Administration, Faculty and Academic Leadership

Administration
Faculty Roster
Academic Department Administrators

Texas A&M University-Victoria
3007 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria, TX 77901
(361) 570-4848 or (877) 970-4848
A&M-Victoria Website (www.tamuv.edu/)

Administration

Texas A&M University System Board of Regents

Bill Mahomes, Chairman	Term Expires: 2/1/2027
Robert L. Albritton, Vice Chairman	Term Expires: 2/1/2025
David Baggett	Term Expires: 2/1/2029
John Bellinger	Term Expires: 2/1/2029
James R. Brooks	Term Expires: 2/1/2031
Jay Graham	Term Expires: 2/1/2031
Michael A. Hernandez III	Term Expires: 2/1/2031
Kelley Sullivan Georgiades	Term Expires: 2/1/2031
Sam Torn	Term Expires: 2/1/2029

Texas A&M University-Victoria Administration

James Nelson, Ph.D.	Interim-President
Joann S. Olson, Ph.D.	Interim-Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Beverly C. Shuford, Ph.D.	Vice President for Administration & Finance
Amber W. Countis	Vice President for Advancement & External Relations
Jay Lambert, Ed.D.	Vice President for Student Affairs & Interim-Vice President for Enrollment Management

2025-2026 Faculty Roster

Name	Rank
Mai Abo Shakra	Senior Lecturer of Computer Science M.S., New Mexico State University; B.S., Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan.
Vera A. Adamchik	Associate Professor of Economics/Quantitative Methods B.S., Gomel State University, Belarus; M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University.
Alexandre Aidov	Professor of Finance B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Ph.D., Florida International University.
John Keith Akins	Associate Professor of Criminal Justice B.A., Florida State University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida.
Kevin Auer	Lecturer in Communication Design B.A., Maine College of Art; B.A., Cornell University; M.A., University of Texas-Austin.
Katherine Bacon	Professor of Professional Counseling B.S., Creighton University; M.A., University of Nebraska at Omaha; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Andrew Baerg	Professor of Communication B.A., M.A., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., University of Iowa.
Moira Baldwin	Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction/Science B.S., The Catholic University of America; M.S. Texas A&M University; Ph.D. Texas A&M University.
Justin Bell	Professor of Philosophy B.A., Texas State University-San Marcos; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Willie Black, Jr.	Associate Professor of Kinesiology B.S., M.S., Southwest Texas State University; Ed.D., University of Texas at San Antonio.
Jeffrey Blodgett	Professor of Marketing B.S., University of Illinois; M.B.A., Illinois State University, Ph.D., Indiana University.
Janelle D. Bouknight	Associate Professor of Education B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee.
Paul Carlson	Professor of Special Education B. A., Bethel College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., Ohio State University.
Olga Chapa	Professor of Management B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas-Pan American.
Maria Chavarria Salgado	Senior Lecturer of Spanish B.A., Universidad Autonoma Del Estado de Morales; M.A.T.L., University of Southern Mississippi.
Armando Chavez-Rivera	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	Professor of Economics B.A., National Taiwan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
Wei-Chih Chiang	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.
Esther Cuenca	Associate Professor of History B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.A., California State University-Long Beach; Ph.D., Fordham University
Sharon de Marin	Assistant Professor of Special Education B.A., Houston Baptist University; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station.
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	Associate 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.
Xiaobo Dong	Associate Professor of Accounting M.A., State University of New York at Albany; Ph.D., Arizona State University.
Cassandra Drier	Lecturer of Psychology B.S., City University of Hong Kong; MA, University of Houston-Victoria.
Jianjun Du	Professor of 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.
James Dupree	Assistant Professor of History B.S., University of Oklahoma; M.A., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Hashimul (Hashi) Ehsan	Associate Professor of Biology B.Sc., Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh; M.Sc., University of Brussels, Belgium; Ph.D., University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Nicole Eugene	Associate Professor of Communication B.A., Spelman College; M.A., Bowling Green University; Ph.D., Communication Studies, Ohio University;
Brooke Garcia	Clinical Assistant Professor of Management M.B.A., University of Houston - Victoria
Xavier Garza-Gomez	Professor of Finance; Interim Dean for College of Business M.S., M.B.A., Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey; Ph.D., Nagoya City University, Japan.
Hardik Gohel	Associate Professor of Computer Science B.S., Saurashtra University, India; M.S., Sardar Patel University, India; Ph.D., University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Craig Goodman	Associate Professor of Political Science B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Amy Guillot	Professor of Curriculum & Instruction /Reading B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
