Comprised of 13 faculty members in 9 colleges, the WFN Steering Committee furthers the organization’s mission to encourage and promote the professional development of women faculty. The committee plans, promotes, and hosts formal programming and informal networking opportunities. Past events include seminars with expert speakers, social activities at the University Club, and mentoring and networking luncheons. Annual events include a spring luncheon focusing on meritorious mentoring, and a fall luncheon celebrating newly promoted women faculty.

The Steering Committee consists of representatives from each college on the Texas A&M University campus who are selected through annual elections; each member serves a rotating three-year term. There are also three at-large positions and three ex-officio positions: Dean of Faculties, Director of Women’s Studies, and Chair of the Faculty Senate sub-committee on the status of women.

Wish to be involved? The WFN Steering Committee is seeking one volunteer each from the School of Engineering and Mays Business School.

2019-2020 Women’s Faculty Network Steering Committee Members

George Bush School of Government and Public Service

Gabriela Thornton

President

Bush School
gthornton@tamu.edu
TAMU 4220

College of Architecture

Anat Geva

Architecture
a-geva@tamu.edu
(979) 862-6580
TAMU 3137

Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning

Chanam Lee

chanam@tamu.edu
(979) 845-7046
TAMU 3137

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Theresa Murphrey

Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
t-murphrey@tamu.edu
(979) 458-2749
TAMU 2116

College of Education & Human Development

Denise Woodard

Secretary

Health and Kinesiology
denisewoodard@tamu.edu
(979) 575-1748
TAMU 4245

College of Education & Human Development

Julie Thompson

Educational Psychology
jlthompson@tamu.edu
(979) 845-7423
TAMU 4225

College of Geosciences

Colleen Petrik

Oceanography
cpetrik@tamu.edu
(979) 845-2680
TAMU 3146

College of Liberal Arts

Naomi Nagaya 

Vice President

Psychological & Brain Sciences
nagaya@tamu.edu
(979) 458-5513
TAMU 4235

College of Science

Derya Akleman

Statistics
akleman@tamu.edu
(979) 845-3141
TAMU 3143

College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Nicola Ritter

Webmaster

Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Center for Educational Technologies
nritter@cvm.tamu.edu
(979) 862-9175
TAMU 4458

Texas A&M Health Sciences Center

Lixian Zhong

Treasurer

Pharmacy
zhong@tamu.edu
(979) 436-0193
TAMU 1114

At-Large Representative

Michelle Yeoman

Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
yeoman@tamu.edu
(979) 458-9955
TAMU 4458

At-Large Representative

Jia Wang

Educational Administration & Human Resource Development
College of Education and Human Resource Development
jiawang@tamu.edu
(979) 862-7808
TAMU 4226