34 min
Dr. Russell Frohardt, Northwest Vista College Academic Dean
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Dr. Russell Frohardt currently serves as Dean for Academic Success at Northwest Vista College, overseeing the Science & Technology and Health & Biosciences Institutes, include the departments for Natural & Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering, and Computer Science, Technology & Business (CSTB). The CSTB Department houses all of the 15 career and technical education (CTE) programs at the college. Prior to his time at NVC, Dr. Frohardt served as Interim Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, where he held various faculty and administrative positions since joining the community in 2003.
Before his Dean role at SEU, he was an American Council on Education Fellow, hosted by Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he learned about administrative, curricular, and co-curricular practices across the country. Dr. Frohardt received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, his M.A. and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Vermont, and he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship studying the electrophysiology of head direction cells and their role in spatial navigation at Dartmouth College before coming to Texas. His research interests include the neurobiology of learning and memory, spatial navigation, sexual behavior, models of relapse and addiction, and higher education administration and strategy.
In his free time, Russ enjoys playing basketball, attending live music shows, and spending time with his friends and his wife, Dr. Fay Guarraci, and his seventeen-year-old son, Cole.
Dr. Russell Frohardt currently serves as Dean for Academic Success at Northwest Vista College, overseeing the Science & Technology and Health & Biosciences Institutes, include the departments for Natural & Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering, and Computer Science, Technology & Business (CSTB). The CSTB Department houses all of the 15 career and technical education (CTE) programs at the college. Prior to his time at NVC, Dr. Frohardt served as Interim Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, where he held various faculty and administrative positions since joining the community in 2003.
Before his Dean role at SEU, he was an American Council on Education Fellow, hosted by Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he learned about administrative, curricular, and co-curricular practices across the country. Dr. Frohardt received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, his M.A. and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Vermont, and he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship studying the electrophysiology of head direction cells and their role in spatial navigation at Dartmouth College before coming to Texas. His research interests include the neurobiology of learning and memory, spatial navigation, sexual behavior, models of relapse and addiction, and higher education administration and strategy.
In his free time, Russ enjoys playing basketball, attending live music shows, and spending time with his friends and his wife, Dr. Fay Guarraci, and his seventeen-year-old son, Cole.
34 min