Jarett Lujan, Ph.D.

AVP of Conference

Council Term: 2023-2026

Dr. Jarett Lujan is higher education professional from Marfa, TX. He graduated from Marfa High School in Spring of 2012. He is a 2016, 17, and 19 graduate of Angelo State University (ASU). There he served as Student Body President and ran Track & Field. After graduating with his degree in Biology in 2016, Dr. Lujan entered the higher education profession as an Admissions Counselor serving the West Texas Region for Angelo State.

In 2017 he was appointed as the first Hispanic Student Regent of the Texas Tech University System. During this service, he was selected as the Coordinator for Student Activities and managed the Greek Life and Homecoming programs at Angelo State. In 2019, he left ASU to pursue his Ph.D. in Higher Education Research at Texas Tech University. His expertise and dedication to the work of servingness, particularly at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI), is seen through his scholarship and service to minoritized populations across higher education institutions.

Dr. Lujan now is a HSI scholar practitioner focusing on the experiences of Latina/o/x students on HSI campuses and how these campuses should be intentionally serving these students. Currently, he now serves as the inaugural Director of HSI Initiatives at his alma mater, Texas Tech University.