Member Directory
Members of the Council are elected PIs or Co-PIs or appointed research administrators from the Colleges, Centers, Institutes, and other University Departments representing the TAMU-CC research community.
Center for Academic Student Achievement (CASA)

Dr. Patricia Spaniol-Mathews - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
CW 121A
361.825.3163
patricia.spaniol-mathews@tamucc.edu
CW 121A
361.825.3163
patricia.spaniol-mathews@tamucc.edu
Center for Coastal Studies

College of Business

Dr. Joseph S. Mollick - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
OCNR 389
361.825.2853
joseph.mollick@tamucc.edu
OCNR 389
361.825.2853
joseph.mollick@tamucc.edu

Dr. Patrick Crowley - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
OCNR 323
361.825.6011
patrick.crowley@tamucc.edu
OCNR 323
361.825.6011
patrick.crowley@tamucc.edu
College of Education and Human Development


College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Shannon Fitzsimmons-Doolan - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
FC 257
361.825.3607
shannon.fitzsimmons-doolan@tamucc.edu
FC 257
361.825.3607
shannon.fitzsimmons-doolan@tamucc.edu

Dr. Jennifer L. Epley Sanders - Chair, Term Expires 08.31.2025
BH 341
361.825.2554
jennifer.epley@tamucc.edu
BH 341
361.825.2554
jennifer.epley@tamucc.edu
College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Dr. Heather DeGrande - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
IH 333
361.825.3696
heather.degrande@tamucc.edu
IH 333
361.825.3696
heather.degrande@tamucc.edu

Dr. Tammy Walker-Smith - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
IH 332
361.825.4223
tammy.walker-smith@tamucc.edu
IH 332
361.825.4223
tammy.walker-smith@tamucc.edu
College of Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Ruby Mehrubeoglu - Immediate Past Chair, Term Expires 08.31.2024
RFEB 222D
361.825.3378
ruby.mehrubeoglu@tamucc.edu
RFEB 222D
361.825.3378
ruby.mehrubeoglu@tamucc.edu

College of Science



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

Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying Science



Dr. Michael Starek - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2026
NRC 3407
361.825.3978
michael.starek@tamucc.edu
NRC 3407
361.825.3978
michael.starek@tamucc.edu
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Dr. Matthew Streich - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
HRI 311
361.825.4126
matthew.streich@tamucc.edu
HRI 311
361.825.4126
matthew.streich@tamucc.edu


Research Administrators

Jordan Greer - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2025
College of Science and College of Engineering and Computer Science, CI 368
361.825.3938
jordan.greer@tamucc.edu
College of Science and College of Engineering and Computer Science, CI 368
361.825.3938
jordan.greer@tamucc.edu

Carmen Osier - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, HRI 318C
361.825.2023
carmen.osier@tamucc.edu
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, HRI 318C
361.825.2023
carmen.osier@tamucc.edu

DeAnna Crites - Member, Term Expires 08.31.2024
Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying Science, NRC 2103
361.825.5717
deanna.greer@tamucc.edu
Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying Science, NRC 2103
361.825.5717
deanna.greer@tamucc.edu

Vacant
Ex-Officio and Ad Hoc Members

Alexa Hight - Ad Hoc member for the Library, and Faculty Senate, Ex-Officio CPIRA Term Expires 08.31.2024
Scholarly Communications Librarian, LIB 116C
361.825.2588
alexa.hight@tamucc.edu
Scholarly Communications Librarian, LIB 116C
361.825.2588
alexa.hight@tamucc.edu