Board of Education Member Profile: Joan Malczewski, Ph.D.
- Published:
- 2026-05-19
- Retrieved:
- 2026-05-19
Board member profile of Joan Malczewski published in Stu News Laguna with no individual byline (capture-note attributes the byline to LBUSD district communications). Biographical content covering Malczewski's academic, CPA, and prior teaching career, plus her stated framing of the board's role.
Key points
- Joined the LBUSD Board of Education in December 2022.
- Associate professor of history at UC Irvine; Ph.D. in History from Columbia University; M.A. in History of Education from Teachers College, Columbia.
- Prior career as a CPA in New York City and a real estate financial analyst on the Times Square redevelopment project.
- Author of a book on American philanthropic foundations and the development of rural Black schools in the South during the Jim Crow era.
- Has served on the Endowment Committee, the Joint Fiscal Management Committee, the PTA Council, the Orange County CSBA Delegates Nominating Committee, and the joint subcommittee on the Aliso Property.