Member Directory
Center for Academic Student Achievement (CASA)
![Dr. Mathews](assets/images/members/drmat2.png)
Dr. Patricia Spaniol-Mathews - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
CW 121A
361.825.3163
patricia.spaniol-mathews@tamucc.edu
College of Business
![Joseph Mollick](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/jmollick.jpg)
OCNR 389
361.825.2853
joseph.mollick@tamucc.edu
![Dr. Patrick Crowley](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/pcrowley.jpg)
Dr. Patrick Crowley - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
OCNR 323
361.825.6011
patrick.crowley@tamucc.edu
College of Education and Human Development
![dplowman](assets/images/members/dplowman.jpg)
![Cilla Bruun](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/fbruun.jpg)
Dr. Faye Bruun - Vice Chair, Term Expires 08.31.2026
ECDC 219J
361.825.2417
faye.bruun@tamucc.edu
College of Liberal Arts
![sdoolan](assets/images/members/sdoolan1.jpg)
FC 257
361.825.3607
shannon.fitzsimmons-doolan@tamucc.edu
![portrait of Jennifer Epley Sanders, Associate Professor](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/jepley1.jpg)
Dr. Jennifer L. Epley Sanders - Chair, Term Expires 08.31.2025
BH 341
361.825.2554
jennifer.epley@tamucc.edu
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
![Heather Degrande](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/hdegrande.jpg)
IH 333
361.825.3696
heather.degrande@tamucc.edu
![tammy_walker-smith.jpg](assets/images/members/tammy_walker-smith.jpg)
Dr. Tammy Walker-Smith - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
IH 332
361.825.4223
tammy.walker-smith@tamucc.edu
College of Engineering and Computer Science
![Ruby Mehrubeoglu](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/rmehrubeoglu.jpg)
RFEB 222D
361.825.3378
ruby.mehrubeoglu@tamucc.edu
![Jian Sheng](assets/images/members/jsheng.jpeg)
Dr. Jian Sheng - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
RFEB 313
361.825.3731
jian.sheng@tamucc.edu
College of Science
![yajuan_lin.jpg](assets/images/members/yajuan_lin.jpg)
![mark_olson.jpg](assets/images/members/mark_olson.jpg)
![Feiqin Xie](assets/images/members/fxie1.jpg)
Dr. Feiqin Xie - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
NRC 3507
361.825.3229
feiqin.xie@tamucc.edu
Lone Star UAS
![tye.payne.jpg](assets/images/members/tye.payne.jpg)
Tye Payne - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
Assistant Director of Operations, Testing, & Evaluation
361.825.4107
tye.payne@tamucc.edu
Research Engagement
![Trent Thigpen](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/tthigpen.jpg)
Trent Thigpen - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
NRC 2206
361.825.3070
trent.thigpen@tamucc.edu
Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying Science
![Dr. Tianxing Chu](assets/images/members/tchu.jpg)
![Devon Steffan](assets/images/members/devon-portrait.jpg)
![Michael Starek](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/mstarek.jpg)
Dr. Michael Starek - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2026
NRC 3407
361.825.3978
michael.starek@tamucc.edu
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
![matt streich](assets/images/members/matt-streich.jpg)
HRI 311
361.825.4126
matthew.streich@tamucc.edu
![Xinping Hu](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/xhu.jpg)
![james_gibeaut.jpg](assets/images/members/james_gibeaut.jpg)
Dr. Jim Gibeaut- Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
HRI 215A
361.825.2060
james.gibeaut@tamucc.edu
Research Administrators
![Jordan Greer](assets/images/members/jgreer2.jpg)
College of Science, CI 368
361.825.3938
jordan.greer@tamucc.edu
![DeAnna Crites](assets/images/members/dcrites.jpg)
Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying Science, NRC 2103
361.825.5717
deanna.greer@tamucc.edu
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Valerie Franco - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2026
College of Engineering and Computer Science, CI 362
361.825.3629
valarie.franco@tamucc.edu
Ex-Officio and Ad Hoc Members
![Alexa Hight](https://www.tamucc.edu/directory/thumbs/ahight.jpg)
Scholarly Communications Librarian, LIB 116C
361.825.2588
alexa.hight@tamucc.edu
![vacant.jpg](assets/images/members/vacant.jpg)
Taoran Ji - Faculty Senate, Ex-Officio CPIRA, Term Expires 04.30.2025
CI 137
361.825.3625
taoran.ji@tamucc.edu