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Portrait of Dr. Roque V Mendez

Dr. Roque V Mendez

  • Professor at Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Committee on Belonging and Cohesion. September 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Faculty meetings and PC meetings. January 15, 2021 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Psicologia Iberoamericana. October 26, 2020 - Present.
  • Member, The Monarch Center for Immigrant Research Committee. August 28, 2020 - Present.
  • Member, Academic Advisory Council for Latina/o Studies Minor Advisory Board (AACLATS). September 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Scientific Journal. January 2018 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Psychology Association. 2014 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Acta de Investigacion Psicologica. 2011 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty. 1999 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Board of the journal Revista de Psicologia Social y Personalidad. January 1988 - Present.

2026

  • Member, Psychology Graduate Program Committee. September 1, 2021 - May 15, 2026.

2023

  • Member, Faculty Senate. June 17, 2020 - May 2023.
  • Member, Texas State Family Campaign. January 2012 - May 2023.

2021

  • Member, Naming task force. September 20, 2020 - October 30, 2021.
  • Member, Excelencia in Education. March 1, 2021 - September 1, 2021.

2020

  • Member, President's Transportation Services Advisory Council. 2013 - December 31, 2020.
  • Member, Liberal Arts Graduate College Scholarship Committee. February 2008 - May 2020.
  • Chair, Colloquium Commitee. September 1, 1919 - May 15, 2020.

2019

  • Member, Department faculty meetings and faculty PC meetings. January 1, 2019 - December 2019.
  • Attendee / Participant, Phi Beta Kappa of Greater Austin. January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019.
  • Participant, Spring and Fall 2018 commencements. May 2019.
  • Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship Committee and Advisor, Phi Kappa Phi. March 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Annual Review Committee. January 2019 - March 2019.

2018

  • Advisory Board, Hispanic Policy Network. 2016 - 2018.
  • Member, Social Psychology Search Committee. September 2018 - November 2018.
  • Judge of Posters, Honors College. April 2018.

2017

  • Mentored and advised students on graduate studies opportunities, Advised students on Graduate Studies. January 1, 2017 - December 30, 2017.
  • Member, Department Curriculum Committee. 2015 - May 2017.
  • Member, Senior Lecturer Search Committee. January 2017 - March 2017.

2016

  • Appeals Reviewer, Review ticket appeals at Parking Services. 2015 - December 2016.
  • Member, Women and Gender Research Collaborative in the Center for Diversity and Gender Studies. 2013 - May 30, 2016.

2015

  • Participant, Retention Management and Planning Study. 2015.
  • Member, Department Student Awards Committee. 2014 - 2015.

2014

  • Chair, Student Awards Committee. 2014.
  • Member, Liberal Arts committee to nominate and rank nationally recognized teacher scholars to be reviewers for our 7th NEH Distinguished Teacher Professor in the Humanities. 2014.
  • Member, Multicultural and Gender Studies Women and Gender Research Collaborative. 2014.
  • Chair, Departmental Scholarship committee. 2010 - 2014.
  • Member, Allies program at Texas State. 2010 - 2014.
  • Member, Search committees. 2005 - 2014.

2013

  • Member, University Graduate Council. 2007 - 2013.

2011

  • Member, FARS (Faculty Annual Review Committee). 2011.
  • Organizer, William James scholarship fundraiser. 2011.

2010

  • Chair, FARS (Faculty Annual Review Committee). 2010.
  • Sponsor, Visiting scholar Dr. Rozzana Sanchez Aragon, from the National University in Mexico City (UNAM). 2010.
  • Member, Editorial Board of the journal Pschological Research Minutes. 2010.
  • Organizer, Organized the invitation to Dr. Rozanna Sanchez Aragon from (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) the National University in Mexico City to be a visiting scholar in our department. 2010.
  • Chair, Chair committee. 2008 - 2010.
  • Member, Chair Search Committees. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2010.

2009

  • Member, Masters Admission/Selection Committee Board. 2009.
  • Member, a Search committee in the Dept. of Family and Consumer Services, College of Applied Arts. 2009.
  • Chair, Library Committee. 2007 - 2009.
  • Member, Masters Graduate Committee. 2005 - 2009.

2008

  • Organizer, Interpersonal relationships, Culture and Health by Dr. Rolando Diaz-Loving, professor at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico). 2008.
  • Member, Masters Admission/Selection Committee Board. 2008.
  • Member, Liberal Arts College Review Group. 2008.

2007

  • Member, FARS (Faculty Annual Review Committee). 2007.
  • Member, Masters Admission/Selection Committee Board. 2007.

2006

  • Member, FARS (Faculty Annual Review Committee). 2006.

2005

  • Member, Chair Search Committees. 2005.
  • Chair, Chair committee. 2005.
  • Director, Psychology Masters Program. 2003 - 2005.

2003

  • Member, Masters Admission/Selection Committee Board. 2003.
  • Member, University Lecture/Speaker Series Committee. 2003.

2002

  • Organizer, Indigenisation of Psychology in Mexico by Dr. Rolando Diaz-Loving, professor at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico). 2002.
  • Member, University Lecture/Speaker Series Committee. 2002.
  • Member, President’s Council for Women in Higher Education. 2000 - 2002.
  • Chair, Student Research Committee. March 6, 2002.

2001

  • Member, University Lecture/Speaker Series Committee. 2001.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. 2000 - 2001.
  • Chair, Chair committee. 2000 - 2001.
  • Member, Academic Program Review Committee. 2000 - 2001.

2000

  • Member, University Lecture/Speaker Series Committee. 2000.

1999

  • Member, Texas Education Coordinating Board. 1999.
  • Member, University Lecture/Speaker Series Committee. 1999.
  • Member, University Self-Study Steering Committee. 1998 - 1999.

1998

  • Member, University Lecture/Speaker Series Committee. 1998.

1994

  • Member, Dean search committee. 1993 - 1994.
  • Organizer, Teacher student relationships and academic achievement. April 7, 1994.
  • Organizer, Factors associated with achievement in directive leaders who teach primary education. April 7, 1994.
  • Organizer, Arranged the presentation of a Mexican poet Alfonso Chavez at the Southwestern Writer's Collection. April 6, 1994.
  • Organizer, Appearance of witnesses in court: A social psychological analysis. April 6, 1994.
  • Organizer, Psychology in Mexico: training, Research and practice. April 6, 1994.
  • Organizer, Health perceptions in working women and housewives and their dual role in Mexico. April 5, 1994.

1992

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Psychology Association. 1992.
  • President, Scientific Committee 4th Congress of Social Psychology in Mexico. 1992.

1990

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Psychology Association. 1990.