Member Directory

Center for Academic Student Achievement (CASA)

Dr. Peggy Valdes - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2027
CW 118
361.825.2128
peggy.valdes@tamucc.edu

College of Business

Samuel Sugarek - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2027
NRC 3208
361.825.3221
samuel.sugarek@tamucc.edu

College of Education and Human Development

Dr. Faye Bruun - Chair, Term Expires 08.31.2026
ECDC 219J
361.825.2417
faye.bruun@tamucc.edu

College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Jennifer L. Epley Sanders - Immediate Past Chair, Term Expires 08.31.2025
BH 341
361.825.2554
jennifer.epley@tamucc.edu

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Dr. Amy McClure - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2027
IH 336A
361.825.3837
amy.mcclure@tamucc.edu

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Pablo Rangel - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2027
RFEB 308
361.825.3712
pablo.rangel@tamucc.edu

College of Science

Dr. Feiqin Xie - Vice Chair, Term Expires 08.31.2025
NRC 3507
361.825.3229
feiqin.xie@tamucc.edu

Lone Star UAS

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 - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
NRC 2206
361.825.3070
trent.thigpen@tamucc.edu

Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying Science

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

Dr. Jim Gibeaut- Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
HRI 215A
361.825.2060
james.gibeaut@tamucc.edu

Research Administrators

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

Taoran Ji - Faculty Senate, Ex-Officio CPIRA, Term Expires 04.30.2025
CI 137
361.825.3625
taoran.ji@tamucc.edu       

Center for Coastal Studies

School of Arts, Media, and Communication