Tammi Vacha-Haase, Ph.D.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Tammi Vacha-Haase joined the Texas A&M University-Commerce family as the new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs in the summer of 2022. Vacha-Haase comes from a background rich in research, teaching and service. She previously served as the graduate dean at Boise State University and associate graduate dean at Colorado State University. She is an advocate and active contributor to student success and retention through entrepreneurship and collaborative leadership. Vacha-Haase's top priorities include cultivating the well-being of faculty and students and fostering an enriched academic campus. She believes in transforming lives and puts this initiative at the forefront of her work each day. Vacha-Haase's clinical and research background is in psychology with an emphasis in gerontology. She has two grown children and lives in Commerce with her husband, David, and German Shepherd, Nahla.

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Texas A&M University, 1995

• M.S., Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University-Tempe, 1992

• B.S., Psychology, Arizona State University-Tempe, 1988

Academic Experience and Appointments

• Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Texas A&M University-Commerce, July 2022-Present

• Tenured Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University-Commerce, July 2022- Present

• ACE Fellow, Office of the President, Bennett College, January 2022-June 2022

• ACE Fellow, Office of the Chancellor, University of North Carolina Greensboro, August 2021-December 2021

• Tenured Full Professor, Department of Psychological Science, Boise State University, August 2016-July 2022

• Dean, Graduate College, Boise State University, August 2016-June 2022

• Associate Dean, Graduate School, Colorado State University, August 2013-July 2016

• Founding Director, Aging Clinic of the Rockies, Colorado State University, July 2011-July 2016

• Tenured Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, July 2010-July 2016

• Associate Director. Center on Aging, Colorado State University, January 2009-May 2011

• Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, July 2001-June 2010

• Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, August 1998-July 2001

• Director of Training, Counseling Psychology Division, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, May 1997-June 2006

• Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Department of Counselor Education, Western Michigan University, August 1995-August 1998

• Adjunct Instructor, Department of Psychology, Blinn Community College, August 1993-July 1995

Selected Publications

• Thompson, B., and Vacha-Haase, T. (2018). In C. Secolsky and D. B.Denison (Eds.), Handbook on Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (2nd Edition). New York, NY: Routledge.

• Vacha-Haase, T., and Duffy, M. (2012). Counseling psychologists working with older adults (pp. 480-499). In E. M. Altmaier and J. C. Hansen (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Counseling Psychology. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press.

• Vacha-Haase, T., and Thompson, B. (2004). How to estimate and interpret various effect sizes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 473-481.

• Vacha-Haase, T. and Aeling, J. (2016). Prevention and treatment: Working therapeutically with older adults (pp. 409-428). In C. L. Juntunen and D. R. Atkinson (Eds.), Counseling Across the Life Span: Prevention and Treatment (2nd Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Vacha-Haase, T. (2013). Psychological assessment with older adults (pp. 555-568). In K.F. Geisinger (Ed.), APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Vacha-Haase, T. (2011). Teaching, supervision, and the business of geropsychology (pp.143-162). In V. Molinari (Ed.), Specialty Competencies in Geropsychology. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press.