Academic Council
Charge
The Academic Council for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso serves in an advisory capacity to the Vice President of Academic Affairs regarding academic policies, procedures, and priorities. The Academic Council considers requests from our schools and leadership needed for degree and certificate programs; recommended course additions, changes and deletions; institutional academic catalog content and revisions; academic calendar concerns; and academic policies, publications and matters with institutional impact. For more information regarding the Academic Council, please refer to HSCEP OP 10.06.
Membership
Chairperson
The Academic Council is chaired by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
![Wendy Woodall, D.D.S., MAGD](/_portrait-pictures/woodall-wendy-gbd.jpg)
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Voting Members
Voting members include one dean, associate dean for academic affairs, or equivalent from each school; one faculty-at-large representative from each school; and one SGA representative.
![Stephanie Woods](/_portrait-pictures/woods-stephaine-gbd.jpg)
![Jené Hurlbut, Ph.D., R.N.](/_portrait-pictures/hurlbut-jene-gbd.jpg)
![Place Holder](/_portrait-pictures/lakshmanaswamy-rajkumar-wc.jpg)
![Portrait of Munmun Chattopadhyay](/_portrait-pictures/chattopadhyay-munmum-wc.jpg)
![Maureen Francis, M.D.](/_portrait-pictures/francis-maureen-wc.jpg)
Associate Dean for Medical Education, PLFSOM
![Dale Quest, Ph.D.](/_portrait-pictures/quest-dale-wc.jpg)
![Richard Black portrait picture](/_portrait-pictures/black-richard-wc.jpg)
![Rhonda J. Everett, D.D.S., M.P.H.](/_portrait-pictures/everett-rhonda-wc.jpg)
![Victor M. Vasquez Jr., M.S.](/_portrait-pictures/vasquez-victor-gbd.jpeg)
Ex-officio Members
Non-voting members include representatives from institutional academic support and compliance offices.
![Armando Meza](/_portrait-pictures/meza-armando-wc.jpg)
Associate Academic Dean, PLFSOM Office of Graduate Medical Education
![Christiane Herber-Valdez, EdD](/_portrait-pictures/herber-valdez-christiane-gbd.jpg)
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
![Michele Carolynn Williams, Ed.D.](/_portrait-pictures/williams-michele-gbd.jpg)
Associate Managing Director for Academic Programs
![John Harrell, Ed.D.](/_portrait-pictures/harrell-john-gbd.jpg)
Assistant Vice President for Student Services and Student Engagement
![Diana Andrade](/_portrait-pictures/andrade-diana-gbd.jpg)
![Ron Williams](/_portrait-pictures/williams-ron-gbd.jpg)
![Cynthia Flores](/_portrait-pictures/flores-cynthia-gbd.jpg)
![Oliana Alikaj-Fierro, Ph.D., M.B.A.](/_portrait-pictures/alikaj-fierro-oliana-gbd.jpg)
![Lisa A. Beinhoff](/_portrait-pictures/beinhoff-lisa-gbd.jpg)
![Abhizith Deoker, M.D.](/_portrait-pictures/deoker-abhizith-wc.jpg)
![Dorothy Stewart](/_portrait-pictures/stewart-dorothy-gbd.jpg)
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![](/_portrait-pictures/scott-crawford-gbd.jpg)
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Managing Director, Office of Interprofessional Education