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Graduate Faculty

Please refer to the University Directory for faculty contact information. 

A     B     C     D    E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P     Q     R     S     T     U     V    W     X     Y     Z

Harold Abrams, Associate Professor of Public Administration.
BA, Colgate University; MS, University of New York at Stony Brook, PhD(1991), New York University.

Perla Abrego, Associate Professor of Spanish.
BA Escuela Normal Superior (Mexico); MA Universidad de Antiquia (Columbia); PhD (2011), Vanderbilt University. 

Cynthia Anderson, Assistant Professor of Education.
BSEd, Texas State University; MEd, University of Houston-Victoria; PhD (2020), St. Mary’s University.

Sophia Andres, Professor of English and Fellow in the Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professorship in Humanities.
BA, MA, San Jose State University, California; PhD (1985), University of Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Ethel Arzu, Assistant Professor of Education.
BS, University of Belize; MEd, EdD (2013), University of North Florida.

J.C. Ausmus Assistant Professor of Education.
BA, University of Kentucky; MA, MS, Ball State University; PhD (2022), Auburn University. 

Maria Avalos, Associate Professor of Education
BA, Southwestern University; MEd, Texas State University; PhD, University of Texas at Austin. 

Rebecca Day Babcock, Professor of English and William and Ordelle Watts Professor.
BA, MA, University of Massachusetts at Boston; PhD (2005), Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Kevin Badgett, Professor of Education
BA, Pepperdine University; MS, EdD (2011), University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Katelin Barron, Lecturer in Management
BBA, MBA, University of Texas Permian Basin, DBA (2022), Liberty University.

Omar A. Beg, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
PhD (2017), University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.  

Scott A. Carson, Professor of Economics.
PhD (1998), University of Utah

Derek Catsam, Professor of History and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Fellow in the Humanities,
BA, Williams College; MA, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; PhD (2003) Ohio University.

Wei-Ju Chen, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Program Coordinator
BS, MA, San Jose State University; PhD (2017) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 

R. Wayne Counts, Associate Professor of Accountancy and Program Coordinator
BBA, The University of Texas Permian Basin; MS, PhD (2005), Texas Tech University. 

Mei-Zhen Cui, Professor of Biology.
BS, MS, Jilin University (China); PhD (1990), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan).

Rajalingam Dakshinamurthy , Provost/Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Associate Vice President for Research, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Professor of Chemistry PhD, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Amin Davoodi, Assistant Professor of Education.
BA, MA, Razi University; PhD (2021), Texas A&M University.

Paul Feit, Professor of Mathematics.
BS, Harvard University; PhD (1985), Princeton University.

 

Marlon L. Fick, Associate Professor of English.
BA, The University of Kansas, MA, New York University; PhD (1992) The University of Kansas.

 

Michael Frawley, Associate Professor of History and Dean of Student Success.

BA, Penn State Erie; MA, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; PhD (2014) Louisiana State
University.

Lili Gai, Associate Professor of Marketing.
BA, MA Heilongjiang University, M.Ed University of Windsor, PhD(2014) University of North Texas

Paula Gutierrez, Lecturer of Biology. MS University of Texas Permian Basin (2012).

 

Paul J. Haensly, Associate Professor of Finance.

PhD (1994) University of North Texas

 

Joanna Hadjicostandi, Associate Professor of Sociology.
BA, Thames Polytechnic, England; MA, PhD (1987) Northeastern University.

 

Molla Hasan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department PhD (2017), Texas Tech University, TX. 

Douglas P. Henderson, Professor of Biology.
BA, Fairmont State College, W. VA; PhD (1993), The University of Texas at Austin.

Miles Henderson, Assistant Professor of Geology.
BS, University of Georgia, MS and PhD (2017), University of Tennessee.

Joonghyeok Heo, Assistant Professor of Geology.
BS, Changnam University; MS, Seoul National University; PhD (2013), Texas A&M University.

Ethel Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership BS (2002), University of Belize: EdD (2013), University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Christopher Hiatt, Associate Professor of Mathematics.
BS, University of Idaho; MA, PhD (2007), University of Southern California.

Imane Hijal-Moghrabi, Assistant Professor of Public Administration.
PhD (2015), University of Texas at Dallas.

Gae E. Kovalick, Associate Professor of Biology. BA, Wittenberg University; PhD (1984), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Shelly Landreth, Assistant Professor of Education. BA, MLS, EdD (2018), Sam Houston State University.

 

Haesun Lee, Professor of Computer Science

PhD (1997), Illinois Institute of Technology  

Ilhyun Lee, Professor of Computer Science and Chair PhD (1996), Illinois Institute of Technology.

Ana Martinez-Catsam, Professor of History.
BA, Texas A&M University; MA St. Mary’s University; PhD (2003), Texas Tech University.

