About the Ombudspersons

He/Him/His

Appointed: June 2022 (Term Expires August 2025)

Dr. Jewell earned a BA in Economics from Pepperdine University and a MA and PhD in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Before joining Texas State University as the Chair of the Department of Finance and Economics in 2014, Dr. Jewell worked at the University of North Texas, where he was Chair of the Department of Economics from 2010 to 2014. While at Texas State, Dr. Jewell has also served as the Associate Dean of Research and International Programs in the McCoy College of Business and as the Interim Chair of the Department of Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. Dr. Jewell's main research areas are Health Economics (especially International Health) and Sports Economics (especially the Labor Market of Professional Sports).

She/Her/Hers

Appointed: June 2022 (Term Expires August 2025)

Dr. Colleen C. Myles, a first-generation college student, has a BA in Liberal Studies and Political Science from Sonoma State University of California, Davis. Dr. Myles served as an AmeriCorps Volunteer as an undergraduate and then as a Community-Based Natural Resources Manager in Tanzania with the Peace Corps following graduation. Dr. Myles came to Texas State University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies in 2013 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. She is currently the Regional Councilor for the Southwest on the National Council for the American Association of Geographers and is the former Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee at Texas State University. Dr. Myles is a human geographer and political ecologist whose research and teaching focus on land and environmental management, sustainability, food and agriculture, and fermented landscapes.