Tammy Wyatt, Ph.D.
Senior Vice Provost for Student Success & Provost Fellow, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Jeff & Loretta Clarke Endowed Mental Health Chair
Professor
Contact
- MB 3.212
- 210-458-5717
- tammy.wyatt@utsa.edu
Bio
Tammy Jordan Wyatt, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio, where she also serves as Senior Vice Provost for Student Success, Provost Fellow, and the Jeff and Loretta Clarke Endowed Mental Health Chair. A nationally recognized scholar-practitioner, her work connects student success, wellbeing, educational innovation, and institutional transformation across the P–20 continuum, from early education through postsecondary study.
Dr. Wyatt’s scholarship is grounded in the premise that health and wellbeing are foundational to learning and academic success. Her research examines how educational systems, policies, and coordinated support structures foster student thriving, belonging, persistence, and achievement while strengthening pathways to degree completion and future readiness. Her work includes the experiences of first-generation students and students facing financial or academic challenges, generating evidence-based strategies that remove barriers to learning and support student success. Her scholarly contributions span research on mental health and academic performance, institutional approaches to student thriving, faculty–student engagement, and nationally implemented K–8 health education curricula.
A faculty member since 2003 and former middle school teacher, Dr. Wyatt bridges research, policy, and practice through her academic leadership. She advances university-wide initiatives in academic support, curricular innovation, faculty engagement, career-engaged learning, and data-informed institutional improvement. Her leadership connects academic preparation with experiential learning and workforce-relevant credentials, helping students develop the skills, confidence, and adaptability needed for meaningful careers and lifelong learning. Through her scholarship and practice, she advances supportive educational environments where students and educators can thrive. She earned her Ph.D. in Health Education from The University of Texas at Austin.
