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
Wendy Woodall, D.D.S., MAGD

Vice President for Academic Affairs

wendy.woodall@ttuhsc.edu

915-215-6384

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.

Jené Hurlbut, Ph.D., R.N.
Jené Hurlbut, Ph.D., R.N.

Interim Dean, GGHSON

jene.hurlbut@ttuhsc.edu

Arlene Martinez, D.N.P., B.S.B., APRN, FNP-C, RNC-TNP
Arlene Martinez, D.N.P., B.S.B., APRN, FNP-C, RNC-TNP

GGHSON Faculty Representative

arlenmar@ttuhsc.edu

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Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy, Ph.D.

Dean, FGSBS

rajkumar.lakshmanaswamy@ttuhsc.edu

Portrait of Munmun Chattopadhyay
Munmun Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.

FGSBS Faculty Representative

munmun.chattopadhyay@ttuhsc.edu

Maureen Francis, M.D.
Maureen Francis, M.D., M.S.-H.P.Ed., MACP

Associate Dean for Medical Education, PLFSOM 

maureen.francis@ttuhsc.edu

Mariela P. Lane, M.D.
Mariela P. Lane, M.D. 

PLFSOM Faculty Representative

marielan@ttuhsc.edu 

Richard Black portrait picture
Richard C. Black, D.D.S., M.S.

Dean, WLHSDM

richard.black@ttuhsc.edu

Rhonda J. Everett, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Rhonda J. Everett, D.D.S., M.P.H.

WLHSDM Faculty Representative

rhonda.everett@ttuhsc.edu

Victor M. Vasquez Jr., M.S.
Victor M. Vasquez Jr., M.S.

SGA Representative

victor.m.vasquez@ttuhsc.edu

Ex-officio Members

Non-voting members include representatives from institutional academic support and compliance offices.

Amanda Stokes, B.S., C-TAGME
Amanda Stokes, B.S., C-TAGME

Director, PLFSOM Office of Graduate Medical Education

amanda.stokes@ttuhsc.edu

Christiane Herber-Valdez, EdD
Christiane Herber-Valdez, Ed.D.

Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

christiane.herber-valdez@ttuhsc.edu

Michele Carolynn Williams, Ed.D.
Michele C. Williams-Burns, Ed.D., M.S., M.Ed.

Associate Managing Director for Academic Programs

michele.williams@ttuhsc.edu

John Harrell, Ed.D.
John Harrell, Ed.D.

Assistant Vice President for Student Services and Student Engagement

john.harrell@ttuhsc.edu

Diana Andrade
Diana Andrade, M.Ed.

Registrar

diana.andrade@ttuhsc.edu

Ron Williams
Ron Williams

Director, Financial Aid

ron.williams@ttuhsc.edu

Dorothy Stewart
Dorothy Stewart, M.S.

Director of Student Engagement & SSSE Operations

dorothy.stewart@ttuhsc.edu

Glenn Yri, M.S.C.P., LPC, NCC 

Director of Student Support Services 

glenn.yri@ttuhsc.edu

Cynthia Flores
Cynthia Flores

Sr. Director, Student Business Services

cynthia.flores@ttuhsc.edu

Oliana Alikaj-Fierro, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Oliana Alikaj-Fierro, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Senior Managing Director, OIRE

oliana.alikaj-fierro@ttuhsc.edu

Lisa A. Beinhoff
Lisa A. Beinhoff, M.L.S., Ph.D.

Managing Director, Libraries

lisa.beinhoff@ttuhsc.edu

Abhizith Deoker, M.D.
Abhizith Deoker, M.D.

Faculty Senate

abhizith.deoker@ttuhsc.edu

Charmaine A. Martin, M.D.

Associate Dean for Student Affairs, PLFSOM

charmaine.martin@ttuhsc.edu

Scott B. Crawford, M.D., FACEP, FSSH, CHSOS

Chair, IPE Curriculum Council 

scott.crawford@ttuhsc.edu

Alyssa Cervantes Benavides, Ph.D., M.P.A.

Managing Director, Office of Interprofessional Education

alyssa.cervantes.benavides@ttuhsc.edu