One faculty member will be elected.
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THE DEADLINE TO CAST YOUR BALLOT IS 11:59 PM, APRIL 7.
Candidates for Election to the Student Athletes and Activities Committee
Debra Cantu, Associate Professor of Practice, Educational Leadership and Policy
Joshua Childs, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy
Joshua Childs is an associate professor of education policy in the College of Education. A former Division I track & field athlete, one of Joshua's research strands focuses on the intersection of interscholastic and intercollegiate coaches' influence on student athlete experiences. Joshua currently leads a national longitudinal study on education-based athletics, surveying over 50,000 student-athletes nationwide on the role athletics play on academic, social-emotional, and mental outcomes. Joshua partners with the Texas High School Coaches Association and the Texas A&M Coaching Academy, leading an evaluation of a statewide mentoring program that was created to retain high school coaches in Texas.
Xiaofen Hamilton, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Stephen Jessee, Professor, Government
I am a professor in the Government Department studying American politics and statistical methods. I am interested in serving on the Student Athletes and Activities Committee to help ensure that UT can continue its excellence in these areas while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a top notch education and other resources to all of our student athletes.