Piper Professor Committee : Faculty Senate : Texas State University

Function and Meeting Information:

Recommends to the Faculty Senate the Piper nominee to be submitted to the Provost. In addition, the committee also recommends to the Senate the recipients of the Everette Swinney Faculty Senate Excellence in Teaching Award.

The Piper Professor Committee typically meets twice in late September-mid October. Workload depends on the number of Piper applicants, usually about 15-20 hours. The chair usually spends another 2-3 hours organizing.

The committee comprises one faculty member per college, plus one former Piper Professor.

Piper Professor Award - Application Information

2026 - 2027 Members

College	Piper Professor Committee	Title, Department	Term Exp	Chair	Email
Applied Arts	Amy Benton	Professor, Social Work	2026		ab68@txstate.edu
Business	Leyuan You	Associate Professor, Finance & Economics	2027		ly17@txstate.edu
Education	Jo Beth Oestreich	Professor of Instruction, Curriculum & Instruction	2028		jo15@txstate.edu
Fine Arts and Communication	Lynn Ledbetter	Professor, Music	2028	Chair	ll09@txstate.edu
Health Professions	Michelle Galles	Assistant Professor, Nursing	2028		mag736@txstate.edu
Liberal Arts	Amy Pommerening	Professor of Instruction, Philosophy	2028*		A_P526@txstate.edu
Piper Recipient	Cindy Royal	Professor, SJMC	2027		croyal@txstate.edu
Science and Engineering	Manish Kumar	Professor of Instruction, Biology	2028		m_k135@txstate.edu