2007-2008 Academic Year Sigma Xi Officers
Dr. Beth Rinard, President (rinard.tarleton.edu)
Dr. Russell Pfau, President Elect (pfau@tarleton.edu)
Dr. Denise Martinez, Secretary (dmartinez@tarleton.edu)
Dr. Hussain Jafri, Treasurer (jafri@tarleton.edu)
Dr. Anne Spangler-McFarland, Past-President (mcfarla@tiaer.tarleton.edu)
Sigma Xi – Tarleton Members
Dr. Mircea Agapie – Computer Science
Dr. Peter Bell – Chemistry
Jessica Castaneda (student) - Biology
Dr. Don Cawthon – Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Stephenville
Amanda Charlton (student) - Biology
Dr. Boyd Collier – Accounting
Jim Goetze
Dr. Michael Hibbs – Physics; Planetarium Director
Dr. Jim Houser - TIAER
Dr. John Idoux – Executive Director - Tarleton Central Texas
Dr. Hussain Jafri – Economics; applied research in international, regional, and local agricultural economics
Dr. Don Keith – Biology; research in aquatic ecology and marine invertebrate ecology
Jonathan King (student)
Dr. Barry Lambert – Agriculture; research in animal nutrition
Dr. Bertis Little – Mathematics; research in human genetics and biology; mathematical modeling; data mining
Melina Lopez (student)
Dr. Denise Martinez – Electrical Engineering
Dr. Jimmy McCoy – Physics
Dr. Allan Nelson – Biology; research in the floristics of the Cross Timbers Region and Ozark Plateau, rapid speciation in plants
Dr. Robert Newby – Educational Administration, Counseling and Psychology; research in personality factors and sports performance and personality factors and mating behavior
Dr. Russell Pfau – Biology; research in molecular ecology and evolution