Hongyu Guo	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	Professor of Economics B.A., Tehran University; M.I.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Scott Harkey	Senior Lecturer of English B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.A., University of Houston - Victoria
Humberto Hernandez	Associate Professor of Biology B.S., Lamar University; Ph.D., University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Rebecca Heron	Associate Professor of Psychology B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The University of Nottingham.
Jerry Hu	Associate Professor of Mathematics B.S., Fudan University, China; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Shengsheng Huang	Associate Professor of Strategy B.S., Northwestern State University; M.Ed., Northwestern State University; Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado.
Wenjuan Huang	Visiting Professor of Computer Science B.S., Shandong University of Science and Technology; M.S., Tianjin University of Technology; M.S., University of Houston.
Saidat Ilo	Associate Professor of Political Science B.A., M.P.A., Texas State University; Ph.D., Howard University.
Frank Jalufka	Visiting Instructor of Biology B.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University; M.S., University of Houston-Victoria.
Aobo Jin	Assistant Professor of Gaming and Simulation Ph.D., University of Houston
John Kagochi	Professor of Economic Development B.A., Egerton University; M.S., Tuskegee University; M.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., Auburn University.
Vivian Kalu	Lecturer of Political Science & Government LL.B., University of Calabar, B.L., Nigerian Law School, LL.M., University of Lagos; LL.M., Chapman University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
Tong Kang	Associate Professor of Strategy B.B.A., Donguk University, Seoul, South Korea; M.B.A., M.S., University of Texas at Dallas; Ph.D., University of Memphis.
Carol L. Klages	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	Professor of Accounting B.E., Central South University-China; M.A., Hunan University; M.B.A., D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University.
Mary Lasater	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	Associate Professor of Kinesiology B.A., Korea University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
Kwan Seung Lee	Assistant Professor of Human Resources Management B.A., Seoul National University; LL.M., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University.
Teresa LeSage Clements	Professor of Curriculum & Instruction/Science B.S., California State University - Long Beach; M.S., Ed.D., Texas A&M University - Commerce.
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.
Jia Liu	Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
Louis Lloyd-Zannini	Professor of Educational Leadership & Supervision A.B., Our Lady of Providence Seminary College; M.A. Ed., Regent University; ED.S., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., College of William and Mary.
Haijing Ma	Assistant Professor of Communication
Anthony Madrid	Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A., University of Arizona; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.
Rachel Martinez	Professor of Special Education, Dean for College of Education & Health Professions B.A. Ed., University of Texas at San Antonio; M.Ed., Texas Tech University; Ed.D., Texas Tech University.
Kaveh McAdam	Professor of Strategy B.S., M.B.A., Sharif University of Technolgy; Ph.D., Old Dominion University.
Jesica McCue	Associate Clinical Professor of Biology B.S., Texas A&M; Ph.D., Colorado State University.
Massoud Metghalchi	Professor of Finance B.S., Institute National Des Sciences Appliques; M.B.A., Oklahoma City University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.
Ashley Mutchler	Lecturer of Biology M.S., Texas State University; Ph.D., Texas State University.
Daya Nand	Associate Professor of Computer Science M.S., University of East London, England; Ph.D., Jodhpur National University, India.
Sneha Nayar-Bhalerao	Associate Professor of Professional Counseling Nathibai Damodar Thackersey University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Yixi Ning	Professor of Finance B.E., M.S., Tsinghua University, China; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Farhang Niroomand	Professor of Economics & International Business B.A., National University of Iran; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Joann S. Olson	Professor of Adult & Higher Education; Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs B.S., Michigan State University; M.A., Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.
Jang Woo Park	Associate Professor of Mathematics B.S., Korea University, Korea; M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D., Clemson University.
Karen Parsonson	Associate Professor of 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.
Ranier Perez	Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership M.A., Prairie View A&M University; Ed.D., Texas Southern University.
Catherine A. Perz	Professor of Psychology B.A., California State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston.
