LAMAR - Key Persons

Abdelnasser Eldek

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Alan Moore

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Education & Human Development ), Chair

Alberto Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Education & Human Development ) Ex Officio
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Albeto Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Dean, Education & Human Development ), Chair / Ex Officio

Andrew McMahan

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Ashley Dockens

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Director, Center for Teaching & Learning Enhancement )

Ashley Green Wood

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee

Ashley Greene

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts and Communications )
  • Member of Committee

Ashwini Kucknoor

Job Titles:
  • Biology
  • Member of Committee

B. Garrick Harden - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Belinda J. Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty and Staff
  • Administration
  • Department Chair / Associate Professor
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Berna Tokgoz

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Brad Mayer

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Member of Committee

Brandie Fontenot

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio / Deans
  • Member of Committee

Brett Welch

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Vice Provost, Digital Learning Dean, Graduate Studies )
  • Vice Provost, Digital Learning Dean, Graduate Studies ) Ex Officio
  • Vice Provost, Digital Learning Dean, Graduate Studies ), Chair / Ex Officio

Brian Craig

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Engineering )
  • Dean, Engineering ) Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Briella Frost

Job Titles:
  • Music )

Buddy Low

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Representative of Fisher Family )

Caleb Hood

Job Titles:
  • Education & Human Development )
  • Member of Committee

Carly Cox

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Cheng-Hsien Lin - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Ex Officio
  • Faculty Senate President
  • Member of Committee
  • President, Faculty Senate )

Christy Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Chun-Wei Yao

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Cindy Stinson

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Clare Burns

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Member of Committee

Clayton Jeffryes

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Clementine Msengi

Job Titles:
  • Education & Human Development )
  • Member of Committee

Connie Howard

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee

Cristian Bahrim

Job Titles:
  • Director, Undergraduate Research ) Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Cristina Rios

Job Titles:
  • Teacher Education )

Dale Fontenot

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Instructor of Information Systems / School of Accounting & Information
  • Member of Committee

Dan French

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Business ) Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Daniel Brown

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Provost & Vice President, Academic Affairs ), Chair / Ex Officio

Dann Brown

Job Titles:
  • Associate Provost, Academic & Faculty Affairs ), Chair / Ex Officio
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Provost & VP for Academic Affairs ) Ex Officio
  • Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs ), Chair / Ex Officio

Danny Hurych D.V.M.

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Veterinarian / Community

Daryl Ann Boral

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Daryl Ann Borel

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Education & Human Development )
  • Member of Committee

David Short

Job Titles:
  • Registrar
  • Member of Committee

Dean Terrebonne

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff
  • Member of Committee

Deidra Mayer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President, Admissions & Aid )
  • Member of Committee

Derina Holtzhausen

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Fine Arts & Communication ) Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Donna Fong

Job Titles:
  • Education & Human Development )
  • Member of Committee

Dr. Agim Kukeli

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics / Department of Business

Dr. Anna D. Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor

Dr. Brande Flamez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty and Staff
  • Distance Clinical Professor

Dr. Ellen Zimmerman

Job Titles:
  • Instructor of Human Resources / Department of Business

Dr. J. Donald Warren

Job Titles:
  • Accounting & ISAN )
  • Director, School of Accounting & Information Systems
  • Member of Committee

Dr. Joy-Del T. Snook

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Kakoli Bandyopadhyay

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean

Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Economics
24. "Impact of University Budget Cuts on the Local Economy: Case for a Regional University" (Kalyan Chakraborty) American Journal of Economics and Business Administration. Dec 2009, 1(2): 177-181, internet journal http://www.scipub.org/fulltext/ajeba/ajeba12177-181.

