Matsimela Changa Diop, Dr. is the Assistant to the Vice President, Director of Multicultural Student Services, Former Upward Bound Director and Coordinator of the National Student Exchange Program at the University of North Dakota. He supervises the activities and programs presented in the Era Bell Thompson Multicultural Center, advises the Student Relations Committee, serves as UND's point person for diversity and multiculturalism and coordinates the colleges' effort to establish a national student and faculty exchange program.

Previously, he was the Director for Student Resources and Counseling Services at Mohawk Valley Community College. There, he supervised all Counseling Services, the Office of Multicultural Resources, the colleges' retention efforts, the Substance Abuse Center, and the Office for Services to Students with Disabilities.

Prior to Mohawk Valley, Dr. Diop was at the State University of New York at Oswego. He served at Oswego for several years as the Assistant Director for Personnel and Minority Affairs in the Division of Student Affairs.

Dr. Diop received his master's and undergraduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse. During his fourteen years in higher education, Dr. Diop made numerous presentations, taught courses on race and ethnicity, wrote grants and has communicated and interacted with some of the most influential people in the United States.

Dr. Diop earned his PhD in Teaching and Learning-Higher Education Administration at the University of North Dakota.