This course work covers programs ranging from Women’s and Gender Studies to Diversity Studies, even as other universities jettisons such material, an investigation from The Dallas Express revealed.
DX reached out to the following Board of Regents of the Texas Tech System to inquire about these matters.
Texas Tech University System Board of Regents
| Name | Business Background | Term Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Griffin (Chairman) | President of The Griffin Companies | January 31, 2025 |
| Ginger Kerrick Davis (Vice Chairwoman) | CSO, Barrios Technology, Ltd. | January 31, 2025 |
| Dustin R. Womble | Retired. Tyler Technologies. | January 31, 2025 |
| Arcilia Acosta | CEO of CARCON Industries and Construction | January 31, 2027 |
| Cody Campbell | Co-founder and Co-CEO of Double Eagle Energy Holdings | January 31, 2027 |
| Pat Gordon | President of Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane P.C. | January 31, 2027 |
| Clay Cash | Principal in the Cash Family Office | January 31, 2029 |
| Tim Culp | Co-owner and President of Southwest Royalties, Inc. | January 31, 2029 |
| Shelley Sweatt | CEO of The Priddy Foundation | January 31, 2029 |
| Jad Zeitouni (Student Regent) | Student Regent | May 31, 2025 |
Regents Davis and Campbell could not be contacted for comment.
To the extent that the Regent’s companies are distinct public entities from one another, and to the degree that the regents are neither retired nor students, DX reached out to their various companies for comment on why their executives are supporting institutions with woke programs, especially as leftist ideology appears to be in retreat among Texas companies and academic institutions.
Tech’s woke programming most resembled the University of Houston‘s in its focus on gender ideology over a racial politics.
Texas Tech University
| Category | Programs, Courses, and Organizations |
|---|---|
| Specialty Tracks / Other | – Interdisciplinary Diversity Studies Concentration – Focuses on race and ethnicity, gender, social class, religion, culture, and language – Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate – Women’s Studies Graduate Program |
| Minors | Women’s and Gender Studies Minor |
| Courses (Across All Levels) | – WGS 2300 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies – Ethnicity, Race, Gender in Media (Elective Option) |
These findings follow a report from The Dallas Express that identified gender ideology in both the University of Houston’s job applications and law school applications. Job applications with the university listed “They/them/theirs, ze/hir/hirs, ze/zir/zirs, [and] prefer not to say” as pronouns options.
Similarly, the law school application for the university administered by the Law School Admissions Council had “Androgyne, Demigender, Female, Genderqueer or gender fluid, Male, Non-transgender man, Non-transgender woman, Prefer not to say, Questioning or unsure, Transgender man, [and] Transgender woman,” as options at some point in the recent past.
The legal tide appears to be turning against gender ideology in Texas. In January, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a press release excoriating any public program supporting the notion that there are more than two sexes. “The State of Texas recognizes only two sexes—male and female—and sex discrimination consists in treating a member of one sex less favorably than the other, absent some pertinent difference,” Abbott’s presser states.