UT Tyler Professor Appointed to National Advisory Board

August 11, 2025 | Hannah Buchanan

Dr. Tammy Cowart, professor of business law and chair of the accounting, finance and business law department at The University of Texas at Tyler, has been selected to serve a two-year term on the National High School Ethics Bowl Advisory Board.

As a board member, she will contribute her insights and expertise to NHSEB’s operations and advise on the development of new initiatives to shape the future of the National High School Ethics Bowl.

The annual ethics bowl is a competitive and collaborative event in which students discuss real-life ethical issues. In her role as the UT Tyler Center for Ethics associate director, Cowart has helped organize a regional competition for high schoolers in Texas at UT Tyler since 2012.

“We congratulate Tammy on her appointment to this advisory board, ” said Dr. Krist Swimberghe, dean of the UT Tyler Soules College of Business. “She will bring a wealth of knowledge and insight, and I am confident she will represent the college and university undoubtably well.”

Cowart joined UT Tyler in 1999 as an adjunct faculty/senior lecturer before joining the full-time faculty in 2008. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University–College Station. Her memberships include the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics and the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

At UT Tyler, she teaches various courses including business and professional ethics, negotiation and conflict resolution, and the business legal environment.

With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.