Board of Regents and Administrative Officers

Board of Regents

Mr. Bill Mahomes, Jr., Chairman - Dallas

Mr. Robert L. Albritton, Vice Chairman - Fort Worth

Mr. David C. Baggett - Houston

Mr. John W. Bellinger - San Antonio

Mr. James R. “Randy” Brooks - San Angelo

Mr. Jay C. Graham - Houston

Mr. Michael A. “Mike” Hernandez III - Fort Worth

Ms. Elaine Mendoza - San Antonio

Mr. Michael J. Plank - Houston

Mr. R. Sam Torn - Houston

Student Regent - Elizabeth “Annie” Valicek

Chancellor - John Sharp

Texas A&M University Administrative Officers

President (interim) - General Mark A. Welsh III (Ret.)

Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer - Mr. Gregory W. Hartman

Senor Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Texas A&M Health (interim) - Dr. Indra K. Reddy

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Higher Education Center at McAllen - Mr. Manuel M. Vela 

Vice President for Brand and Business Development - Mr. Shane Hinckley

Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer - Dr. Edwin L. Pierson

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer -  Mr. Kevin P. McGinnis

Chief External Affairs Officer and Senior Vice President for Academic and Strategic Collaborations - Dr. Susan G. Ballabina

Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity - Dr. Annie S. McGowan

Vice President for University Advancement - Mr. Brian Bishop

Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Mr. Joseph P. Pettibon II

Vice President of Campus Planning and Priority Projects - Mr. Stephen B. Franklin

Vice President for Faculty Affairs - Dr. Nagamangala K. Anand

Vice President for Government Relations - Mr. Norman R. Garza, Jr.

Vice President for Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness - Mr. Damon Slaydon

Vice President for Research - Dr. Jack G. Baldauf

Vice President for Student Affairs - Brigadier General Joe E. Ramirez, Jr. (Ret.)  

Commandant of the Corps of Cadets - Brigadier General Patrick R. Michaelis (Ret.)

Office of the Provost

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer - Dr. Alan R. Sams

Vice Provost for Student Success - Dr. Timothy P. Scott

Associate Vice President for Academic Effectiveness and Planning, and SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison - Dr. Alicia M. Dorsey

University Librarian and Assistant Provost of University Libraries - Dr. Julie Mosbo-Ballestro

Dean, Graduate and Professional School and Associate Provost (interim) - Dr. Fuhui Tong

Associate Provost for Faculty Success and Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs (interim) - Dr. Michael Johnson

College Deans

Vice Chancellor and Dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Dr. Jeffery Savell

Dean, School of Architecture (interim) - Dr. Patrick Suermann 

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (interim)  - Dr. Mark J. Zoran

Dean, Mays Business School - Dr. Nate Y. Sharp

Dean, School of Dentistry  - Dr. Lily T. Garcia

Dean, School of Education and Human Development - Dr. Michael de Miranda

Vice Chancellor and Dean, College of Engineering (interim) - Dr. Joe A. Elabd

Dean, Bush School of Government and Public Service - Dr. Frank B. Ashley III

Dean, School of Law and Vice President for Professional Schools and Programs - Mr. Robert B. Ahdieh

Dean, School of Medicine - Dr. Amy L. Waer

Dean, School of Nursing (interim) - Dr. T. Leann Horsely

Dean, School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts (interim) - Dr. Tim D. McLaughlin 

Dean, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy (acting) - Dr. Mansoor Khan

Dean, School of Public Health - Dr. Shawn G. Gibbs

Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - Dr. John R. August

Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Texas A&M University Qatar Campus - Dr. César O. Malavé 

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Executive Leadership

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, TAMUG, Superintendent, Texas A&M Maritime Academy - Col. Michael E. Fossum USAFR (Ret.)

