Wendy Woodall, D.D.S., MAGD
Vice President for Academic Affairs
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.
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.
Ex-officio Members
Non-voting members include representatives from institutional academic support and compliance offices.
Amanda Stokes, B.S., C-TAGME
Director, PLFSOM Office of Graduate Medical Education
Christiane Herber-Valdez, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Michele C. Williams-Burns, Ed.D., M.S., M.Ed.
Associate Managing Director for Academic Programs
Martin Garcia, M.S.
Managing Director, Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
John Harrell, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President for Student Services and Student Engagement
Dorothy Stewart, M.S.
Director of Student Engagement & SSSE Operations
Charmaine A. Martin, M.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, PLFSOM
Scott B. Crawford, M.D., FACEP, FSSH, CHSOS
Chair, IPE Curriculum Council
Alyssa Cervantes Benavides, Ph.D., M.P.A.
Managing Director, Office of Interprofessional Education and Community Health Outreach and Education