Dr. Elizabeth Brown-Guillory is Distinguished Professor of Theatre, Associate Provost/AVP for Academic and Faculty Affairs, and Interim Dean of the Thomas F. Freeman Honors College at Texas Southern University (TSU), where she has served since 2009. As associate provost, she collaborates with senior leadership to synergistically link academic affairs to non-academic units. She is the University’s liaison to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and oversees the development and assessment of academic programs. As interim dean of the Honors College, she is responsible for recruiting, retaining, and graduating some of the most intellectually gifted students from across the nation and around the world. Prior to joining TSU, Dr. Brown-Guillory was employed as a professor of English for twenty-one years at the University of Houston (UH). She has over the course of her career at four different institutions won five teaching excellence awards, published four books, ten plays, and numerous scholarly articles as well as delivered over 200 lectures nationally and internationally. Dr. Brown-Guillory holds a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in English with thirty-five years of experience as a theatre scholar and practitioner.