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Service

Rebeca A. Cooper, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor


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  • Dissertation Chair, 11 doctoral candidates, Department of Educational Leadership (2026–present)
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Co-Chair, and Methodologist, 9 doctoral candidates (2025–present)
  • Course Lead, EDUD 6355 Educational Research Methods, all five sections (Fall 2026)
  • Course Lead, EDUD 6356 Quantitative Research Methods, all five sections (Spring 2026)
  • Course Lead, EDUD 6307 Global Educational Leadership and Policy (Spring 2026)
  • Course design and redesign, EDUD 6357 Qualitative Research Methods, with Dr. Daryl Ann Borel (Fall 2026)
  • Presenter, Department of Educational Leadership Symposium, "The Human + AI Advantage: Elevating Feedback to Transform Doctoral Writing" (October 2025)

Texas A&M University-Texarkana

  • Department Chair, Educational Leadership (2023–2024)
  • Department Chair, Teacher Preparation and Professional Education (2023–2024)
  • Coordinator, Scholars of Practice Doctoral Program (2023–2025)
  • Developed recruiting tools with program coordinators to streamline recruitment and increase enrollment across Superintendent, Principal, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Doctoral programs

College

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  • Co-facilitator, Faculty AI Community of Practice Summer Series, two of five sessions, sponsored by University Innovation and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (Summer 2026)

Texas A&M University-Texarkana

  • Ad-Interim Division Chair, Education (2023–2025)
    Developer and host, ABOTA Teachers Law School Conference (2022–2025)
    US Prep Data Lead, Teacher Preparation Program (2022)
    Participant, Texas A&M University System Chancellor's Summit on Education (2021, 2022)
    Member, various faculty hiring committees

University

  • Texas A&M University-Texarkana
  • Chair, Faculty Research and Professional Development (FRED) Committee (2021–2023). Led restructuring of committee guidelines, rubric, communication systems, and proposal submission process; facilitated open forum for faculty feedback; met with Faculty Senate President, Provost, and Associate Provost to strengthen program management
  • Senator, Faculty Senate (2021–2023)
  • Member, Strategic Planning Committee (2024–2025)
  • Member, Faculty Welfare Committee (2021–2022)
  • Member, Technology Committee (2020–2022)
  • Member, Tenure and Promotion Standardization Committee
  • Member, Academic Affairs Faculty TaskStream Taskforce
  • Selection Committee Member, American Association of State Colleges and Universities Student Success Equity Intensive
  • Panelist, New Faculty Orientation
  • Panelist, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects

Community

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  • Nederland ISD, ongoing district research support and OnTarget implementation (2025–present)
  • Alvarado ISD, ongoing district support and training (2025–2026)
  • Gilmer ISD, district support and training (2025)
  • Chapel Hill ISD, dashboard review and implementation support (2025)

Texas A&M University-Texarkana (2021–2025)

  • Shepherd ISD, year-long district partnership with Superintendent Jason Hewitt. Collaborated with teachers and administrators to develop valid and reliable assessments and to build data analysis systems for the Teacher Incentive Allotment
  • District research and consultation partnerships with Paris ISD, Chapel Hill ISD (Mt. Pleasant), Lamesa ISD, Whitehouse ISD, Comal ISD, and Burleson ISD
  • Professional learning delivered through education service centers in nearly every region of Texas (2021–2023)
  • Professional
  • Conference Chair, 2026 East Texas ABOTA Teachers Law School Conference on Education & the Law (June 2026). Five host sites plus virtual delivery; 597 educators registered from 282 districts and education entities; mean evaluation 4.56 out of 5.00
  • Planning Committee Chair, ABOTA Teachers Law School, American Board of Trial Advocates (June 2025–present)
  • Proposal Reviewer, Learning Exchange Sessions, 2026 Convening, Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (2026)
  • Peer Reviewer, Journal of Innovations in Education and Human Development: Research and Practice