9 p.m.
Congratulations, Dr. Flowers!
Gerald Juhnke, Ed.D., LPC, NCC, MAC, ACS
Professor/ACA Fellow/AAMFT Clinical Fellow
Board Certified in General Counseling
Board Certified in Addictions Counseling
Board Certified in Clinical Supervision
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From: Laura Earleywine <Laura.Earleywine(a)utsa.edu> on behalf of Mario Torres
<mario.torres2(a)utsa.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 2, 2022 3:38 PM
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Cc: Mario Torres <mario.torres2(a)utsa.edu>; Elizabeth Castillo
<elizabeth.castillo(a)utsa.edu>
Subject: [Coehd] New ELPS Department Chair announcement
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I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Dr. Alonzo Flowers as Department Chair for
the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department.
Dr. Flowers currently serves as Associate Professor in Higher Education and Student
Affairs and Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Drexel University. He is
an accomplished scholar with over 20 peer refereed journal articles, 2 books, and numerous
book chapters. Dr. Flowers is an experienced scholar at an R1 institution, Drexel
University, with a strong research profile. You may be aware that Dr. Flowers hails from
San Antonio, attended Jefferson HS and UTSA, and has a deep commitment to Latinx
communities; plus he is quite familiar with the city and South Texas. During his on campus
interview, Dr. Flowers elaborated on the many ways UTSA COEHD departments could be
leveraging national grants now that it is an R1 institution. Dr. Flowers identifies as a
P-20 Educator with particular expertise in higher education. This includes practical and
administrative experiences within K-12 (serving as a former teacher), Community College
(specifically as a practitioner at Alamo Colleges), and undergraduate and graduate
postsecondary higher education. He is especially interested in developing a curriculum
pipeline from undergraduate programs to the master’s in Higher Ed Student Affairs
program.
In my communication with Dr. Flowers, he expressed his sincere appreciation and gratitude
for this opportunity to advance a department that is “committed to advancing equity and
justice in society through educational change.” Dr. Flowers shared the following: “ I am
committed to furthering the collective goals of building a culturally diverse, anti-racist
pedagogy, and an inclusive educational environment within the UTSA campus community. In
addition, I will work to amplify the voices of all members of the department by fostering
an environment that supports equity, advocacy, and opportunities for professional growth.
Thus, my aim as department chair is to build on the current departmental vision of
culturally diverse and excellence in educational change by problematize the status quo and
existing policy that impact underrepresented and systemically minoritized college
students, faculty members, staff, and community stakeholders that are often unrecognized
and often omitted from the educational landscape. As such, I have an unwavering commitment
to supporting any efforts to cultivate community outreach, justice-oriented programs and
curriculum development that promotes inclusivity as a foundational principle of all
aspects of strategic planning.”
I am thrilled for what the future holds for ELPS under his leadership.
Mario Torres, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Education and Human Development
President's Distinguished Professorship
The University of Texas at San Antonio
