Educational Background:
M.S., Education, Texas A&M University International, 2019
B.A., Organizational Communications, University of Houston, 2006
A.A., Liberal Arts, Houston Community College, 2003

Theresa Chatman directs the meritorious efforts for large, multi-institutional grants for Rice’s Office of Research. She has managed numerous activities at Rice University focused on the recruitment, mentoring, and retention of students in all fields of academic pursuits, including social sciences, humanities, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She has also been instrumental in many national partnerships and events designed to support students. Her work has enabled and inspired hundreds of students to focus on their academic programs and achieve their personal and professional goals.

Through outreach programs that Theresa has helped orchestrate for several organizations and activities, such as the Rice-Houston Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), the Center for Research on Parallel Computation (CRPC), the Rice University Graduate Orientation Program, and others, Rice University has been recognized as having an outstanding percentage of Ph.D. graduates. After graduating from Rice, these students have gone on to make their own mark in their respective fields at universities, national laboratories, and in industry.

Theresa has served on several national committees to further the accomplishments of students, including the GEM Board of Directors and others. She has also helped lead efforts that secured national grants for overarching programs to support students and provide resources for institutions that are dedicated to student success.

For many successful students, Theresa was one of their strongest supporters and a safety net for their early academic experience. Her passion and compassion for the student experience is both well known and appreciated by her colleagues and the students whose lives she has touched.