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2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

About University of Houston-Victoria



University of Houston-Victoria
3007 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria, TX 77901
(361)-570-4848 or 877-970-4848
UHV Website (www.uhv.edu)

Administration

University of Houston System - Board of Regents

Tilman J. Fertitta, Chairman Term Expires: 8/31/2021
Welcome W. Wilson, Jr., Vice-Chair Term Expires: 8/31/2017
Spencer D. Armour, III, Secretary Term Expires: 8/31/2017
Durga D. Agrawal Term Expires: 8/31/2019
Beth Madison Term Expires: 8/31/2021
Gerald W. McElvy Term Expires: 8/31/2021
Paula M. Mendoza Term Expires: 8/31/2019
Peter K. Taaffe Term Expires: 8/31/2019
Roger F. Welder Term Expires: 8/31/2017
Neelesh “Neel” Mutyala, Student Regent Term Expires: 5/31/2018

University of Houston System - Administration

Renu Khator Chancellor, UHS; President, University of Houston
Juan Sánchez Muñoz President, UH-Clear Lake
Ira K. Blake President, UH-Downtown
R. Vic Morgan President, UH-Victoria
Paula M. Short Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Jim McShan Senior Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance
Amr Elnashai Vice Chancellor for Research & Technology Transfer
Dona H. Cornell Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs & General Counsel
Eloise Dunn Brice Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
Richard Walker Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs & Enrollment Services
Jason Smith Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations
Lisa Holdeman Associate Vice Chancellor for University, Marketing, Communication & Media Relations

University of Houston-Victoria

Administration

R. Vic Morgan, Ph.D. President
David L. Cockrum, Ph.D. Interim Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Wayne B. Beran, M.B.A., C.P.A. Vice President for Administration & Finance
Jay Lambert, Ed.D. Vice President for Student Affairs
Jesse D. Pisors, M.Ed. Vice President for Advancement & External Relations

Academic Administrators

Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Ph.D. Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
James Jordan-Wagner Interim Dean, School of Business Administration
Freddie W. Litton, Ed.D. Dean, School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development
Beverly Tomek, Ph.D. Associate Provost, University College

President’s Regional Advisory Board

Voting Members:

John J. Shutt, Chair
Sally Aman, Vice Chair
Bret Baldwin
Debra Baros
Arturo Calvo
Daniel A. Cano
Thomas Lane Keller
Lance LaCour
Margery E. Loeb
Gene Moreno
Omar Rachid
Mike Rivet
Terry Robinson
Amy Gillis Schwartz
Jack Swanson
Debra Ann Williams
Keith Williams

Non-Voting Members:

R. Vic Morgan
Kay Kerr Walker
Morgan Dunn O’Connor
Roger Welder

Ex Officio Members:

Charlotte Baker, Executive Director, Region III Education Service Center
Beatriz Espinoza, President, Coastal Bend College
David Hinds, President, Victoria College
Zach Hodges, President, Houston Community College
Robert Jaklich, Superintendent, Victoria ISD
Betty McCrohan, President, Wharton County Junior College