Executive Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer - Dr. Debbie Thomas

Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies - Dr. Antonietta Quigg

Associate Vice President for Academic Operations - Dr. Donna Lang

Associate Vice President for Finance and Compliance Officer - Ms. Susan Hernandez Lee

Associate Vice President for Administration and Auxiliary Services - Mr. Grant Shallenberger

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Assistant Superintendent of Cadets - Dr. Todd Sutherland

Objectives of the Graduate and Professional School

The Graduate and Professional School maintains the official record for each graduate student and, in this role, serves as the primary administrative body and overarching source of information for graduate education. Once a graduate student is accepted by an academic department, interdisciplinary degree program, or college, the Graduate and Professional School assists with and facilitates progression toward the completion of a graduate degree through the maintenance of all official records. The Graduate and Professional School interacts directly with the Graduate and Professional Council and Graduate Operations Committee to set university guidelines, and all departments and colleges use these as a framework for operation, only setting more stringent standards when needed and appropriate. Clearance for graduation, including final review of theses, dissertations, and records of study when required, is performed by the Graduate and Professional School; but the Office of the Registrar is responsible for issuing all transcripts.

The overall objective of graduate and professional studies is to provide a student with intellectual depth and breadth, appropriate training, and the professional development necessary to pursue a productive career in a profession and/or in various fields of teaching and research and in other ways make a larger contribution to society than would be otherwise possible.

A graduate student is admitted for graduate study in a department to pursue generally only one of the university graduate programs at a time. Such programs are usually accessible by admission into a single department. A select number of combined degree programs allow a student the opportunity to pursue two degrees simultaneously. For a listing of the approved combined degree programs, a student should consult the graduate and professional catalog and his/her department. In some cases, an intercollegiate faculty oversees the programs allowing access through several departments. Each department has one or more graduate program directors and graduate advisors who can provide information about specific programs within that department.

A student’s program of graduate study may consist of a combination of coursework, independent study and scholarly research resulting in a report, record of study, master’s thesis, or doctoral dissertation. In some programs, a student may be required to participate in an internship or other professional activity to satisfy particular degree requirements. Some departments require a student’s participation in teaching as part of the degree program.

Administration of Graduate and Professional Studies

The graduate faculty at Texas A&M University consists of the President, the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, the Associate Provosts, the Deans of all subject-matter colleges and schools, selected Directors and properly qualified academic groups. Members of the graduate faculty participate in the graduate degree programs of the University by serving on student advisory committees and teaching graduate courses. Individuals who are not members of the graduate faculty of Texas A&M University may not teach graduate courses or serve on student advisory committees unless special approval is granted by the Graduate and Professional School.

Graduate and Professional School Administrative Officers

Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate and Professional School – Fuhui Tong, PhD
Associate Dean of the Graduate and Professional School – Julie Harlin, PhD
Associate Dean of the Graduate and Professional School – Charles Criscione, PhD

Graduate and Professional Council

The Graduate and Professional Council (GPC) is composed of representatives from the graduate faculty at Texas A&M University. The Council develops and maintains policies and procedures pertaining to graduate programs at the university. The Council’s functions include long-range planning, recommendation of new programs and courses, evaluation of existing programs and courses, and facilitation of university accreditation. 

The GPC shall review all curricular requests pertaining to the graduate and professional academic programs submitted through the Curricular Approval Request System (CARS), shall be responsible for the quality and development of the graduate instruction and programs, and shall advise the Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate and Professional School on all graduate and professional matters.

The Council shall have the authority to create standing and ad hoc committees as necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities. Standing committees of the Graduate and Professional Council will include a Master’s and Doctoral Curricular Review Committee, a First Professional Doctorate Curricular Review Committee, and a Graduate Policies and Standards Committee. Ad hoc committees will be created as needed.

The Graduate and Professional Council shall communicate in writing, through its Administrative Assistant, recommendations to the Faculty Senate by way of the Executive Committee. Agenda items and questions may be sent via email to the Graduate and Professional Council Administrative Assistant at GPCAdmin@tamu.edu.

Membership shall consist of one representative from each college and off-campus academic unit who shall be selected by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee after consultation with the college and school deans and caucuses (chairs of the college committees for graduate instruction shall be considered for appointment); two representatives of the Graduate Faculty who shall be selected by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee; two graduate students who shall be selected by the Graduate and Professional Student Government; and the Associate Provost and Dean for the Graduate and Professional School as an ex-officio member. To ensure continuity, the Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate and Professional School shall serve as Chair of the Graduate and Professional Council.

