The office is staffed with individuals dedicated to working with faculty, staff, students, parents, and family members to ensure that each TCU student has an engaging and successful experience during their collegiate time. Our services include:

  • Student support and advocacy
  • Crisis and emergency response
  • Student conduct administration

Meet Our Staff

Karen Bell Morgan, Ph.D., Dean of Students
Role: Assist students with issues that interfere with academic and personal success, help students respond to personal emergencies, connect students to campus and community resources, and  maintain community and university standards
Education: Ph.D. in Health Studies from Texas Woman’s University; Masters of Public Health from UNT Health Science Center; B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from TCU
Favorite Quote: “She believed she could so she did.” -R.S. Grey

Jeremy Steidl, Assistant Dean of Students
Role:  Student conduct, crisis response
Education: Master of Public Administration from Georgia College & State University; B.S. in History from Jacksonville University
Favorite Quote: “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” –Mark Twain

David Cooper, Assistant Dean of Students
Dean of Students Role: Student conduct, crisis response, policy & process development and implementation
Education: M.A. Higher Education Administration from West Virginia University
Favorite Quote: “Youth is the engine of the world.” -Matisyahu

Jessica Ledbetter, Ed.D., J.D., Assistant Dean of Students
Role:  Student advocacy, manages student concerns, responds to student crises, policy and process development, student conduct
Education: Ed.D. from Texas Christian University in Higher Education Leadership; J.D. from University of Kansas School of Law; B.A. in Economics from Hillsdale Collge
Favorite Quote: “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3

Michael Mack, Assistant Dean of Students
Role:  Provides advocacy and support for students, manages student concerns, and responds to student crises
Education:  MTS in Biblical Studies, Liberty University; M.Ed. in Student Affairs Administration, Regent University; BA in Political Science, West Texas A&M University
Favorite Quote: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”—Dr. Maya Angelou

Crystal Page, Care Coordinator
Role: Assesses the care and support needs of new students in the Dean of Students Office, communicates with faculty/staff regarding student concerns
Education: M.Ed. in Counseling from TCU, B.A. in History from Texas A&M University
Favorite Quote: 
“Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9

Kathryn Quiat, Administrative Support
Education: Studied Business at Texas A&M Kingsville and Tarrant County Community College
Favorite Quote: “There is nothing new under the sun.”-Ecclesiastes 1:9