Aleksandr Pikalov	Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ph.D., University of Houston.
Nadya Pittendrigh	Associate Professor of English B.A., University of Montana; M.F.A., University of Arizona; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
Bobby Price	Assistant Professor of Professional Counseling B.A., Southern University; M.A., Prairie View A&M University; M.A., Ed.D., Texas Southern University.
Emmanuel Quansah	Assistant Professor of Human Resources Management B.A., Ghana Sociology University of Ghana; M.B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.
Monique Raack Rahman	Assistant Professor of Professional Counseling M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria, Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, St. Mary’s University.
Saba Syed Razvi	Associate Professor of English B.A., Creighton University; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California-Los Angeles.
Ronald J. Salazar	Professor of Strategy M.B.A., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Kyle Schlesinger	Professor of Publishing B.A., Goddard College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Buffalo.
Heather Skelton	Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing A.S.N., Miami University; B.S.N., Indiana Wesleyan University; MSN-Ed, Indiana Wesleyan University.
Wayne D. Smith	Associate Professor of Professional Counseling B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
Jacob Snyder	Senior Lecturer of English B.A., Illinois University; M.A. Royal Holloway, University of London, UK; MPhil, St. Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, UK.
Dmitri Sobolev	Professor of Biology; Interim Dean for College of Natural and Applied Science B.S., Yaroslavl State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama.
Le’ann Solmonson	Professor of Professional Counseling B.S., University of North Texas; Ph.D., M.A., University of Texas of the Permian Basin; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Brooks Sterritt	Associate Professor of English B.A., Wake Forest University; M.F.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
Raymond Stricklin	Assistant Professor of English B.A., Murray State University; M.A., University of Louisville; Ph.D., Florida State University.
Sami Swaid	Professor of Marketing B.Sc., M.E. Technical University; M.P.A., West Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi.
Amy Sylva	Lecturer of Mathematics M.A.I.S., University of Houston-Victoria.
Ricardo V. Teixeira	Professor of Mathematics B.S., M.S., Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil; Ph.D., University of Texas.
Victoria (Dorothy) Thomas	Assistant Professor of Nursing D.N.P., Chamberlain College.
Basanti Timalsina	Lecturer of Communication B.Ed., B.A., M.A., Tribhuvan University.
Raymond Tucker	Associate Professor of Kinesiology B.S., Sam Houston State University; M.Ed., Southwest Texas State University; D.S.M., United States Sports Academy.
Shahrzad (Sherry) Vafa	Associate 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.
Woodrow Wilson Wagner	Lecturer of Communication B.A., Texas A&M University; M.A., Southwest Texas State University; M.A., University of Dallas.
Yun Wan	Professor of Computer Information Systems B.E., B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
Jiansen Wang	Assistant Professor of Aviation B.E., University of China; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University.
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	Associate Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management B.Ec., Yanshan University, Hebei, China; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Toledo.
Mark Ward	Professor of Communication B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Spring Arbor University; Ph.D., Clemson University.
Liping Wei	Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction B.A., Southwest University for Nationalities, China; M.A., Nankai University China; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Daniel White	Associate Professor of Biology; Interim Associate Provost A.A.S., Victoria College; B.S., Texas Lutheran University; Ph.D, University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Michael Wiblishauser	Associate Professor of Health Studies B.A., M.S., University of West Florida; Ph.D., University of Toledo.
Jie Yang	Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management; Director of Assessment B.S., M.S., Kunming University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Jun Yang	Professor of Marketing B.S., Fudan University; M.A., Hong Kong University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Ziyun (Calvin) Yang	Professor of Accounting B.A., Nanjing University, China; M.Phil., Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Andria Young	Professor of Special Education B.A., University of South Florida; M.A., University of Texas at El Paso; PhD., University of Houston.
Feirong Yuan	Associate Professor of Human Resources Management Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
Farnaz Zand	Visiting Lecturer of Computer Science B.A., Azad University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Mississippi.
Sara Zedaker	Associate Professor of Criminal Justice B.A., St. Edward’s University; M.A., Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Qi Zhu	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.

