Education and Post-Graduate Training
Maureen Brown currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Interim Executive Director of the Dental Hygiene Program at the Texas A&M College of Dentistry.
Professor Brown received her Associate of Sciences from Eastfield College, Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene from Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Baylor College of Dentistry, and Master of Science in Higher Education from Texas A&M University Commerce.
She has more than 20 years of experience in clinical practice as a registered dental hygienist. She has received various awards over her tenure as a Clinical Assistant Professor with Texas A&M College of Dentistry, including the Teaching Excellence Award, Faculty Development Committee in 2024, Dental Hygiene Teacher of the Year in 2021, Student Council Persons of the Month Award in November 2020, and The Distinguished Achievement Award College Level from The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University in Fall 2019.
Professor Brown is an active member of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association, Texas Dental Hygienists’ Association, Dallas Dental Hygienists’ Association, Association for Dental Safety, Dental Hygiene Educators of Texas, International Association for Disability & Oral Health, American Dental Education Association, American Academy of Dental Hygiene, American Academy of Periodontology Dental Hygiene Recognition Program, and Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society-Beta Chapter. She also currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society-Beta Chapter, and Chair for the Dental Hygiene Educators of Texas Scholarship Committee.
She currently serves as course director for Theory of Dental Hygiene Practice II and National Board Review. Additional clinical teaching responsibilities are in Preclinical Dental Hygiene, and Clinical Dental Hygiene courses I-IV.