2017-18 Faculty Roster

Name Rank
Vera A. Adamchik Associate Professor of Economics/Quantitative Methods
B.S., Gomel State University, Belarus; M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University.
Alexandre Aidov Assistant Professor of Finance
B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Florida International University.
Casey Akins Lecturer of Criminal Justice
B.A. Ohio University; M.S. Criminal Justice, University of North Florida.
John Keith Akins Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Florida State University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida.
Roselia Alaniz Assistant Professor of Administration and Supervision
B.S., Texas A&I University-Kingsville; M.Ed., Prairie View A&M University; Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University.
Charles Alexander Lecturer of Communications/Designer in Residence
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Linda L. Autry Associate Professor of Counselor Education
B.S., Howard Payne University; M.Ed., Tarleton State University; Ph.D., Texas A&M - Corpus Christi.
Katherine Bacon Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
B.S., Creighton University; M.A., University of Nebraska at Omaha; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Andrew Baerg Associate Professor of Communication
B.A., M.A., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., University of Iowa.
Moira Baldwin Assistant Professor of Science
B.S., The Catholic University of America; M.S. Texas A&M University; Ph.D. Texas A&M University.
Amy Barnhill Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction /Reading
B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
Justin Bell Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Texas State University San Marcos; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Joseph Ben-Ur Professor of Marketing
B.A., M.B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Jeffrey Blodgett Professor of Management
B.S., University of Illinois; M.B.A., Illinois State University, Ph.D., Indiana University.
Jennifer Boswell Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
B.A., University of North Texas; M.S., Texas Woman’s University; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Janelle D. Bouknight Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
B.A., M.S., University of Tennessee
Bradly Button Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., University of Illinois; M.S. Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Karen Camargo Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
B.S., Texas Women’s University; M.S.N., Saint Joseph’s College of Maine; Ph.D., Trident University International
Paul Carlson Professor of Education/Special Education/Anthropology
B. A., Bethel College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., Ohio State University.
Sandra Carter Lecturer of Communications
B.A., B. S., M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Jeffrey Cass Professor of English
B.A., University of Dallas; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at San Diego.
Philip Castille Professor of English
B.A. Tulane University, M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D., Tulane University.
Li Chao Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
M.S., University of Wyoming.
Olga Chapa Associate Professor of Management
B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas-Pan American.
Maria Chavarria Lecturer of Spanish
B.B.A., Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morales; M.A., University of Southern Mississippi.
Armando Chavez-Rivera Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Havana, Cuba; M.A., National University of La Plata, Argentina; Ph.D., University of Arizona.
Chien-Ping Chen Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., National Taiwan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
Wei-Chih Chiang Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., National Tsing Hua University; M.B.A., Wayland Baptist University; M.S., University of Texas at Dallas; Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University.
Teresa LeSage Clements Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction/Science
B.S., California State University - Long Beach; M.S., Ed.D., Texas A&M University - Commerce.
Peggy A. Cloninger Professor of Management
B.E.E., M.S.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Georgia State University.
Jingling Cui Lecturer of Chemistry
B.E. in Bioengineering, China Pharmaceutical University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University.
Estella De Los Santos Professor of Education/Mathematics
B.S., M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Jeffrey R. Di Leo Professor of Humanities/English and Philosophy
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A. (Philosophy), M.A. (Comparative Literature); Ph.D., Indiana University.
Ali Dogan Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey; M.S., Ege University, Izmir; M.S., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., University of Memphis.
Jianjun Du Associate Professor of International Business/Accounting
B.E., Zhongnan University of Finance, Economics, and Laws, China; M.B.A., Renmin University of China; M.A., Washington University at St. Louis; Ph.D., St. Louis University.
Nazif Durmaz Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Celal Bayar University, Turkey; M.S., St. Joseph’s University; M.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., Auburn University.
Hashimul Ehsan Lecturer of Biology
B.Sc., Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh; M.Sc., University of Brussels, Belgium; Ph.D., University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Nicole Eugene Assistant Professor of Communication
Horace L. Fairlamb Professor of Humanities/Interdisciplinary Studies
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., The Breadloaf School of English; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University.
Ehsan Fakharizadi Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; Ph.D., Drexel University.
Steve Ferguson Executive in Residence
B.A., The Citadel; M.S. Tarleton State University/Central Texas; Ph.D., University of Washington.
Jill E. Fox Professor of Early Childhood Education
B.S., Western Kentucky University; M.Ed., Texas Women’s University; Ph.D., University of North Texas.
Jane Devick Fry Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction/Reading
B.A., Florida Atlantic University; M.Ed., Nova Southeastern University; Ed.D., Florida International University.
Xavier Garza-Gomez Professor of Finance
M.S., M.B.A., Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey; Ph.D., Nagoya City University, Japan.
Dagoberto Gilb Professor of Latino Studies
B.A., M.A., University of California.
Yong U. Glasure Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., University of California-Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Florida State University.
