Administration, Faculty and Academic Leadership

Administration
President’s Regional Advisory Board
2022-23 Faculty Roster
Academic Department Administrators

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: 8/31/2027
Jack B. Moore, Vice Chairman	Term Expires: 8/31/2023
Durga D. Agrawal, Secretary	Term Expires: 8/31/2025
Douglas H. “Doug” Brooks	Term Expires: 8/31/2023
Alonzo Cantu	Term Expires: 8/31/2025
Steven I. “Steve” Chazen	Term Expires: 8/31/2023
Derek N. Delgado	Term Expires: 5/31/2022
Beth Madison	Term Expires: 8/31/2027
John A. McCall, Jr.	Term Expires: 8/31/2025
Ricky Raven	Term Expires: 8/31/2027

University of Houston System - Administration

Renu Khator	Chancellor, UHS; President, University of Houston
Richard Walker	President, UH-Clear Lake
Loren Blanchard	President, UH-Downtown
Robert K. “Bob” Glenn	President, UH-Victoria
Paula M. Short	Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Raymond S. Bartlett	Senior 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
Dan Maxwell	Interim 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
Beverly C. Shuford, Ph.D.	Vice President for Administration & Finance
Amber W. Countis	Vice President for Advancement & External Relations
Karla Hernandez DeCuir, Ed.D.	Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management
Jay Lambert, Ed.D.	Vice President for Student Affairs

President’s Regional Advisory Board

Mike Rivet, Chair
Susannah Feux Porr, Vice Chair
Sally Aman Barnes
Debra Baros

Russell Cain
Arturo Calvo

Lola Castro

Michael Cavanaugh

Ben Galvan
Tina Herrington

W. Lee Keeling
Lane Keller

Diane Kliem
Kathy Bucek Manning
John J. Shutt
Jack Swanson
Debra Ann Williams

Non-Voting Members:

Robert K. “Bob” Glenn

Chance M. Glenn

Ex Officio Members:

Zach Hodges, President, Houston Community College

Jennifer Kent, President, Victoria College
Morris Lyon, Executive Director, Region 3 Education Service Center

Betty McCrohan, President, Wharton County Junior College

Morgan Dunn O’Connor, Bissett Ranch Partnership

Quintin Shepherd, Superintendent, Victoria ISD

Roger Welder, Partner, J.F. Welder Heirs Ltd. & Community Volunteer

Academic Department Administrators

Kyoko Amano, Ph.D.	Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
Jeffrey Blodgett, Ph.D.	Interim Dean, College of Business
Karla DeCuir, Ed.D.	Assistant Provost for Distance Education
Rachel Martinez, Ed.D.	Dean, College of Education & Health Professions
Joann Olson, Ph.D.	Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
Teresa E. Simpson, Ed.D.	Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Dimitri Sobolev, Ph.D.	Interim Dean, College of Natural & Applied Science
Beverly Tomek, Ph.D.	Associate Provost for Curriculum and Student Achievement