All faculty representatives shall be members of the Graduate Faculty. All the above members – except the Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate and Professional School – shall be voting members. In the absence of an appointed member, a substitute may vote on behalf of that unit. All faculty members shall serve three-year terms. Those serving on the GPC as a result of their position at Texas A&M University shall continue to serve as long as they are in that position. Student members shall serve one-year terms.

A representative from the Graduate and Professional School shall serve as the Administrative Assistant, but shall not have voting privileges.

A representative from the Graduate and Professional School and one representative of the University Library Council shall serve as non-voting members. In addition, a representative from Curricular Services shall provide advice and serve as a non-voting member.

Graduate and Professional Council Members

September 2022 – August 2023 (as of 10 March 2023)

Fuhui Tong, Graduate and Professional School – Chair*
Mark C. Gleason, Graduate and Professional School – Administrative Assistant*
Mary Bryk, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Maria Escobar-Lemmon, Bush School of Government and Public Service
William "Dwight" Garey, Mays Business School
Tamika Gilreath, School of Public Health
Beverly Irby, School of Education and Human Development
Mansoor Khan, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy
Charlotte Ku, School of Law
William Murphy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Antonietta Quigg, Galveston Campus
Katherine R. Reed, School of Architecture
Adam Seipp, College of Arts and Sciences
Jon Skare, School of Medicine
Matthew Sorenson, School of Nursing
Courtney Starrett, School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts
Reginald Taylor, School of Dentistry
Duncan M. "Hank" Walker, College of Engineering
Luz Herrera, Faculty Senate
Dahlia Taha, Graduate and Professional Student Government
Yaswant Devarakonda, Graduate and Professional Student Government
Terra Bissett, Curricular Services*
Alicia Dorsey, Office of the Provost*
Stephanie Graves, University Libraries*
Trent Smith, Graduate and Professional School*
Sandra Williams, Office of the Registrar*
* Indicates non-voting member

Graduate Operations Committee

The Graduate Operations Committee (GOC) serves as an advisory body to the Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate and Professional School. It focuses primarily on operations and procedures regarding administration of graduate and professional education throughout the University. The Graduate Operations Committee serves as a forum for the Associate Deans in each College to discuss issues/concerns of an operational nature, and to recommend procedures, which are as uniform as possible across Colleges, to resolve these issues/concerns. The Graduate Operations Committee works very closely with the Graduate and Professional Council to coordinate all curriculum and policy issues. It also works closely with the Academic Operations Committee to consider recommendations concerning operations and procedures. Each academic College is represented on the Graduate Operations Committee by the Associate Dean (or other named individual) responsible for graduate studies in that College.

Graduate Operations Committee Members

September 2022 - August 2023 (as of 10 March 2023)
Fuhui Tong – Chair
Michael Alexander
Christine Bergeron
Mary Bryk
Michael Criscitiello
Maria Escobar-Lemmon
Jennifer Griffith
Terri Helge
Beverly Irby
Mansoor Kahn
Antonietta Quigg
Katherine Reed
Ivan Rusyn
Adam Seipp
Matthew Sorenson
Jerry Strawser
Reginald Taylor
Hank Walker
Van Wilson
Dahlia Taha (Graduate and Professional Student Government President)

College and School Committees on Graduate Instruction 

Graduate Instruction Committees (GICs) are responsible for making recommendations concerning graduate course offerings, general policies on graduate instruction, and for other matters pertaining to graduate studies in each College.

Committees on Graduate Instruction

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Mary Bryk, Chair
Zach Adelman
Craig Coates
Scott Cummings
Kathrin Dunlap
Morgan Farnell
Sandun Fernando
Masami Fujiwara
Gerard Kyle
David Leatham
Jamie Norgaard
Jean-Philippe Pellois
James Petrick
Suresh Pillai
Oscar Riera-Lizarazu
Victoria Salin
Won Bo Shim
Wayne C. Smith
David Stelly
David Threadgill

School of Architecture

Katie Reed, Co-Chair
Shelley Holliday, Co-Chair
Amir Behzadan
Stephen Caffey
Chanam Lee
Nancy Klein
George Rogers
Shelley Smith
Dave Wentling

