Board of Directors

Executive Committee Officers (Elected Annually)

AAHHE Chair

Patrick L. Valdez, PhD
Visiting Professor, Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation
Program Chair, Senior Diversity Officer Certificate
University of Kentucky, College of Education

AAHHE Chair-elect
Azara Santiago Rivera, PhD
Professor Emerita
Merrimack College

  

AAHHE Immediate Past Chair
Victor B. Saenz, PhD
Professor & Chair
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Executive Director, Project MALES
The University of Texas at Austin

AAHHE Treasurer
James Rodriguez, PhD
Dean
School of Social Sciences and Education
California State University, Bakersfield    

AAHHE Immediate Past Treasurer
Carmen Martinez-López, PhD
Dean School of Business and Professional Careers
Westchester Community College
State University of New York

Board Members

Edna Acosta-Belen, PhD

2021-2024
Distinguished Professor Emerita
University at Albany, SUNY
Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latino Studies

 

Jeanett Castellanos, PhD
2022-2025
Professor of Teaching, Social Sciences
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Social Sciences
Director, Social Policy and Public Service major
University of California, Irvine

 

Edward Delgado-Romero, PhD

2021-2024
Associate Dean & Professor
University of Georgia

Edith Fernandez, PhD

2022-2025

Vice President
Community Engagement & Diversity Initiatives

Nevada State College

Claudia Garcia-Louis, PhD
Faculty Member at Large
2021-2023
Assistant Professor
University Texas, San Antonio

 

Gloria P Martinez-Ramos, PhD
2021-2024
Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Diversity and Gender Studies

Director of Latina/o Studies Program
Texas State University

 

 

Marie T. Mora, PhD
2022-2025
Deputy Provost and Professor of Economics
Office of the Provost
Metropolitan State University of Denver

 

 

 

Patricia A. Pérez, PhD

2020-2023

Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies

Associate Dean for Faculty
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
California State University, Fullerton

      

 

 

Luis Ponjuán, PhD
2022-2025
Associate Professor
Educational Administration and Policy
Texas A&M University

  

Monique Posadas, MA Anthropology

Graduate Student Member at Large
2021-2023
Assistant Director
McNair Scholars Program
University of California, Riverside
 

 

 

Cristobal Rodriguez, PhD
2021-2024
Associate Dean
Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement
Arizona State University

 

 

 

 

Julian Vasquez Heilig, PhD
2021-2024
Dean and Professor
Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation
University of Kentucky

 

 

 

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For AAHHE Founding Board Members, click here.

For past AAHHE Board Members, click here.

 

Revised August 16, 2022