Craig Goodman Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Richard S. Gunasekera Professor of Biology
B.S., Baylor University; M.S. (Chemistry), University of Houston-Clear Lake; M.S. (Biomedical Studies), Ph.D., Baylor University.
Hongya Guo Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Nankai University, China; M.S., Texas Christian University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida.
Massomeh Hajilee Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Tehran University; M.I.A., Columbia University.
Paul Hamilton Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology
B.S., Texas A&I University-Kingsville; M.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., Fielding Institute.
Scott Harkey Lecturer of English
B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.A., University of Houston - Victoria
Rick Harrington Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington.
Paige Harris Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychology
Robert (Robby) D. Hawkins Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., M.S., University of Louisville; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Linda A. Hayes Professor of Business Administration/Marketing
B.S., Clarkson University; M.B.A., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley.
Elise Hendricker Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Illinois-Champaign; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
Kim Herzinger Lecturer of English
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester.
James Higgins Assistant Professor of History
B.A., St. Vincent College; M.A. Duquesne University; Ph.D., Lehigh University.
Jerry Hu Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Fudan University, China; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Shengsheng Huang Professor of Special Education
B.S., Northwestern State University; M.Ed., Northwestern State University; Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado.
Saidat Ilo Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.P.A., Texas State University; Ph.D., Howard University.
John Kagochi Associate Professor of Economic Development
B.A., Egerton University; M.S., Tuskegee University; M.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., Auburn University.
Rachana Kalelkar Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., M.S., University of Mumbai; Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio.
Gen Kaneko Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., The University of Tokyo; M.S., University of Tokyo; Ph.D., University of Tokyo.
Carol L. Klages Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction/Social Studies
B.A., Texas Lutheran College; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Yingxu Kuang Associate Professor of Accounting
B.E., Central South University-China; M.A., Hunan University; M.B.A., D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University.
Mary Lasater Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
B.F.A., University of Texas-Austin; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Chang Woock Lee Assistant Professor of Exercise Science
B.A., Korea University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
Yong G. Lee Associate Professor of Accounting
B.A., Chonnam National University, Korea; M.B.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Georgia State University.
Hsin-Hui Lin Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
B.A., Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan; M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Freddie Litton Professor of Special Education
B.S., Northwestern State University; M.Ed., Northwestern State University; Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado.
Carmen Liutec Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.A., M.S., Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania; M.S., University of Rochester; Ph.D., C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston.
Louis Lloyd-Zannini Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
A.B. Social Relations, Our Lady of Providence Seminary College; M.A. Ed. Education Administration, Regent University; ED.S. Education Administration, College of William and Mary; Ph.D. Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership, College of William and Mary.
Joseph Locke Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Texas; M.A., Rice University; Ph.D., Rice University.
Donald A. Loffredo Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Rhode Island; M.A., Rhode Island College; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Diana Lopez Associate Professor of English
A.A.S., Del Mar College; B.A., St. Mary’s University; M.F.A., Southwest Texas State University.
Beverly Lowry Writer-in-Residence
B.A., Memphis State University.
June Lu Professor of Management
B.A., Zhejiang University, China; M.E., Ed.D., University of Georgia.
Anthony Madrid Visiting Lecturer, Humanities
Rachel Martinez Associate Professor of Special Education
B.A. Ed., University of Texas at San Antonio; M.Ed., Texas Tech University; Ed.D., Texas Tech University.
Jesica McCue Senior Lecturer of Biology
B.S., Texas A&M; Ph.D., Colorado State University.
Massoud Metghalchi Professor of Finance
B.S., Institute National Des Sciences Appliquees; M.B.A., Oklahoma City University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.
Cynthia Miller Artist in Residence
B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute; M.F.A., University of Arizona.
Kaveh Moghaddam Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; Ph.D., Old Dominion University.
Yixi Ning Associate Professor of Finance
B.E., M.S., Tsinghua University, China; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Farhang Niroomand Professor of Economics
B.A., National University of Iran; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Amjad Nusayr Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.Sc., Jordan University of Science & Technology; M.Sc., New York Institute of Technology, Jordan.
John T. O’Brien Publisher in Residence/Director of Dalkey Archive Press
B.A., University of Illinois; M.A. University of Illinois; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University.
Joann S. Olson Associate Professor of Adult & Higher Education
B.S., Michigan State University; M.A., Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.
A.J. Ortega Lecturer of English
B.S., University of Texas at El Paso; M.S., Texas State University.
Jennifer Ortiz-Garza Lecturer
B.A., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; M.A., University of Houston-Victoria.
Jang-Woo Park Assistant Professor of Math
B.S., Korea University, Korea; M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D., Clemson University.
Karen Parsonson Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychology
B.A., University of Manitoba; M.A., University of Manitoba; Ph.D., Queen’s University in Kingston