Dr. Kimberly McGough

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Krystin Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Lauren Cogswell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty and Staff
  • Visiting Professor

Dr. Mehmet N. Akkurt

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Minkyum Kim

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Construction Management

Dr. Mohammad Hamza

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty and Staff

Dr. Patricia Harris

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor

Dr. Rebecca Frels

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Dr. Robert M. Carlisle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty and Staff
  • Distance Clinical Professor

Dr. Robika Mylorie

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Professor

Dr. Shannon McFarlin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Soumava Bandyopadhyay

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean

Dr. Timothy Brown

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Wendy Greenidge

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Faculty and Staff

Dr. Zhe Luo

Job Titles:
  • Construction Management
  • Master of Business Administration Program
Luo, Z. and Hu, B. (2020). "Bayesian model calibration for geotechnical design of energy piles." In: GeoCongress 2020, Minneapolis, MN, GSP 316, ASCE, pp. 677-685.

Elizabeth Casey

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Teacher Education )

Elizabeth Newman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Coordinator of Marketing & Communications

Elizabeth Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Library )
  • Member of Committee

Eric McCluskey

Job Titles:
  • Music )

Eric Shannon

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee
  • Music )

Freddie Titus

Job Titles:
  • Education and Human Development )
  • Interim VP for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations )
  • Member of Committee

Gene Theodori

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Grayson Meek

Job Titles:
  • Director, University Event Center )
  • Member of Committee

Hanna Deland

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Heather Reading

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee

Helene Thill

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Ian Lian

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jackie Jensen-Vallin

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

James Armacost

Job Titles:
  • Biology )

James Curry

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

James Henry

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

James Lumpkin

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean, Business )
  • Member of Committee

James Slaydon

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Human Resources Faculty
  • Member of Committee

Jamie Dixon

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Jamie Larson

Job Titles:
  • Assoc. VP, Finance
  • Member of Committee

Jana Austin

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Programs Coordinator

Jeff O'Malley

Job Titles:
  • Athletic Director
  • Member of Committee

Jeffrey Spoeri

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Jennifer Burnett

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Jennifer Fowler

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • President, Faculty Senate )

Jennifer Thedford

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

Jennifer Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee

Jeremy Shelton

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Psychology )

Jerry Lin

Job Titles:
  • Assoc. Provost, Research & Sponsored Programs ) Ex Officio
  • Assoc. Provost, Research & Sponsored Programs ), Chair
  • Assoc. Provost, Research & Sponsored Programs ), Chair / Ex Officio
  • Associate Provost, Research & Sponsored Program )
  • Associate Provost, Research & Sponsored Programs ), Chair / Ex Officio
  • Chairman of Committee

Jess Liao

Job Titles:
  • External Board Member

Jing Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Chairman, Computer Science )

Joe Kruger

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Johanna Boult

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

John Genuardi

Job Titles:
  • Director, Media Services )
  • Member of Committee

John McCollough

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Member of Committee

Jonah Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • President, SGA )
  • SGA President

Josh Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Juan Zabala

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • VP, University Advancement )

Judge Joe J. Fisher

Charge: The Judge Joe J. Fisher Lecture Series Committee shall coordinate arrangements for the Fisher Lecture, Lamar's most prestigious lecture series. The committee shall consist of an appointed faculty member from each college (two from Arts and Sciences, one from the liberal arts and one from the sciences) and the library, plus the Student Government Association president and a representative from the Deans' Council, Council of Instructional Departments and Faculty Senate. The acting associate provost, a representative of Judge Fisher's family, and representatives from university advancement, marketing, and public relations shall serve as ex officio members.

Julia Fischer

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee

Karyn Neuhauser

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Member of Committee

Kate Downing

Job Titles:
  • Exec. Director, Marketing Communications
  • Member of Committee

Katrina Brent

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Provost for Enrollment Management )
  • Member of Committee

Kaye Shelton

Job Titles:
  • Education & Human Development )
  • Member of Committee

Kelly Weeks

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Marketing Faculty
  • Member of Committee

Kelly Withrow

Job Titles:
  • Library )
  • Member of Committee

Ken Young

Job Titles:
  • Education & Human Development )
  • Education & Human Development ) Complete Term Spring 23 - Sum24
  • Member of Committee

