Academic Catalog 2025-2026

Regents of Administration

BOARD OF REGENTS

Brandon L. Simmons, Chair, Houston, Texas

James M. Benham, Vice Chair, College Station, Texas

Stephanie D. Nellons-Paige, 2ND Vice Chair,  Houston, Texas

Marilyn A. Rose, Secretary, Houston, Texas

Caroline Baker Hurley, Houston, Texas

Dr. Richard A. Johnson III, Houston, Texas

Pamela A. Medina, Houston, Texas

Lauren A. Gore, Houston, Texas

Benjamin C. Kohlmann, Dallas, Texas

Taylor L. Getwood, Student Regent, Port Arthur, Texas

OFFICE OF BOARD RELATIONS

Faith Ruiz, Executive Director

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION

James W. Crawford, III, President

Carl Goodman, Provost and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs 

Michelle Penn-Marshall, Vice President for Research and Innovation

John Pittman, Acting Vice President for Business and Finance/Chief Financial Officer

Charlie Coleman, Associate Vice President Development and Alumni Engagement

Charlie Nhan, General Counsel

Kevin Granger, Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics

Cynthia Buckley, Sr. Associate Vice President of Human Resources

Rasoul Saneifard, Faculty Senate Chair

Kia Harper, Chief of Staff

Bobby Brown, Chief of Police

OFFICERS OF ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

Carl B. Goodman, Provost/Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Mahesh Vanjani, Acting Dean, The Graduate School

Claudius Claiborne, Acting Dean, Jesse H. Jones School of Business

Christian Ulasi, Acting Dean, School of Communication

J. Kenyatta Cavil, Acting Dean, College of Education

McKen Carrington, Acting Dean, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Jason Oby, Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences

Gilbert Rochon III, Acting Dean, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs

Rashid Mosavin, Dean, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Mark Weatherspoon, Dean, College of Science, Engineering and Technology

Aisha Morris Moultry, Special Assistant to the Provost, College of Transdisciplinary Studies

Hector Miranda, Acting Dean, Thomas F. Freeman Honors College

Haiying Sarah Li, Interim Executive Director of Libraries and Museums

Nickolaus Cioci, University Registrar