Barba L. Patton Professor of Curriculum and Instruction/Mathematics
B.S.Ed., M.Ed., University of Houston- Victoria; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Catherine A. Perz Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., California State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
Nadya Pittendrigh Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric
B.A. English, University of Montana; M.F.A. English, University of Arizona; M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago; PhD English. University of Illinois at Chicago.
Diane E. Prince Professor of Education
B.S., M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Yan Qin Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., Fudan University; Shanghai, China; Ph.D., University of Florida.
Nagarajan Ramamoorthy Professor of Management
B.A., M.A., University of Madras, India; M.B.A., Xavier Labor Relations Institute, India; Ph.D., University of Maryland.
Rupak Rauniar Assistant Professor of Management
B.E., Birla Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Toledo.
Saba Syed Razvi Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Creighton University; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California-Los Angeles.
Rita Coombs Richardson Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
B.A., Loyola University, Dominican College; M.Ed., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of New Orleans.
Luh-Yu Ren Associate Professor of Business Administration/Management
B.S., M.S., National Central University at Taiwan; M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; Ph.D., Texas Tech University.
Sara D. Rodriguez Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Studies
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University; M.S., University of Mississippi.
Michelle Wurster Ruiz Assistant Professor of Management and Healthcare Management
B.A., Southern Methodist University; M.B.A. Texas Tech University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at El Paso.
Ronald J. Salazar Associate Professor of Management
M.B.A., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Jeffrey Sartain Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Illinois; M.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Indiana University.
Kyle Schlesinger Assistant Professor of Communication
B.A., Goddard College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Buffalo.
Jacob Snyder Lecturer of Publishing/Assistant Director of the Dalkey Archive Press
B.A., Illinois University; M.A. Royal Holloway, University of London, UK; MPhil, St. Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, UK .
Mai Abo Shakra Half-Time Lecturer of Computer Science
M.S., New Mexico State University; B.S., Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan.
Wayne D. Smith Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
Dmitri Sobolev Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Yaroslavl State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama.
David F. Summers Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior Management
B.S.E.E., Texas Tech University; M.B.A., West Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of North Texas.
Ziad Swaidan Professor of Marketing
B.Sc., M.E. Technical University; M.P.A., West Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi.
Liane Tanguay Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., University of Manchester; Ph.D., University of Manchester.
Alireza Tavakkoli Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Sharif University of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nevada.
Ricardo V. Teixeira Assistant Professor of Math
B.S., M.S., Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil; Ph.D., University of Texas.
Katina Thomas Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
B.S., Prairie View A&M University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Houston.
Beverly Tomek Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.A., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Raymond Tucker Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
B.S., Sam Houston State University; M.Ed., Southwest Texas State University; D.S.M., United States Sports Academy.
Tara Vaughn Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
A.S. in Nursing, Oklahoma City Community College; M.S.N., M.P.H., The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center.
Sherry Vafa Assistant Professor of Educational Technology
B.A., Tehran University, Tehran, Iran; M.A., Azad University, Tehran Iran; Ph.D., University of Houston
Sandy S. Venneman Professor of Psychology and Biology
B.A. University of Missouri at Saint Louis; M.S. (Research), Ph.D., Saint Louis University.
Qiao Xu Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.A., East China Normal University; M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio
Yun Wan Professor of Computer Science/Information Systems
B.E., B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
Jifu Wang Professor of Management
Graduate of Applied Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, M.B.A., Emporia University; M.S., Ph.D., Auburn University
Yuan Wang Assistant Professor of Management
Mark Ward Associate Professor of Communications
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Spring Arbor University; Ph.D., Clemson University.
Chen Yang Lecturer in Communication
B.A., Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; M.A. Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China; M.S. Bowling Green State University
Liping Wei Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
B.A., Southwest University for Nationalities, China; M.A., Nankai University China; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Daniel White Assistant Professor of Biology
AAS, Victoria College; B.S., Texas Lutheran University; Ph.D, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Jie Yang Professor of Statistics and Quantitative Management
B.S., M.S., Kunming University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Jun Yang Assistant Professor of Marketing
B.S., Fudan University; M.A., Hong Kong University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Ziyun (Calvin) Yang Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.A., Nanjing University, China; M.Phil., Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Andria Young Associate Professor of Special Education
B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., University of Texas at El Paso; PhD., University of Houston.
Chun-Sheng Yu Associate Professor of Management
B.A., Zhejiang University; M.B.A., Fudan University, China; D. B.A., Mississippi State University.
Sara Zedaker Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Qi Zhu Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.E., Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China; M.E., National University of Singapore, Singapore; M.S., Ph.D., University of Central Florida.

