Innovation Fellows at West Houston Institute
Welcome Our 2026 Innovation Fellows!
Aug 29, 2025
We are very excited to welcome our 2026 Innovation Fellows! This year marks our eighth cohort with over 100 full-time faculty and staff successfully completing the program and more than forty departments and program areas represented. Our new cohort adds nine new departments and programs who will now be represented. Innovation Fellows continues to truly define "Innovation at the Intersections"!
2026 Innovation Fellows
- L. Renée Alsander, Executive Assistant, Office of General Counsel
- Nadiah Ammar, Faculty, Intensive English
- Adriana Arevalo, Coordinator, Training Academy
- Nicole Barnett, College Operations Officer, College Operations
- Mayyada Chami, Faculty, Psychology
- Emily Chavez, Instructional Designer, Teaching & Learning Innovation
- David Hale, Faculty, English
- Crystal Hetrick, Faculty, World Languages
- Cindy Manjounes, Interim Director, Student Success
- Maria Clara Mattos do Nascimento, Faculty, Interior Design
- Javier Perez, Library Assistant, Libraries
- Katherine Rangel, Program Coordinator, Pastry Arts
- Reem Salim, Faculty, Engineering
More Information
The West Houston Institute Innovation Fellows program is a year-long cohort program for full-time faculty and staff designed to facilitate the development of individual creativity that leads to the innovation of professional practices and generates meaningful change across the institution. Applications to the program are accepted during the Spring semester. The program runs September-May during the academic year. For questions, you can contact WHI Director, Jordan Carswell, at jordan.carswell@hccs.edu.
Watch this episode of HCCTV Up to the Minute to learn more about Innovation Fellows: