David Lydic attended Brazosport High school on the Texas coast and is proud that his first college degree is an Associate’s. He received a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974, a Master’s in English from the University of Houston in 1976, and a PhD in English Education from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.

While working on his PhD, teaching part-time at Austin Community College and San Antonio College gave him a taste for teaching students at a two-year college. He has now taught English at ACC for 36 years.

He has had the good fortune to hold a variety of positions at Austin Community College: department chair of English, Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities, Interim Dean of Communications, the college’s first Director of Faculty Development, Special Assistant to the President, and president of the Faculty Senate.

He has been involved with regional and national professional organizations for many years, and regularly attends and presents at national conferences.

Teaching is where his heart is. To channel Lou Gehrig, David considers himself to be the luckiest man on the face of the earth to have been able to make a career in teaching at a community college.