About Our Faculty

The UHV School of Arts and Sciences faculty are diverse in talents and expertise but singularly focused in their dedication as professors, researchers, and mentors.

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Educators. Researchers. Mentors.

Faculty at UHV School of Arts and Sciences are educators first. They are talented experts in their chosen fields of research. Most importantly, the faculty are dedicated to mentoring their students so when our students graduate, our alumni grow into the next generation of talented experts in their fields of study. Are you ready to meet our faculty? Apply now to get started.

Fulltime Faculty Directory

Find faculty by program focus, by first name, by last name or look for our Adjunct Faculty.

Name Title Program Focus Phone
Casey Akins Lecturer, Criminal Justice Criminal Justice (361) 570-4854
Keith Akins Director of Criminal Justice-Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
President, Faculty Senate		 Criminal Justice (361) 570-4274
Kevin Auer Director of the Communication Design Program
Lecturer, Communication Design		 Communication Design (361) 485-4563
Andrew Baerg Chair, Arts & Humanities Division
Professor of Communication		 Communication (361) 570-4201
Justin Bell Director, UHV Honors Program
Associate Professor of Philosophy		 Philosophy (361) 570-4312
Armando Chavez-Rivera Director of Spanish Program
Associate Professor of Spanish 		Spanish (361) 570-4383
Esther Cuenca Assistant Professor, History History (361) 570-4340
Rogerio DaSilva Assistant Professor of Gaming and Computer Science Computer Science (361) 570-4204
Aaron Deason Lecturer Communication (361) 570-4567
Jeffrey R. Di Leo Professor of English and Philosophy English, Philosophy (361) 570-4200
Ali Dogan Assistant Professor of Mathematics Director of BAAS program Mathematics (361) 570-4344
Hashimul Ehsan Assistant Professor of Biology Biology (361) 570-4289
Nicole Eugene Assistant Professor of Communication Communication (361) 570-4201
Horace Fairlamb Director of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Professor of Humanities 		Humanities (512) 667-4134
Dagoberto Gilb Executive Director, Centro Victoria
Professor of Latino Studies		 Latino Studies (361) 570-4108
Hardik Gohel Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Computer Science
Founder & Director of Applied AI Research Laboratory		 Computer Science (361) 570-4219
Craig Goodman Associate Chair, Undergraduate Social and Behavioral Sciences programs
Associate Professor of Political Science		 Political Science (361) 570-4224
Hongyu Guo Associate Professor of Computer Science Computer Science (361) 570-4278
William Harkey Lecturer, English English (361) 570-4275
Rick Harrington Professor of Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4205
Elise Hendricker Chair, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division
Associate Professor of School Psychology		 Psychology (361) 570-4201
Humberto Hernandez Assistant Professor, Biology Biology (361) 570-4201
Rebecca Heron Assistant Professor, Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4201
Junda Hu Assistant Professor of Mathematics Mathematics (361) 570-4377
Saidat Ilo Assistant Professor of Political Science Political Science (361) 570-4217
Dr. Wassim Itani Associate Professor of Computer Science (361) 570-4201
Gen Kaneko Assistant Professor of Biology Biology (361) 570-4251
Brent Lang Assistant Professor, Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4201
Melanie Lemanski Assistant Professor, Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4201
Joseph Locke Assistant Professor of History
History Program Director		 History (361) 570-4292
Donald Loffredo Professor of Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4209
Diana Lopez Director of Undergraduate Creative Writing
Associate Professor of Creative Writing		 Creative Writing (361) 570-4229
Anthony Madrid Director of MFA Program in Creative Writing
Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing		 Humanities (361) 570-4307
Laura Mammina Assistant Professor of History History (361) 570-4316
Scheila Martins Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Undergraduate Program Director of Computer Information Systems		 Computer Science (361) 570-4258
Jesica McCue Clinical Assistant Professor of Biology Biology (361) 570-4207
Amjad Nusayr Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Director of Undergraduate Computer Science Program		 Computer Science (361) 570-4311
Tesneem Nusayr Visiting Assistant Professor Biology (361) 570-4201
Jennifer Ortiz-Garza Senior Lecturer, Psychology
Director of Undergraduate Psychology		 Psychology (361) 570-4281
Jang Woo Park Assistant Professor of Mathematics Mathematics (361) 570-4221
Karen Parsonson Assistant Professor of Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4191
Amina Patton Assistant Professor Communication Design Communication Design (361) 485-4564
Catherine Perz Associate Professor of Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4223
Nadya Pittendrigh Director of Composition Assistant Professor of English and Corequisite Remediation Liaison English (361) 570-4211
Saba Razvi Assistant Professor English English (361) 570-4215
Maria Salome Chavarria Salgado Senior Lecturer, Spanish Spanish (361) 570-4294
Jeffrey Sartain Director of Professional Writing
Associate Professor English		 English (361) 570-4254
Kyle Schlesinger Co-Director of Graduate Publishing Program
Professor of Publishing		 Publishing (361) 570-4103
Mai Abo Shakra Lecturer, Computer Science Computer Science (361) 570-4268
Jake Snyder Lecturer, English English (361) 485-4566
Dmitri Sobolev Chair, Science, Technology & Mathematics Division
Associate Professor of Biology 		Biology (361) 570-4218
Brooks Sterritt Assistant Professor, English English (361) 570-4220
Blake Stricklin Lecturer, English English (361) 570-4201
Liane Tanguay Assistant Professor of English English (361) 570-4269
Ricardo Teixeira Director of Math Program, Director of Core Curriculum,
Associate Professor of Math Corequisite Remediation Liaison		 Mathematics (361) 570-4206
Beverly Tomek Interim Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of History		 History (361) 570-4200
Sandy Venneman Professor of Psychology and Biology Psychology and Biology (361) 570-4201
Shannon Viola Associate Chair, Graduate Social and Behavioral Sciences programs
Director of School Psychology Program
Assistant Professor of School Psychology		 Psychology (361) 570-4201
Woodrow Wagner Lecturer, Communication Communication (361) 570-4565
Yun Wan Professor of Computer Information Systems
Graduate Program Director of Computer Science & Computer Information Systems		 Computer Science (361) 570-4201
Mark Ward Associate Professor of Communication Communication (361) 570-4256
Daniel White Director of Graduate Biology Program
Assistant Professor of Biology		 Biology (361) 570-4190
Delores White Visiting Lecturer, Psychology Psychology (361) 570-4207
Farnaz Zand Lecturer, Computer Science Computer Science (361) 570-4201
Sara Zedaker Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Criminal Justice (361) 570-4201
Qi Zhu Director of Graduate Computer Science and Computer Information Systems Programs
Professor of Computer Science		 Computer Science (361) 570-4201