College of Arts and Sciences

Adam Seipp, Co-Chair
Heath Blackmon
Richard Curry
Lei Fang
Anthony Filippi
Franco Marcantonio
Heili Pals
Debdeep Pati
Martin Peterson
Ralf Rapp
Roger Reese
Maurice Rojas
Istvan Szunyogh
Matthew Vess
Anna Wiederhold Wolfe
Chrissy Wiederwohl
Jeffrey Winking
Sarah Zubairy

Mays Business School
PhD

Mike Withers, Chair
James Abbey
Yong Chen
Matt Ege
Joel Koopman
Alina Sorescu

MBA, Executive MBA, and Professional MBA

Jerry Strawser, Chair
David Flint
Bala Shetty

MS

Michael Alexander, Chair
Nicky Amos, Vice-Chair
Lisa Provines, Secretary
Lisa Burton
Richard Castleberry
Ron Chandler
David Flint
Dwight Garey
Myra Gonzalez
Veronica Stilley
Dwayne Whitten

School of Dentistry

Reginald Taylor, Chair
Sid Poorya Jalali
Carolyn Kerins
Elias Kontogiorgos
Ioannis Kormas
Hui Liang
Carlos Parra Carrasquer
Andrew Read-Fuller
L. Bruno Ruest
Larry Tadlock
Peggy Timothé
Victoria Woo

School of Education and Human Development

Beverly J. Irby, Chair
Jiling Liu
Wen Luo
Elizabeth Roumell
Kerri Smith
Jamaal Young

College of Engineering

Duncan M. “Hank” Walker, Chair
David Allen
Kelly Brumbelow
Aniruddha Datta
Michael Demkowicz
Diego Donzis
Sandun D. Fernando
Joe Geunes
Micah Green
John Keyser
Jorge Leon
Jenn-Tai Liang
Kristen Maitland
Bryan Rasmussen
Jeff Sammons
Pavel Tsvetkov
Victor Ugaz
Taylor Ware
Yunlong Zhang

Bush School of Government and Public Service

Maria Escobar-Lemmon, Chair
Scott J. Cook
Carmela Garritano
Deborah L. Kerr
John Schuessler
Arnold Vedlitz

School of Law

David Dye, Chair
Mark Burge
William Byrnes
Terri Helge
Charlotte Ku

School of Medicine

Jon Skare, Chair
Robert Carpenter
David Huston
Julian Leibowitz
Rajesh Miranda
Van Wilson*
Justin Kenney (Student Representative)*
Tejaswini Reddy (Student Representative)*
Farah Wazir (Student Representative)*
* Non-Voting Member

School of Nursing

Matthew Sorenson, Chair
Nancy Downing
Jodie C. Gary
Martha L. Hare
Matt F. Hoffman
Melinda Jensen
Nora Montalvo-Liendo
Deborah L. O'Briant
Robin L. Page
Gina Rowe
Stacey A. Mitchell
Robin E. Williamson
Cassie Conway (Student Member)
Amy McNicoll (Student Member)

School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts

Chris Bergeron, Chair
Susanneh Bieber
Leonardo Cardoso
David Donkor
Daniel Humphrey
Caleb Kicklighter
Francesca Marini
Ann McNamara
Angenette Spalink
Courtney Starrett

School of Pharmacy

Mansoor Khan, Chair
Fatima Alshbool
Fadi Khasawneh
Srinath Palakurthi
Ziyaur Rahman
Sara Rogers
Yinan Wei
Lixian Zhong
Lin Zhu

School of Public Health

Leslie Cizmas, Chair
Nelda Mier, Vice Chair
Dennis Gorman
Szu-hsuan (Sherry) Lin

School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

William Murphy, Chair
James Cai
Gregory Johnson
Sara Lawhon
Paul Morley
Mary Nabity
Terje Raudsepp
Gonzalo Rivera
Jan Suchodolski
Christine Budke*
Noah Cohen*
Michael Criscitiello*
Dana Gaddy*
Charles Long*
Albert Mulenga*
Ashley Seabury*
* Ex-Officio

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Antonietta Quigg, Chair
Wesley Highfield
Jenna Lamphere
Holly Richards
Ashley Ross
Anja Schulze
Ping Wang