Todd Chambers, Ph.D.

Todd Chambers, Ph.D. serves as assistant vice provost for Academic & Career Advising at Texas Tech University. As part of the Academic Innovation & Student Success team, he provides strategic leadership for university-wide academic and career advising initiatives that support student success, enhance the student experience and strengthen pathways from enrollment to career readiness. His areas of responsibility include the University Career Center, University Advising (Explore Advising and Pre-Professional Health Careers) and the Office for Advising Excellence. 

Chambers works collaboratively across the institution to advance advising strategy, student engagement, career development and the use of data-informed practices and emerging technologies to improve student outcomes and operational effectiveness.

Prior to his current role, Chambers served as associate dean of undergraduate affairs and department chair in the College of Media & Communication. In those positions, he led initiatives focused on recruitment, retention, advising, outreach, student engagement and career placement. He also helped launch student media initiatives, including The Hub@TTU and Double T Insider. 

As an associate professor at the College of Media & Communication, Chambers has taught 23 different undergraduate and graduate courses since joining Texas Tech in 1999. He is a member of the Teaching Academy and received the 2019 Barry Sherman Teaching Award from the Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Division of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. His research and teaching interests include media management and economics, communication industries and the intersection of media, technology and organizational change. 

Chambers earned a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Tennessee, as well as both a Master of Arts in mass communication and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Texas Tech. 

A first-generation college student from Brownfield, Texas, Chambers has served Texas Tech University as a student, staff member and faculty member. His wife, Barbie Chambers, Ph.D., is also a Texas Tech faculty member, and both of their daughters, Emily and Macy, earned undergraduate degrees from Texas Tech.