Graduate Faculty
Please refer to the University Directory for faculty contact information.
Harold Abrams, Social Sciences Department Chair, Associate Professor, Coordinator Master of Public Administration & Leadership (MPAL)
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.
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, Co-coordinator for the MA in Educational Leadership, and Coordinating Professor for Practicum in the MA in Educational Leadership
BS, University of Belize; MEd, EdD (2013), University of North Florida.
J.C. Ausmus Assistant Dean of Student Wellness and Assistant Professor College of Health Sciences
BA, University of Kentucky; MA, MS, Ball State University; PhD (2022), Auburn University.
Maria Avalos, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Counseling
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.
Katelin Barron, Lecturer in Management
BBA, MBA, University of Texas Permian Basin, DBA (2022), Liberty University
Omar A. Beg, Associate Professor - Department Chair College of Engineering and Sciences
PhD (2017), University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Carrie Beyer, Assistant Professor of College of Education
PhD (2024), Texas Tech University.
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.
Haiyi Chen, Assistant Professor
PhD (2024), University of San Antonio.
Wei-Ju Chen, Assistant Professor of Psychology
BS, MA, San Jose State University; PhD (2017) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Nicholas Clark, Senior Lecturer
Phd (2024), Fordham University.
R. Wayne Counts Associate Professor of Accountancy and Program Coordinator
BBA, The University of Texas Permian Basin; MS, PhD (2005), Texas Tech University.
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.
Effiong, James, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. in Psychology, 2021; Teaching experience since 2013; research experience since 2013
Paul Feit, Professor and Chair 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.
Kubra Gultekin, Senior Instructor College of Arts and Humanities
MS in Criminal Justice from Eastern Kentucky University; PhD (2009) University of North Texas.
Karen Hale, Senior Lecturer of Criminal Justice and Criminology
BS in Criminal Justice from Texas A&M International; MS in Sociology from Texas A&M International; Ph.D. Sociology 2010 Texas Women’s University.
Joanna Hadjicostandi, Associate Professor of Sociology
BA, Thames Polytechnic, England; MA, PhD (1987) Northeastern University.
Miles Henderson, Associate Professor and Chair 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.
Christopher Hiatt, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator 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.
Wanying Jiang, Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD (2022), Louisiana State University.
Gae E. Kovalick, Associate Professor of Biology.
BA, Wittenberg University; PhD (1984), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Priyanka Kumar, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Computer Science
PhD (2016), IIT Hyderbad.
Jaewook Lee, Assistant Professor of Geology (Geophysics)
Phd (2022), The University of Dallas.
Phat Luong, Assistant Professor
PhD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Ana Martinez-Catsam, Professor of History
BA, Texas A&M University; MA St. Mary’s University; PhD (2003), Texas Tech University.
Jose Antonio Moreno, Associate Professor of Spanish
BA, University of Chihuahua; MA, University of Texas El Paso; PhD (2010), University of Kansas.
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, Associate 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 and 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, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Education
BS, MS Florida State University; PhD (2009) University of Central Florida.
R. Nicole Rougeau-Vanderford, Senior Lecturer in English
BA, MA, University of Louisiana; PhD, Louisiana State University.
Yolanda Salgado, Professor and Program Coordinator, Bilingual/ESL Education
BS, Arizona State University; M.A, University of Texas of the Permian Basin; PhD (2008), New Mexico State University.
Anshu Saran, Director of Graduate Programs, Professor and Coordinator of Marketing
BA, University of Allahabad India; MBA, Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines; PhD,
The University of Texas –Pan American.
John Smietana, Lecturer of Social Sciences
BA in History, University of California, San Diego; MA in Public Administration, Sul Ross State University; Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, Liberty University.
Deepthi Siriwardena, Lecturer Department of Literature and Languages
PhD (2023), University of Florida.
Roland Spickermann, Associate Professor of History
BA, University of California at Berkeley; MA, PhD (1994), University of Michigan.
Henry Tarco-Carrera, Senior Lecturer
PhD, (Tuscaloosa, AL) The University of Alabama.
Brian Thorton, Lecturer Department of Literature & Languages
PhD (2011), Texas Tech University.
Robert Trentham, Professor of Practice Department of Geosciences
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 Educational Leadership; Program Coordinator, Superintendent Program; EPP Office Coordinator
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.
Tara Wilson, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Literacy
BS, MEd, EdD (2015) Sam Houston State University.
Chumbao Xu, Assistant Professor of Accounting
BS, Xiamen University; MS, The University of Alaska; MS The University of Florida; PhD (2020)
Texas Tech University.
Quan Yuan, Associate 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, Associate Professor of Geosciences
BS, MS, Benha University, Egypt; PhD (2011), Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Donald M. Allen, Biology, Emeritus, 1977–2020
Thomas Dynneson, Professor of Education, Emeritus, 1973–1995
William Fannin, Professor of Management, Emeritus, 2025
Doug Hale, Mathematics, Emeritus, 1973–2015
Lois Hale, Kinesiology, Emeritus, 1974–2015
Paul Hodges, Economics, Emeritus, 1972–2018
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
Pamela Price, Art, Emeritus, 1993–2009
Robert Colbert Rhodes, Sociology, Emeritus, 1975–2002
Michael Robinson, Chemistry, Emeritus, 1976–2014
Frank N. Samponaro, History, Emeritus, 1974–1999
William Watts, Business, Emeritus, 1976–1994