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Professorships and Fellowships for 2025-2026

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Office of the President, Dr. Richard Walker

September 10, 2025

Dear Faculty and Staff: 

I am pleased to announce the following faculty recipients of Professorships and Fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year. To learn more about a recipient, please click on their name. 
  
I would like to thank the faculty and academic administrators at the college level who nominated faculty for these recognitions and the faculty who served in an advisory capacity in helping to formulate the recommendations.

Professorships

  • The UHCL Distinguished Professorship in Management Information Systems:
    Douglas Steel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, College of Business
  • The Sandy Johnson/Barrios Technology, Ltd. Professorship in Educational Leadership:
    Jennifer Grace, Ph.D.    , Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, College of Education
  • The Dr. Sandra Mossman Endowed Professorship in Educational Leadership:
    Roberta Raymond, Ed.D.    , Associate Professor of Literacy, Language Arts, and Literature Studies, College of Education
  • Marilyn Mieszkuc Memorial Professorship in Women's Studies:
    Christal Seahorn, Ph.D.    , Associate Professor of Writing, College of Human Sciences and Humanities
  • Distinguished Professorship in Computer Science and Engineering:
    Khondker Shajadul Hasan, Ph.D.    , Associate Professor of Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering
  • Distinguished Professorship in Computer Science and Engineering:
    Xiaokun Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, College of Science and Engineering

Fellowships

  • The Barrios Technology Faculty Fellowship: 
    Scott Buckel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering
  • The Anthony and Barbara Lekkos Endowment for Computing Programs: 
    Pavan Poudel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering

Congratulations to all of the recipients of UH-Clear Lake’s Professorships, Fellowships, and Endowments. Your scholarship, teaching, and service exemplify the very best of our university and help drive our shared mission forward.

Sincerely,
 
Richard Walker, Ed.D.
President