Dr. Adolfo Santos is the first Assistant Provost of the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen. Dr. Santos received his Ph.D. from the University of Houston, and baccalaureate degree from the University of Houston – Downtown. In 2006, he authored Do Members of Congress Reward Their Future Employers? Evaluating the Revolving Door Syndrome.Dr. Santos was also the co-author of Texas Politics Today and American Government and Politics Today: Texas Editionand has written on minority representation in corporate and political institutions, education policy, and local and state elections.
Dr. Santos was previously the Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Houston - Downtown (UHD) between 2006 to 2011 and later served as the Special Assistant to the President and Chief Liaison Officer. Then, he had the pleasure of serving as the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), a position he held for five years and led more than 200 faculty members in over thirteen different disciplines. He was also an American Council on Education Fellow between 2011-2012 and was also a 2012 American Association of State Colleges and Universities' Millennium Leadership Initiative Protégé.
Dr. Santos has served on the boards of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Children at Risk, the Education Foundation of Harris County, and the Houston Hispanic Forum. Dr. Santos has also been appointed to several committees by City of Houston Mayor Anise Parker.
