Melissa Laussmann is the academic counselor for Geosciences, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, & Pre-Professionals at McCoy College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering.

An alumna of Midwestern State University, Laussmann serves as a member of the McCoy College Council, Academic Advising Committee, Texas Academic Advising Network, Joint Admission Medical Program, and Health Professions Advisory Committee. She has a B.A. and M.A. in English with minors in Public Relations and Advertising and Professional and Technical Writing.

Laussmann is an award-winning poet and Touchstone Award nominee. She enjoys reading fiction and non-fiction and her research interests include ecocriticism and classic Asian poetics. She received the award for "Outstanding Graduate Woman" in 2018, as well as the "Outstanding English Student," and Vinson Creative Writing Award in 2015 for her poem, "Song of the Sufi." In 2023, Laussmann won first place for the adult poetry category for "A Day at the Rhine" and is featured in NCTC's annual creative writing journal Sonder, Volume One.