2022-2023 Faculty Roster

Name	Rank
Mai Abo Shakra	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	Associate Professor of Finance B.S., Florida State University; M.S., Ph.D., Florida International University.
Casey Akins	Senior 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.
Kyoko Amano	Professor; Dean for College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton; M.A., Indiana State University, Terre Haute; M.A., Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan; B.A., Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.
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 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.
Amy Barnhill	Professor of Curriculum & Instruction /Reading B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Missouri.
Christine Beliard	Associate Professor of Counselor Education B.A., Spelman College; M.F.T., University of Houston-Clear Lake; Ph.D., Florida State University.
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.
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.
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, Dean for College of Business 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
Amy Cuevas	Lecturer of Mathematics MAIS, University of Houston-Victoria.
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.
Aaron Deason	Lecturer of 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	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
Jianjun Du	Associate 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.
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	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.
Ashley Fansher	Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice B.S., Missouri State University; M.S., Missouri State University; Graduate Certificate, Forensic Child Psychology, Missouri State University; Ph.D., Sam Houston State University.
Brooke Garcia	Assistant Clinical Associate Professor of Management M.B.A., University of Houston - Victoria
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.
Rose Goehring	Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing Ph.D., Liberty University; MSN, South University; B.S.N. Texas Tech
Hardik Gohel	Assistant 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.
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
Linda A. Hayes	Professor of 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	Associate Professor of Mathematics B.S., Fudan University, China; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Shengsheng Huang	Associate Professor of Management B.S., Northwestern State University; M.Ed., Northwestern State University; Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado.
Saidat Ilo	Associate Professor of Political Science B.A., M.P.A., Texas State University; Ph.D., Howard University.
Wassim Itani	Associate Professor of Computer Science Ph.D., American University of Beirut
Saeed Janani	Assistant Professor of Marketing B.S., Tehran University; MBA, Sharif University of Technology; M.S., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., Arizona State University.
Aobo Jin	Assistant Professor of Computer Science 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.
Rachana Kalelkar	Associate Professor of Accounting B.S., M.S., University of Mumbai; Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio.
Gen Kaneko	Associate 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	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	Associate 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 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	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.
Louis Lloyd-Zannini	Associate 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.
Joseph Locke	Associate Professor of History B.A., University of Texas; M.A., Rice University; Ph.D., Rice University.
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.
Laura Mammina	Assistant Professor of History B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama.
Rachel Martinez	Associate 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.
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 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.
Robert Morrison	Assistant Professor of Management Ph.D., Indiana State University.
Sonerka Mouton	Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership B.A., Dillard University; M.B.S., Texas Southern University; Ed.D., University of Houston.
Sneha Nayar-Bhalerao	Assistant 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.
Amjad Nusayr	Associate Professor of Computer Science B.Sc., Jordan University of Science & Technology; M.Sc., New York Institute of Technology, Jordan.
Joann S. Olson	Professor of Adult & Higher Education; Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies B.S., Michigan State University; M.A., Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.
Jennifer Ortiz-Garza	Senior Lecturer of Psychology B.A., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; M.A., University of Houston-Victoria.
Jang Woo Park	Associate Professor of Math 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.
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 Composition and Rhetoric B.A., University of Montana; M.F.A., University of Arizona; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago.
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.
Claudio Quintero	Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication Design M.F.A., Memphis College of Art, B.F.A., Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
Monique Raack Rahman	Assistant Professor of Counselor Education M.Ed., University of Houston-Victoria.
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.
Luh-Yu Ren	Associate Professor of Quantitative Management Science 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 Professional Counseling B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Ronald J. Salazar	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.
Wayne D. Smith	Associate Professor of Professional Counseling B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
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.
Dmitri Sobolev	Professor of Biology; Interim Dean for College of Natural and Applied Science 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.
Raymond 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	Associate Professor of English B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., University of Manchester; Ph.D., University of Manchester.
Ricardo V. Teixeira	Associate Professor of Mathematics B.S., M.S., Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil; Ph.D., University of Texas.
Victoria (Dorothy) Thomas	Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing D.N.P., Chamberlain College.
Beverly Tomek	Professor of History; Associate Provost for Curriculum and Student Achievement B.A., University of Houston-Victoria; M.A., Southwest Texas State University; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Asahi Tomitaka	Assistant Professor of Computer Science Ph.D., Yokohama National University; MS, Yokohama National 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 Education B.A., Tehran University, Tehran, Iran; M.A., Azad University, Tehran Iran; Ph.D., University of Houston.
Melissa Vander Stucken	Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing M.S.N., Walden University, B.S.N., Texas Tech Applied Health Science Center.
Sandy S. Venneman	Professor of Psychology and Biology B.A. University of Missouri at Saint Louis; M.S. (Research), Ph.D., Saint Louis University.
Shannon Viola	Associate Professor of Psychology B.A., Pittsburgh State University; M.S., Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State 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.
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 Operations & Supply Chain Management B.Ec., Yanshan University, Hebei, China; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Toledo.
Mark Ward	Professor of Communications 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.
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.
Daniel White	Associate Professor of Biology A.A.S., Victoria College; B.S., Texas Lutheran University; Ph.D, University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Delores White	Visiting Lecturer of Psychology B.S., M.A., University of Houston-Victoria.
Michael Wiblishauser	Assistant Professor of Health Studies B.A., M.S., University of West Florida; Ph.D., University of Toledo.
Jeanette Winters	Clinical Professor of Management Ph.D., University of Southern California.
Qiao Xu	Associate Professor of Accounting Ph.D.; University of Texas-San Antonio
Jie Yang	Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management 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	Associate 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	Assistant Professor of Human Resource 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	Assistant 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

Academic Department Administrators

College of Business

Jeffrey Blodgett	Interim Dean
Wei-Chih Chang	Chair, Accounting
Xavier Garza-Gomez	Chair, Finance, Economics, and Marketing
Kaveh Moghaddam	Director of Community Engagement
Ronald Salazar	Associate Dean for External Relations
Rhiannon Smith	Assistant Dean for Administration and Student Services
Jifu Wang	Chair, Management, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship; Associate Dean of International Programs

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Kyoko Amano	Dean
Andrew Baerg	Chair, English, Creative Writing and Communication
Justin Bell	Chair, Multidisciplinary Studies
Tracey Fox	Director for Administration and Student Services
Joseph Locke	Chair, Criminal Justice, Political Science and History
Jennifer Ortiz Garcia	Interim Chair, Psychology

College of Education & Health Professions

Rachel Martinez	Dean
Amy Barnhill	Chair, Teacher Preparation, Curriculum and Instruction
Mary Lasater	Associate Dean
Chang Lee	Program Coordinator
Teresa Lesage Clements	Program Coordinator
Lou Lloyd-Zannini	Chair, Education Leadership, Postsecondary Education and Special Education
Abran Rodriguez	Program Coordinator
Victoria Thomas	Interim Director, Nursing Program; Johnson Foundation Endowed Professorship in Nursing
Raymond Tucker	Chair, Health Studies, Kinesiology, Nursing and Counseling
Liping Wei	Program Coordinator

College of Natural & Applied Science

Dimitri Sobolev	Interim Dean
Ricardo Teixeira	Chair, Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Yun Wan	Chair, Computer and Information Sciences

Enrollment Management

Karla Hernandez DeCuir

Interim Vice President

Institutional Research and Effectiveness

Teresa E. Simpson

Director
B.S., University of Houston-Clear Lake, M.Ed, Ed.D., Lamar University.

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	Athletic Director
Adrian Rigby	Assistant Athletic Director
Jennifer Ortiz-Garza	Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR)
Jonathan Stavinoha	Head Coach, Baseball
Garrett Adair	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	Senior 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.
Vacant	Online Learning Librarian - Katy
JoAnna McCulley	Catalog Librarian B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio; M.L.I.S., University of North Texas
Brittany Rodriguez Thomas Schilb	Special Collections Librarian B.A., Ball State University; M.L.I.S, University of North Texas Emerging Technologies Librarian B.A., B.F.A, Tarleton State University; M.L.S., Texas Women’s University
Tami Wisofsky	eResources Librarian B.A., University of Texas at Arlington; M.L.S., University of North Texas.