Oct 06, 2024  
2019-20 Academic Catalog 
    
2019-20 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
Peter K. Taaffe, Vice Chairman Term Expires: 8/31/2019
Paula M. Mendoza, Secretary Term Expires: 8/31/2019
Durga D. Agrawal Term Expires: 8/31/2019
Douglas H. “Doug” Brooks Term Expires: 8/31/2023
Stephen I. “Steve” Chazen Term Expires: 8/31/2023
Beth Madison Term Expires: 8/31/2021
Gerald W. McElvy Term Expires: 8/31/2021
Jack B. Moore Term Expires: 8/31/2023
John D. Fields, Student Regent Term Expires: 5/31/2020

University of Houston System - Administration

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

University of Houston-Victoria

Administration

Robert K. ” Bob” Glenn, Ph.D. President
Chance M. Glenn, Ph.D.   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
Vacant  Vice President for Enrollment Management

Academic Administrators

Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Ph.D. Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Ken Colwell, Ph.D. Dean, School of Business Administration
Freddie W. Litton, Ed.D. Dean, School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development
Beverly Tomek, Ph.D. Dean, University College

President’s Regional Advisory Board

Voting Members:

Mike Rivet, Vice Chair
Susannah Feux Porr, Vice Chair
Sally Aman
Bret Baldwin
Debra Baros
Eveline Gnabasik Bethune
Arturo Calvo
Daniel A. Cano
Tina Herrington
Thomas Lane Keller
Lance LaCour
Kathy Bucek Manning
Terry Robinson
Amy Gillis Schwartz
John J. Shutt
Jack Swanson
Debra Ann Williams
 

Non-Voting Members:

Robert K. “Bob” Glenn
Kay Kerr Walker
Morgan Dunn O’Connor
Roger Welder

Ex Officio Members:

Charlotte Baker, Executive Director, Region III Education Service Center
Cathy DeAtley, Interim President, Coastal Bend College
David Hinds, President, Victoria College
Zach Hodges, President, Houston Community College
Quintin Shepherd, Superintendent, Victoria ISD
Betty McCrohan, President, Wharton County Junior College

2019-20 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 Associate Professor of Finance
B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Ph.D., 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 Associate 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.
Kevin Auer Lecturer in Communication Design
B.A., Maine College of Art; B.A., Cornell University; M.A., University of Texas-Austin.
Katherine Bacon Associate Professor of Counselor Education
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 Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction/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.
Willie Black, Jr. Assistant 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.
Wyatt Harrison Bond Lecturer of English
B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.F.A., North Carolina State University
Janelle D. Bouknight Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
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.
Jeffrey Cass Professor of English
B.A., University of Dallas; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at San Diego.
Olga Chapa Associate Professor of Management
B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas-Pan American.
   