Academic Department Administrators

Arts and Sciences

Andrew Baerg Chair, Arts and Humanities Division
Li Chao Chair, Science, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM) Division
Rick Harrington Chair, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division

Business Administration

Jifu Wang Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and External Affairs
Peggy Cloninger Chair, Department of Strategy & Decision Sciences
Xavier Garza-Gomez Chair, Department of Accounting, Economics & Finance
Jun Yang Chair, Department of Management & Marketing

Education, Health Professions & Human Development

Rachel Martinez Associate Dean
Amy Barnhill Associate Professor / Coordinator of the Teacher Education Program
Jennifer Boswell Assistant Professor / Coordinator of Counselor Education
Cynthia Hudson Associate Professor / Nursing Program Director
Mary Lasater Assistant Professor / Coordinator of Curriculum & Instruction, M.Ed. and VOICE Program
Lou Lloyd-Zannini Associate Professor / Coordinator of Educational Administration/Leadership and Adult and Higher Education
Raymond Tucker Assistant Professor / Coordinator of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Andria Young Associate Professor / Coordinator of Special Education

University College

Beverly Tomek Associate Provost
Eric Camarillo Manager of Testing and Tutoring
Sara Thurmond Manager of Student Success Coaching and Success Advocates
Justin Bell Director, Honors Program

Student Affairs

Jay Lambert Vice President for Student Affairs
A.A.S., Thomas Nelson Community College; B.A., Southern Louisiana University; M.Ed., University of Southern Mississippi; Ed.D., Lamar University.

Athletics Program

Ashley Walyuchow Athletics Director
Terry Puhl Head Coach, Baseball
Vacant Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Golf
Adrian Rigby Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Soccer
Lindsey Ortiz Head Coach, Softball

Librarians

Joe F. Dahlstrom Senior Director of Libraries
B.Mus., M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin; M.S., Texas A&I University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
Amanda Breu Instruction and Outreach Librarian
B.A., College of Saint Benedict; M.L.I.S., University of Denver.
Gail Crockett Head of Technical Services
B.A., University of Idaho; M.L.S., University of Washington.
Karen S. Locher Associate Director
B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin.
JoAnna McCulley Catalog Librarian
B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio; M.L.I.S., University of North Texas
Laurie Neuerburg Media and Instruction Librarian
M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., Iowa State University; B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Grant Shaw Web Services Librarian
B.A., Lake Forest College; M.L.I.S., Dominican University
Tami Wisofsky Electronic Resources Librarian
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.L.S., University of North Texas.
Lori Williamson Head of Reference and Access Services
A.A., Victoria College; B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin.