SEC Academic Leadership Development Program

Home College/School: College of Arts & Sciences

Bio: Dr. Stefanie Harris is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of German and Global Studies, at Texas A&M University. Previously, she served as Head of the Department of International Studies (2018-2022) and inaugural Head of the Department of Global Languages and Cultures (2022-2024). Her broad capacity to manage the dynamics of change toward the foundation of new, thriving academic units has had a pronounced impact on faculty and students, while advancing the mission of the university and college.

Dr. Harris is a specialist in 20th and 21st century German literature and film, with a research focus on image-text interactions and the introduction of new media as inflection points that influence the socio-cultural landscape. She has published widely on German literature, film, and photography, and she is the author of Mediating Modernity: German Literature and the “New” Media, 1895-1930 (Penn State University Press). Dr. Harris has been awarded over $2.5 million in funding from federal grants in support of student-training in designated critical languages. She teaches a broad range of courses in German language, literature, and culture, film studies, and global media, and she has led twelve study abroad trips for undergraduates to Germany. She has served on the Faculty Senate, as well as on numerous college- and university-level committees, with a particular focus on global engagement, undergraduate curriculum, and university-governance.

Home College/School: College of Medicine

Bio: Dr. Jason Frederick Huntley is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at the Texas A&M University Vashist College of Medicine. His office is responsible for all aspects of the faculty lifecycle, from recruitment to promotion and tenure to retirement. With a statewide medical education model, including clinical sites in Houston, Dallas, Austin-area, and Bryan/College Station, Huntley helps support over 2500 affiliate faculty across Texas.

Dr. Huntley came to Texas A&M in 2024 after 14 years at the University of Toledo, where he was a tenured Professor of microbiology and, since 2022, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development. In the latter role, Huntley was responsible for similar faculty support and development activities, including junior and mid-career faculty mentoring programs, a new Academy of Mentors, and advocacy for shared governance.  At the University of Toledo, Huntley co-chaired a university-wide committee that developed the university’s 2023-2028 strategic plan.

Nationally, Huntley has served on National Institutes of Health (NIH) study sections, has co-chaired national conferences for the American Society for Microbiology, and has served/is serving on organizing committees for national and international scientific conferences.

Home College/School: Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy

Bio: Dr. Fadi Khasawneh is an Associate Professor and Department Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences, at the Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy. Dr. Khasawneh most recently served as the founding Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, at The University of Texas at El Paso’s School of Pharmacy. He had also served as a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Western University of Health Sciences (Pomona, CA), College of Pharmacy.  Dr. Khasawneh received a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) from Jordan University of Science and Technology (Irbid, Jordan) in 1999 and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 2007.

Dr. Khasawneh’s teaching interests are in the areas of pharmacology and principles of drug action. While at UTEP, he taught in the Principles of Drug Action, as well as in the Integrated Systems-Based Pharmacotherapy courses. He had also taught in the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics Courses at Western University of Health Sciences, as well as in their Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences program.

Dr. Khasawneh’s laboratory research is focused on the study of thrombosis and platelet biology. The primary goal is to delineate signaling pathways involved in platelet activation and to investigate their role in the pathogenesis of thrombotic diseases. They employ a host of molecular, biochemical and pharmacological approaches, as well as thrombosis models in their studies. Their ultimate goal is to identify novel therapeutic agents and/or targets for the management of thromboembolic disorders, such as heart attacks and stroke. His research program is currently funded by an R01 from the NIH’s NHLBI, an R21 from the NIEHS and a grant-in-aid from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Dr. Khasawneh is the chair elect for the Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), and had previously served as secretary/treasurer. He also served on ASPET’s programming and nominating committees. Dr. Khasawneh also served as Chair of the Biological Sciences section of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). He served as Secretary of the Faculty Senate at The University of Texas at El Paso, and Chair of the Academic Senate at Western University of Health Sciences. He has served/is a reviewer for the NIH, Veterans Affairs, AACP, AHA, amongst others and is a reviewer for a host of scientific journals.

Home College/School: College of Architecture

Bio: Dr. Galen Newman, FASLA, FCELA, is Professor and Head in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning (LAUP) at Texas A&M University as well as the Youngblood Endowed Professor of Residential Land Development. In LAUP, he formerly served as Associate Department Head, Coordinator of the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program, Coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning Program, Director of the Center for Housing and Urban Development, Associate Director of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, and Community Resilience Lead for the institute for Sustainable Communities.

Dr. Newman's research interests include community resilience, urban regeneration, land use science, spatial analytics, and built environment performance. His work has been published in many high-quality peer-reviewed outlets (over 135 journal articles) and has been funded through numerous internal and external funding sources including the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences totaling over 73 million. He has also won many national and international awards/recognitions for his research, teaching, and leadership.