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