Highlights
- 36 years of experience as a teacher, researcher, public service contributor, and administrator in the field and profession of higher education administration.
- 26 years of national leadership and field stewardship focused on matters of race and ethnicity in American society and higher education—Vice Chair and Executive Committee Member of NCORE (since 1993) and teacher of racial diversity, cultural diversity (beyond race), and social justice courses.
- 27 years of innovative curricular leadership, including the creation of original programs and the facilitation of academic programs toward national prominence.
- 16 years of academic administration as Program Area Coordinator (7 years) and Department Chair or Head (9 years), implementing effective principles of democratic leadership, faculty governance, and shared governance, resulting in high morale and productivity of faculty members.
- 29 years of producing the next generation of graduates in significant roles as college presidents, director of athletics, student affairs practitioners, institutional researchers, administrators, and educators. To date, I have produced 27 Ph.D. graduates. Four former students are serving as college presidents.
- 9 years of experience and knowledge as a recognizable effective national peer reviewer and consultant for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.
- 15 years of formal leadership has resulted in an academic department that is the most diverse on a higher education campus.
- 2 years of reorganizing, strengthening, and administering Texas first competency-based baccalaureate program at a public institution.
