Vice President for Academic Success

crincones-360.jpgDr. Cassie Rincones earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Texas A&M University-Kingsville and holds a Master of Arts degree in Politics and History from the same institution. Rincones also earned a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University specializing in U.S./Comparative Border Studies, the first Chicana to earn a PhD in History from Texas A&M University. She began her career as an History instructor at South Texas College teaching U.S. and Mexican American history and then transitioned to an Associate Professor of History position at Lone Star College-Kingwood (LSCK). In 2016, she began her career in administration, serving as Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at LSCK and would later serve as Interim Vice President of Student Success. She went on to serve as the inaugural Hispanic-Serving Institution Director at Texas A&M University in College Station before arriving at San Antonio College.

Dr. Rincones was awarded the TACHE Mentor of the Year in 2022, the Catarino and Evangelina Hernández Research Fellowship in Latino History, the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute Fellow Award by Texas A&M University, and the distinguished Chancellor’s Dissertation Research Grant by Lone Star College. She is also an inaugural Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) Career Leadership Development Institute fellow (2019) and currently serves on the TACHE state board as Gulf Coast Region Co-Representative.

Dr. Rincones is a proven higher education leader with comprehensive experience in administration, instructional program planning and assessment, enrollment and retention, faculty affairs, staff and faculty mentoring, Dual Credit programming, and academic initiatives. She has extensive experience teaching U.S. History, Texas history, and Mexican American history courses and specializes in 18th and 19th century Tejana history. Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, Dr. Rincones has a passion for helping students from marginalized and minoritized backgrounds.

Deans

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Dean of Academic Support Programs

Clare Iannelli
(210) 486-0955
ciannelli@alamo.edu

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Dean for Academic Success

Dr. Jonathan Lee
(210) 486-1097
jlee@alamo.edu
Profile

 

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Dean for Academic Success

Dr. Sitakanta Mohanty
(210) 486-0954
smohanty1@alamo.edu

 

 

 

Chairs


Val Calvert

Chair,
Business and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Val Calvert
(210) 486-0190
vcalvert@alamo.edu
Curriculum Vitae

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Chair,
The Arts

Kevin Conlon
(210) 486-0494
kconlon3@alamo.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Lisa Coronado

Chair,
Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Studies

Lisa Coronado
(210) 486-1094
lcoronado41@alamo.edu
Curriculum Vitae

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Chair,
Mathematics,
Engineering,
and Computer Information Systems

Dr. Henry Griffith
(210) 486-1305
hgriffith5@alamo.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Chair,
English,
Humanities,
and Education

Dr. Erik Hillskemper
(210) 486-0680
ehillskemper@alamo.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Leonard Lira

Chair,
Public Policy and Service

Dr. Leonard Lira
(210) 486-1321
llira20@alamo.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Mary Mena

Interim Chair,
Allied Health, Kinesiology, and Mortuary Science

Mary Mena
(210) 486-1136
mmena@alamo.edu

Chair,
Languages and Philosophy

Alaina Webb
(210) 486-1105
awebb54@alamo.edu
Curriculum Vitae

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Chair,
Natural Sciences

Dr. David Wood
(210) 486-0063
dwood30@alamo.edu

 

 

 

Directors

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Academic Program Director, Academic Success

Gwyn Hagenbuch
(210) 486-0923
ghagenbuch@alamo.edu

Tonya Maunsell

Director, Academic Success Centers & SACMEN

Geraldo Guerra
(210) 486-0164
gguerra@alamo.edu
website (Academic Success Tutoring Centers)
website (SACMEN)

Dr. Joan Jaimes

Director, High School Programs – Dual Credit and Early College Programs

Dr. Lillian R. Porter
(210) 486-0911
lporter34@alamo.edu
website

Dr. Lillian R. Porter

Director, Honors Academy 

Laurie Lopez Coleman
(210) 486-00663
lcoleman@alamo.edu
website

Laurie Lopez Coleman

Director, Law Enforcement Academy

Rolando Barrientez
(210) 486-987
rbarrientez4@alamo.edu
website

Frank L. Poyner

Director, Learning Resources/Library

Lee LeBlanc
(210) 486-0560
lleblanc7@alamo.edu
website

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San Antonio College Mortuary – Funeral Director in Charge

Jennifer R. Floyd
(210) 486-1025
jfloyd33@alamo.edu

Tonya Maunsell

Executive Director, Nursing Education ADN

Dr. Tonya Maunsell
(210) 486-1178
tdaves@alamo.edu
website

Rocio Antillon

Academic Program Director, Nursing Education ADN and BSN

Rocio Antillon
(210) 486-1190
rantillon@alamo.edu
website (ADN)
website (BSN)

Eve Rodriguez

Executive Director, Nursing Education BSN

Dr. Eve Rodriguez
(210) 486-1217
erodriguez43@alamo.edu
website

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Director, Project BUILD Grant

Christopher Saldivar
(210) 486-0932
csaldivar32@alamo.edu
website

Lee LeBlanc

Director, First Responders Academy

Frank L. Poyner
(210) 486-0097
fpoyner@alamo.edu

 

Rocio Antillon

Director, Teaching and Learning

Dr. Joan Jaimes
(210) 486-0413
jjaimes23@alamo.edu
website

 

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Coordinator, Student Development

Julie Engel
(210) 486-0340
jengel2@alamo.edu

 

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Director, Student Success

Mona Aldana-Ramirez
(210) 486-1419
maldana-ramirez@alamo.edu

 

 

 

Staff

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Coordinator of Student Success

Sophie Caldera-Castaneda, M.A.
(210) 486-0168
scaldera-castane@alamo.edu

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Administrative Assistant

Teresa Cabello
(210) 486-0953
tsiller2@alamo.edu