started or restructured a wide range of initiatives at Mellon that foster diversity, access, and inclusion in higher education.

Before joining Mellon, Armando was dean of the college at Connecticut College, serving as the chief academic support, student affairs, and diversity officer of the college. During his tenure, he helped plan and execute a successful and rapid diversification of the faculty and was a founding member of the Liberal Arts Diversity Officers (LADO) group. At Brown University, Armando served as dean of freshman studies and associate dean of the college, where he planned and participated in many programs and initiatives in support of students of color.

He holds a BA in social and political philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA and PhD in politics from Princeton University.