Our team

Program Director

Dr. Steven Rayburn

steven.rayburn@txstate.edu

Dr. Steven Rayburn is the Interim Chair of the Department of Management, Faculty Director Service-Learning Excellence Program, a Professor of Marketing at Texas State University, and a Fulbright Specialist. Dr. Rayburn takes a pragmatic, mastery approach to teaching and has used service-learning in the classroom for over a decade. Having personally seen the benefit to students and the community, he is an avid proponent of expanding service-learning to as many courses and degree programs as possible across the university.

Graduate Assistants

Eduardo Imparato

e_i36@txstate.edu

Born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Eduardo graduated from Texas State with an undergraduate degree in Marketing and Management. He is a graduate assistant for the Service-Learning Excellence Center. His primary duties focus on managing the daily operations of the Service-Learning Excellence program and office. Eduardo is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration.

Laura Ortiz

rtp43@txstate.edu

Laura is an international student from Colombia. She has an undergraduate degree in International Business Administration, Marketing, and Logistics. Laura is a graduate assistant for the Service-Learning Excellence Center. Her primary duties relate to developing the program's communication strategy. Laura is currently a candidate for Texas State's Masters of Science in Marketing Research and Analysis.

Chitra Joshi

svb46@txstate.edu

Chitra is a graduate assistant at the Service-Learning Excellence Center, where she is primarily responsible for researching and analyzing service-learning data to evaluate its impact on students at Texas State University. She is pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science and has 6 years of professional experience in Software development.