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.
Peggy A. Cloninger Professor of Management
B.E.E., M.S.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Georgia State University.
Ken Colwell Professor of Management
B.S., McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; M.B.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Oregon.
Esther Cuenca Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.A., California State University-Long Beach; Ph.D., Fordham University
Jingling Cui Lecturer of Chemistry
B.E. in Bioengineering, China Pharmaceutical University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University.
Aaron Deason Lecturer, Communication
B.S., M.A., University of Texas at Tyler; ABD, Indiana 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.
Xiaobo Dong Associate Professor of Accounting
M.A., State University of New York at Albany; Ph.D., Arizona State University
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 Associate 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
B.A., Spelman College; M.A., Bowling Green University; Ph.D., Communication Studies, Ohio University; 
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.
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.
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.
Hardik Gohel Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Saurashtra University, India; M.S., Sardar Patel University, India; Ph.D., University o f Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Craig Goodman Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Houston.
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; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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.
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 Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Illinois-Champaign; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
Humberto Hernandez Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Lamar University; Ph.D., University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Rebecca Heron Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychology
B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D., The University of Nottingham.
Jerry Hu Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Fudan University, China; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Cindy Hudson Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Duquesne University; M.A., Central Michigan University; M.S., University of Pittsburgh; D.N.Sc., University of Tennessee-Memphis.
Shengsheng Huang Associate Professor of Management
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.
Jooyoung Jang Lecturer of Communication
B.A., Seoul Women’s University; M.A., Yonsei University; M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., University of California-Davis.
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.
Tong Kang Assistant Professor of Management
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 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.
Brent Alan Lang Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. in Psycholog, B.A. in Spanish, St. Louis University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University.
Mary Lasater Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
B.F.A., University of Texas-Austin; M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Mammina Laura Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama.
Chang Woock Lee Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
B.A., Korea University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University.
Kwan Seung Lee Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., Seoul National University; LL.M., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell 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.
Melanie Lemanski Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; School Psychology Recertification, University of Houston-Clear Lake.
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.
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 Creative Writing
A.A.S., Del Mar College; B.A., St. Mary’s University; M.F.A., Southwest Texas State University.
June Lu Professor of Management
B.A., Zhejiang University, China; M.E., Ed.D., University of Georgia.
Anthony Madrid Assistant 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 Associate Professor of Special Education
B.A. Ed., University of Texas at San Antonio; M.Ed., Texas Tech University; Ed.D., Texas Tech University.
Scheila Wesley Martins Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.Sc., Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá/MT, Brazil; M.Sc., Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis/SC, Brazil; Ph.D., Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Jesica McCue Clinical Assistant Professor 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.
Kaveh Moghaddam Associate Professor of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; Ph.D., Old Dominion University.
Ronald J. Monachello Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
B.A., University of Houston; M.Ed., University of St. Thomas; Ph.D., St. Mary’s University.
Sneha Nayar-Bhalerao Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
B.S., University of Mumbai; M.A., Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
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.
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.
Jennifer Ortiz-Garza Senior Lecturer
B.A., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; M.A., University of Houston-Victoria.
Summer S. Pannell Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
B.S.E., Delta State University; M.Ed., Union University; Ph.D., University of Mississippi.
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.
Amina Machelle Patton Assistant Professor of Communication Design
B.A., Washington University; M.G.D., North Carolina State University.
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., University of Montana; M.F.A., University of Arizona; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
Yan Qin Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., Fudan University; Shanghai, China; Ph.D., University of Florida.
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.
Maria Chavarria Salgado Senior Lecturer of Spanish
B.B.A., Universidad Autonoma de Estado de Morales; M.A., University of Southern Mississippi
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.
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.
Abran J. Rodriguez Assistant Professor of Counselor Education
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Ronald J. Salazar Associate Professor of Management
M.B.A., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
Jeffrey Sartain Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of Illinois; M.A., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Indiana University.
Kyle Schlesinger Professor of Publishing
B.A., Goddard College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Buffalo.
Jacob Snyder Lecturer of English
B.A., Illinois University; M.A. Royal Holloway, University of London, UK; MPhil, St. Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, UK .
Mai Abo Shakra 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.
Brooks Sterritt Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.F.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
Raymon Stricklin Lecturer of English
B.A., Murray State University; M.A., University of Louisville; Ph.D., Florida State University.
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.
Ricardo V. Teixeira Associate 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, Ph.D., University of Texas at Tyler.
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
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 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
B.Ec., Yanshan University, Hebei, China; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Toledo.
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
Michael Wiblishauser Assistant Professor of Health Studies
B.A., M.S., University of West Florida; Ph.D., University of Toledo.
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 Associate Professor of Accounting
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 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
B.A., St. Edward’s University; M.A., Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
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 & Humanities Division
Rick Harrington Chair, Social & Behavioral Sciences Division
Yun Wan Chair, Science, Technology, & Mathematics (STEM) Division

Business Administration

Jifu Wang Associate Dean of International Initiatives, and Chair, Department of Management
Wei-Chih Chiang Chair, Department of Accounting
Xavier Garza-Gomez Chair, Department of Finance & Economics
Jun Yang Chair, Department of Marketing & Operations

Education, Health Professions & Human Development

Rachel Martinez Associate Dean
Amy Barnhill Associate Professor / Coordinator of the Teacher Education Program
Cynthia Hudson Associate Professor / Director of Nursing Program
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
Ron Monachello Assistant Professor / Coordinator of Counselor Education
Raymond Tucker Assistant Professor / Coordinator of Kinesiology & Health Studies
Andria Young Associate Professor / Coordinator of Special Education

University College

Beverly Tomek Associate Provost, Dean
Vacant Manager of Testing & Tutoring
Sara Thurmond Manager of Student Success Coaching & Success Advocates
Justin Bell Director of Honors Program

Student Affairs

Jay Lambert Vice President
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
Christi Cano Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Golf
Adrian Rigby Head Coach, Men’s and Women’s Soccer
Lindsey Ortiz Head Coach, Softball

Librarians

Karen S. Locher Interim Director of Libraries
B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin.
Lori Bryan 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.
Gail Crockett Head of Technical Services
B.A., University of Idaho; M.L.S., University of Washington.
Jaena Manson Instruction and Outreach Librarian
B.A., College of Saint Benedict; M.L.I.S., University of Denver.
JoAnna McCulley Catalog Librarian
B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio; M.L.I.S., University of North Texas
Grant Shaw Web Services Librarian
B.A., Lake Forest College; M.L.I.S., Dominican University
Jennifer Stewart 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
Tami Wisofsky Electronic Resources Librarian
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.L.S., University of North Texas.