Jose Antonio Moreno, Assistant Professor of Spanish.
BA, University of Chihuahua; MA, University of Texas El Paso; PhD (2010), University of Kansas.

Dongfang Nie, Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD (2019), University of North Texas

Athenia L. Oldham, Associate Professor of Biology.
PhD (2010) University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

James N. Olson, Professor of Psychology and V. Ray Cardozier Endowed Professor.
BA, University of California-Santa Barbara; MA, PhD (1974), University of California-Los Angeles.

 

K. Prakash Pai, Assistant Professor of Finance.

BC, MC, Bangalore University; MBA, MS, PhD (2004), Kent State University.  

Irene H. Perry, Lecturer of Biology.
BA, MS (1994) Texas A&M University

Robert L. Perry, Associate Professor of Political Science. Director of Honors Program.
BA, Texas A & M University; PhD (1995), Texas A & M University.

Todd Richardson, Professor of English.
BA, College of Wooster; MA, University of Delaware; PhD (2002), University of South Carolina. 

Kara Rosenblatt, Associate Professor of Education,
BS, MS Florida State University; PhD (2009) University of Central Florida.

R. Nicole Rogeau-Vanderford, Senior Lecturer in English.
BA, MA, University of Louisiana; PhD, Louisiana State University

Yolanda Salgado, Associate Professor of Education.
BS, Arizona State University; M.A, University of Texas of the Permian Basin; PhD (2008), New Mexico State University. 

Anshu Saran, Professor and Coordinator of Marketing.
BA, University of Allahabad India; MBA, Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines; PhD,
The University of Texas –Pan American. 

Roland Spickermann, Associate Professor of History.
BA, University of California at Berkeley; MA, PhD (1994), University of Michigan.

Robert Trentham, Research Professor of Geology.
BS, MA, City College of New York; DGS (1981) The University of Texas at El Paso.

Md Salah Uddin, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PhD (2016), Master (2016), University of North Texas

Rod Uzat, Assistant Professor of Education.
BEd, University of Manitoba, Canada; MEd, PhD (1999), University of Southern Mississippi.

Nima Vafai, Assistant Professor of Finance
BS, K.N. Toosi Univeristy of Technology; MS, University College of Nabi Akarm; MA, The University
of Akron; PhD (2021) The University of Texas at Arlington 

Justin Vollet, Assistant Professor of Psychology
BS, Portland State University; MS Portland State University; PhD (2017) Portland State University

Jeffrey Washburn, Assistant Professor of History
PhD (2020), University of Mississippi

 

Tara Wilson, Associate Professor of Education

BS, MEd, EdD (2015) Sam Houston State University

 

Heng Xie, Assistant Professor of Management

BS, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; MS, The University of Texas at Dallas; PhD
(2020) The University of North Texas

Chumbao Xu, Assistant Professor of Accounting

BS, Xiamen University; MS, The University of Alaska; MS The University of Florida; PhD (2020)
Texas Tech University

Xuemin Xu, Professor of Biology.
BS, Jilin University; MS and PhD (1989), Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Quan Yuan, Professor of Computer Science  
PhD (2009), Florida Atlantic University  

 

Jingbo Zhang, Assistant Professor of Marketing

BA, Inner Mongolia Normal University; MS, Beijing University; MA, PhD (2020) The University of Arkansas

Xinyun Zhu, Professor of Mathematics
BS, Northwest Normal University; MS, Shanxi Normal University; PhD (2005) Oklahoma State University. 

Mohammed K. Zobaa, Assistant Professor of Geosciences.
BS, MS, Benha University, Egypt; PhD (2011), Missouri University of Science and Technology.

 

Nguyen, Vy, Professor of Education

ABD, Counselor Education at Texas Tech University; Licensed Professional Counselor-Associate;

Certified Educator (Texas Education Association); and Specialist in American Sign Language for Counselors in Mental Health

 

Amir, Ori, Professor of Psychology 

Ph.D. in Psychology, 2015; Postdoctoral training in Neuroimaging; Teaching experience since 2007; research experience since 2008

 

Effiong, James, Professor of Psychology

Ph.D. in Psychology, 2021; Teaching experience since 2013; research experience since 2013

 

Thomas Dynneson, Professor of Education, Emeritus, 1973-1995
Patricio Jaramillo, Professor of Education, Emeritus 1974-2005
Edwin Kurtz, Professor of Life Science, Emeritus, 1972-1989
Stanley Marcus, Professor of Art, Emeritus, 1973-1992
James A. Nickel, Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus, 1972-1993
Robert Colbert Rhodes, Sociology, Emeritus, 1975-2002
Frank N. Samponaro, History, Emeritus, 1974-1999.