Keyondra McDaniel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant

Kim Vizena

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager, Honors Program ) Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Kole Kubicek

Job Titles:
  • Biology )
  • Member of Committee

Kyle Boudreaux

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director - Data Analytics, Reporting, and Analysis )
  • Institutional Research & Reporting )
  • Member of Committee

Laura Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate Sr., Department of Business

Lilian Felipe

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee

LU Strong

Job Titles:
  • International Education

Lynn Maurer

Job Titles:
  • Dean, Arts & Sciences )
  • Dean, Arts & Sciences ) Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

M. Diane Clark

Job Titles:
  • Deaf Studies & Deaf Education
  • Member of Committee

Mansour Karkoub

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Margo Hymer

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • President, Staff Council )

Mark Robinson - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of Committee
  • VP, Finance & Operations ) Ex Officio

Marleen Swerdlow

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Interim Chair, Department of Business
  • Interim Dept. of Business ) Executive
  • Member of Committee

Mary Morgan Moore

Job Titles:
  • Department of Music

Maryam Hamidi

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Maryam Vasefi

Job Titles:
  • Biology
  • Member of Committee

Megan Begnaud

Job Titles:
  • Director of Scholarships, Financial Aid and VA )
  • Member of Committee

Melissa Riley

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics )

Michael Saar

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean, Library )
  • Member of Committee

Mien Jao

Job Titles:
  • Civil
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Millicent Musyoka

Job Titles:
  • Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Mustapha Jourdini

Job Titles:
  • Exectutive Director OIES )
  • Member of Committee

Nicki Michalski

Job Titles:
  • Interim - Communication & Media
  • Member of Committee

O'Brien Stanley

Job Titles:
  • Fine Arts & Communication )
  • Member of Committee

Ozge Gunaydin-Sen

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Patrick Stewart - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Member of Committee

Penny Clark

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Philip Cole

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Physics )

Poornima Gunasekaran

Job Titles:
  • Library )
  • Member of Committee

Purnendu Mandal

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Member of Committee

Qiang Xu

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Randall Terry

Job Titles:
  • Biology )
  • Member of Committee

Raymond Doe

Job Titles:
  • Psychology )

Rebecca Boone

Job Titles:
  • CID Representative
  • Member of Committee
  • President, CID

Robert "Kelley" Bradley

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Rual Prezas

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Ruthie Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Samuel Jator

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate Provost
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Sara Hillin

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Seokyon Hwang

Job Titles:
  • Interim Director

Shannon Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Shelia Umphrey

Job Titles:
  • Science and Technology

Shelly Vitanza

Job Titles:
  • Director, Public Affairs )
  • Member of Committee

Spencer Sims

Job Titles:
  • Controller
  • Accounting / Finance Contacts

Stefanie Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Stephan Malick

Job Titles:
  • Communication & Media

Tammy D. Comeaux

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Outreach

Tammy Lilly

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Taylor Xiao

Job Titles:
  • Library )
  • Member of Committee

Theresa Hefner-Babb

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Provost, Accreditation & Assessment SACSCOC Liaison )
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Thinesh Selvaratnam

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Member of Committee

Thomas Harvey

Job Titles:
  • Education & Human Development )
  • Education & Human Development ) Complete Term Spring 23 - Sum24
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Tiffany Broussard

Job Titles:
  • Financial Accountant

Tilisa Thibodeaux

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Committee
  • Dean, TALH & Reaud Honors College ), Chair / Ex Officio

Tim McCoy

Job Titles:
  • Accounting

Tomas Sowers

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Science ) President

Tony DeMars

Job Titles:
  • CID Representative
  • Member of Committee

Tony Kemerly

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean Honors College ) Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Tracy Benson

Job Titles:
  • Engineering )
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Committee

Trina Nolen

Job Titles:
  • Library )
  • Member of Committee

Vivek Natarajan

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Member of Committee

Wen Liu

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics )

Xenia Fedorchenko

Job Titles:
  • Art and Design )

Xiao "Jerry" Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Accounting and Information Systems )