Emeritus Faculty

*William O. Nesbitt*	Professor, School of Education	1980
*Robert F. Zawadzki*	Professor, School of Education	2000
*Don Smith*	Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs	2016
*Diane Prince*	Professor, School of Education	2019
*Joseph Ben-Ur*	Professor, School of Business	2020
*Meledath Damodaran*	Professor of Math and Computer Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences	2021
*Hal Smith*	Professor of History and Humanities, School of Arts & Sciences	2021
June Lu	Professor of Management and Healthcare Administration, College of Business	2022
*Chun-Sheng Yu*	Professor of Management and International Business, College of Business	2022
Horace Fairlamb	Professor of Humanities, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences	2025
*Linda Hayes*	Professor of Marketing, College of Business	2025

Academic Department Administrators

College of Business

Xavier Garza-Gomez	Interim Dean
Chien-Ping Chen	Chair, Accounting, Economics, and Finance
Kaveh McAdam	Director for Internships and External Relations
Rhiannon Smith	Assistant Dean for Administration and Student Services
Jifu Wang	Chair, Management and Marketing
Jun Yang	Director of Assessment

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Craig Goodman	Interim Dean
Keith Akins	Program Director, Criminal Justice (UG)
Kevin Auer	Program Director, Communication Design
Andrew Baerg	Chair, English, Creative Writing and Communication/Program Director, Communication
Justin Bell	Chair, Multidisciplinary Studies
Armando Chavez-Rivera	Program Director, Spanish
Tracey Fox	Director for Administration and Student Services
Esther Cuenca	Chair, Social Science
Saidat Ilo	Program Director, Political Science
Anthony Madrid	Program Director, Creative Writing
Catherine Perz	Director, Forensic Psychology & Counseling Psychology
Nadya Pittendrigh	Program Director, English
Kyle Schlesinger	Program Director, Publishing
Sandy Venneman	Chair, Psychology
Mark Ward	Program Director, Business & Managerial Communication/Program Director, Speech
Sara Zedaker	Program Director, Criminal Justice (MA)

College of Education & Health Professions

Rachel Martinez	Dean
Amy Guillot	Chair, Teacher Preparation, Curriculum and Instruction
Mary Lasater	Associate Dean
Lou Lloyd-Zannini	Chair, Education Leadership, Postsecondary Education and Special Education
Victoria Thomas	Director, Nursing Program
Raymond Tucker	Chair, Health and Human Performance, Nursing and Counseling

College of Natural & Applied Science

Dmitri Sobolev	Interim Dean
Ricardo Teixeira	Chair, Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Yun Wan	Chair, Computer and Information Sciences
Candice Bosier	Director, Academic Advising & Student Services

Athletics Program

Ashley Walyuchow	Athletic Director
	Assistant Athletic Director
Woodrow Wilson Wagner	Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR)
Jonathan Stavinoha	Head Coach, Baseball
Alex Acosta	Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Golf
Vincent Martinez	Head Coach, Men’s Soccer
Kimberly Uetrecht	Head Coach, Women’s Soccer
Lindsey Ortiz	Head Coach, Softball

Librarians

Tami Wisofsky	Interim-Senior Director of Libraries B.A., University of Texas at Arlington; M.L.S., University of North Texas.
Mia Campbell	Archivist Librarian
Kristen Kelly	eResources Librarian
JoAnna McCulley	Head Resource Management Librarian B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio; M.L.I.S., University of North Texas
Paul Orkiszewski	Acquisitions Librarian B.M., Rice University; M.L.I.S., University of North Texas
Amber Salinas	Instruction and Outreach Librarian
Thomas Schilb	Emerging Technologies Librarian B.A., B.F.A, Tarleton State University; M.L.S., Texas Women’s University