Scholar Named Secretary of Higher Education for the State of New Mexico

Barbara Damron, an associate professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, is the new secretary of the Higher Education Department of the State of New Mexico. She has been on the faculty at the university since 2007. Previously, she served on the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

A native of New Orleans, Dr. Damron is a graduate of Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. She holds a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.