TAMIU Provost Dr. San Miguel Among National Higher Ed Leaders Selected for 2024 Academy for New Provosts
Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, Dr. Claudia San Miguel was selected as one of 26 outstanding national higher education leaders to participate in the 2024 Academy for New Provosts (ANP), a leadership development program designed for the specific needs of new provosts at state colleges and universities and conducted by The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).
The 2024 ANP, now in its fifth year, allows cohort members to connect with their peers as they learn strategies for tackling the distinctive challenges they face in their role. It met in Washington, D.C., Oct. 22 - 25 for an in-person gathering. The group also conducts monthly virtual learning and networking sessions. ANP is made possible partly by generous support from AASCU strategic partner Ad Astra.
ANP prepares new provosts to build trust through effective communication; strengthen their psychological and physical resilience; navigate between the president’s vision and the expectations of faculty members; integrate academic planning with budget, facility, and IT planning; manage key relationships for success; and understand principles of exemplary academic leadership, change management, and university finance and budget.
Dr. San Miguel was named TAMIU provost and vice president for Academic Affairs in July 2023.
San Miguel holds her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University. Her M.S. and B.S., also in Criminal Justice, were earned at TAMIU. Her research and areas of specialization include the administration of justice, border and homeland security, the death penalty, domestic violence, ethics, human trafficking, immigration, justice policy, juvenile delinquency/prevention, border and homeland security, law, policing, and society.
Before becoming Provost, San Miguel served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, Director of the Criminal Justice Program, and Director of the Border Studies Institute/Texas Military Forces. Her research efforts have secured over $5.7 million in external grants and she is a five-time recipient of The Texas A&M University System’s Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award.
The first female and first Hispanic President of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, she has also earned the Senator Judith Zaffirini Scholarship and Leadership Award, and the University’s Largest Sponsored Research Award.
She currently leads the University’s federally funded Center for Countering Human Trafficking, focused on conducting research to produce evidence-based curricula to help future educators and healthcare workers likely to encounter human trafficking victims in South Texas.
Dr. San Miguel has co-authored five books on criminal justice and related Constitutional issues and has taught courses in human trafficking for the U.S. State Department at the International Law Enforcement Academy.
Registration for the Wintermester and Spring 2025 at TAMIU begins Nov. 4, 2024 at 8 a.m.
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AASCU is a Washington, D.C.-based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning- and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underrepresented student populations, and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions’ economic progress and cultural development that delivers America’s promise.
