Provost Faculty Fellows
Provost Faculty Fellows are Texas Tech faculty members who contribute their expertise, leadership and service to initiatives that support faculty success across the university. Fellowships provide opportunities for faculty to work across colleges, academic units and university offices on projects that strengthen faculty development, professional connections and institutional effectiveness.
About the Program
The Provost Faculty Fellows program connects faculty leadership with university priorities that affect faculty recruitment, retention, advancement and professional success.
Faculty Fellows work with university leaders, faculty groups and campus offices on projects that benefit faculty across disciplines and career stages. Their work may include developing programs, gathering faculty feedback, supporting institutional initiatives and strengthening connections among faculty and university resources.
Faculty Leadership & Service
Fellowships give faculty an opportunity to contribute to institutional work beyond their home academic units while bringing faculty perspectives directly into university-level initiatives.
Areas of Focus
Faculty Fellows may support initiatives in several areas of faculty success, including:
- Faculty advancement and career development
- Faculty recruitment and retention
- Mentoring and professional connections
- Outreach and engagement
- Faculty wellbeing and professional support
- Institutional programs and initiatives affecting faculty
Specific fellowship responsibilities may vary depending on university priorities and the expertise of the faculty member serving in the role.
Current Faculty Fellows
Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo joined Texas Tech in 2006 and is the C.R. Hutcheson Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. She founded and directs the Texas Tech Cross-Cultural Studies Program and the Youth Development Online master's program.
Her research focuses on adolescent development, toxic stress, trauma and resilience among racial and ethnic minority and vulnerable youth using cross-cultural and cross-national approaches. She has worked with community, state, national and international partners for more than 20 years to support youth wellbeing and positive development.
Trejos-Castillo has edited two books and published more than 50 research papers and book chapters in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Her work has received support from organizations including the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Administration on Children, Youth & Families, as well as international research organizations.
She has received two Fulbright awards and has served as the Texas Tech Fulbright Liaison with the Office of International Affairs since 2019.
Raegan Higgins
Raegan Higgins joined Texas Tech in 2008 and is an associate professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
Her work includes education, training and mentorship initiatives supporting women in STEM. Through programs such as Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education and the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridges Across Texas grant, she has worked to strengthen pathways into undergraduate and graduate STEM education and expand leadership opportunities in mathematics.
Higgins' research focuses on the calculus of time scales, including oscillation criteria for linear and nonlinear second-order dynamic equations. Her interests also include applications to mathematical biology and issues affecting preservice teachers' ability to teach mathematics.
She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics, with a minor in computer science, from Xavier University of Louisiana and master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Faculty Success Resources
Faculty Fellows are one part of the broader programs and resources coordinated through the Office of Faculty Success. Explore additional opportunities for faculty development, support and professional connection.
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