Jonathan Kotinek, Ph.D.
Director Honors Academy Division of Academic Affairs- 979-845-1957
- jkotinek@tamu.edu
- Henderson Hall
Jonathan Kotinek ‘99 serves as Director for the Honors Academy, where he has advised students since 2003. He holds both a B.A. and M.A. in English from Texas A&M University and earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology in 2013. His dissertation title was “A Narrative Examination of the Experience of Early Entrance to College.”
Kotinek has been active with the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), serving as a member of the Board of Directors from 2011-2014, as co-chair for the Diversity Issues Committee from 2006-2016, and on the Advocacy and Large Research Universities committees since 2017. He is also involved in the APLU Commission on Honors Education (CoHE) Student Engagement Committee and its USDA grant-funded “The Justice Challenge.” Kotinek co-edited two monographs for NCHC on diversity: Setting the Table for Diversity (2010) and Occupy Honors Education (2017). Kotinek is an active member of the Texas A&M Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi and was previously served two terms in a national role with Phi Kappa Phi as Vice President for Division 1, which includes large research universities across the country.
Kotinek was selected to be a Fish Camp namesake in 2007, is the recipient of a Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Grant (2013), was recognized with the Texas A&M Diversity Service Award and President's Meritorious Service Award (2011), was selected for the President's Award for Academic Advising (2013), and as a Fellow of the National Collegiate Honors Council (2023).