Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
asdar@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3550, +1 512 471 4206, +1 512 471 7531

Expertise: Gender; health; development; labor history; political movements (including Islamic groups); Political Economy; post-colonialism; urban social histories, popular culture; historiography; memory; liberalism; Middle East; South Asia

Director, Microelectronics Research Center, Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
banerjee@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6730, +1 512 924 4799

Expertise: Ultra-high vacuum and remote plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition; Silicon-germanium-carbon heterostructure MOSFETs and nanostructures; Ultra-shallow junction technology; Semiconductor device modeling

Director, Landmarks Public Art Program, College of Fine Arts
abober@landmarksut.org
+1 512 415 7392, +1 512 495 4315

Expertise: art museums, museum administration, arts administration, museum directorship, museum studies, contemporary art, public art, art in public spaces, collections, collections management, UT special collections

Research Associate Professor, Office of the Associate Dean for Research
elisa.borah@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Military social work, mental health, treatment for PTSD, behavioral health, evidence-based interventions.

Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
cpbrown@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2288

Expertise: Researches how early childhood stakeholders respond to and conceptualize policies affecting the the complex educational, cultural, and individual goals and aspirations of teachers, children, and their families.

Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
courtney.byrd@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9426

Expertise: Communication disorder; causes and therapies of childhood stuttering; adulthood stuttering; linguistic processing; motor planning; fluency disorders; voice disorders; speech disfluencies; speech-language contributions to childhood stuttering; innovative treatment; bilingualism and multiculturalism in speech-language pathology; accessible clinical training tools

Director of the Texas Center for Equity Promotion, School of Social Work
esther.calzada@austin.utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Latino children, parenting, academic achievement, mental health, immigration, acculturation

Department Chair, Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
scavanagh@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8319

Expertise: Families, Family Demography, Life Course & Human Development, Gender, Interpersonal Relationships, Adolescents, Young Adulthood during economic/cultural change, Family relationships, Census, Race/Ethnicity and Family change

Other University Affiliate, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
richard.chuchla@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9510
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Graduate studies were focused on igneous processes, magmatism and related formation of ore deposits. Professional career included exploration for base and precious metal ore deposits, coal assessment and development, and research, exploration and development in the upstream sector of the oil and gas business. Managerial positions led to development of skills in commercial analysis, strategic planning and valuation. Concurrently, led numerous teams negotiating new contracts which led to a strong grounding in analysis of fiscal regimes and petroleum contracts. Familiar with many of the world's basins and experienced in both conventional deepwater and unconventional resources. Remain very interested in the technology of extractive industries and related commercial and policy issues. As Director of the Energy and Earth Resources graduate program, my personal learning objective is to broaden and deepen my understanding of renewable resources. Have a personal passion regarding the workings of the creative process and how it is impeded. Wrote a widely read internal company newsletter called Creative Contemplations.

Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
ncooc@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7923

Expertise: Explores how family background, culture, and school contextual factors influence decisions and trajectories within special education.

Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
rdailey@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4867, +1 512 471 5251

Expertise: family communication; dating relationships

Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
erindonovan@utexas.edu

Expertise: How people reveal and conceal illness, such as cancer or HIV/AIDS, among friends and family, the ways people manage information about their illness, topic avoidance as a cancer coping mechanism, health communication and psychology. Interpersonal health communication; how people communicatively cope with illness, stress, and uncertainty

Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work
mfaulkner@mail.utexas.edu

Expertise: Child welfare, child and family policy, foster care, teen pregnancy prevention, Latino families

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Special Education, College of Education
tinafragale@utexas.edu

Expertise: Works with culturally diverse individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders to assess and treat challenging behavior.

Professor, School of Social Work
cfranklin@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0533

Expertise: School mental health, Solution-focused Brief Therapy, dropout prevention, at-risk youth, research on how to design schools that promote achievement and a safe, respectful and violent free culture.

Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
jennifer-glass@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8355

Expertise: Work and family issues, telecommuting and new labor practices, STEM labor force retention

Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
tgreen@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Examines principals and school-community engagement/community development and issues of educational equity and opportunity.

Curator, Ichthyology, College of Natural Sciences
deanhend@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9774

Expertise: Hendrickson focuses on the ecology and evolutionary history of fishes, primarily in the arid southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Director, South Asia Institute, Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
akbarhyder@utexas.edu

Expertise: Islam in South Asia, Urdu language and literature, Aesthetics in South Asian and the Middle East

Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
mjustiz@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1695

Expertise: Bringing the experience of 28 years as dean of the College of Education, Justiz shares his expertise in topics of public policy, the politics of education, and providing equal access for minorities in education.

Professor of Practice, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
alewis615@utexas.edu
+1 512 656 0507

Expertise: Documentary filmmaking

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
leigh.linden@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8556

Expertise: Economic development; poor countries; economics of education

Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
lindstrom@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4936

Expertise: Gender and the Study of Latin American Literature, Latin American Jewish Studies, On-Line Scholarly Resources, and Sociology of the Arts, Comparative study of Jewish life in the Americas (Latin America, United States, Canada)

Professor, School of Social Work
smagana@austin.utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, health disparities, evidence-based interventions, culturally relevant interventions, Hispanic families

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
roselia.mendezmurillo@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: conducting qualitative work; particularly conducting interviews with Latina/o/x/e families; stress, resilience, thriving of Latinx families within the context of language brokering; undocumented status; living separated due to migration reasons

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
lmonnat@utexas.edu

Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
cmuller@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8377

Expertise: The effects of family, community, education policy and health behaviors on education and the transition to adulthood; STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) preparation and careers

Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
nik@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Mental health; how communication effects psychological wellbeing; cyberbullying; how people respond to fact-checking of information and misinformation online

Professor, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
raizen@physics.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0883, +1 512 471 4753

Expertise: Atomic physics; laser cooling of atoms; trapping atoms; methods for enriching stable isotopes; desalination of water; energy efficient lighting; molecular motion; materials science; quantum optics; laser optics.

Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
pjraval@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4071

Expertise: filmmaker; subcultures and identities

Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate College, Undergraduate College
richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7551, +1 512 475 8587

Expertise: Examines the experiences of faculty of color at predominantly White institutions; mentoring relationships between faculty and Black students; and work-life balance in academia.

Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
regnerus@prc.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6307

Expertise: Sexual behavior, religion, and family

Professor, School of Nursing
ellerew@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7595, +1 512 471 7941

Expertise: Adolescent health, sexual health practices of homeless youth, sexual abuse and long-term sequelae, education for underserved populations, intuition in decision-making

Department Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
preyes@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8569
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: I study student success for children experiencing poverty. I analyze how school leadership and state policy facilitate student success across the education pipeline.

Counseling Psychology Area Chair, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
arochlen@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0361, +1 512 471 4409

Expertise: Research focuses on men and traditional masculinity, with a particular emphasis on men's mental health, depression, help-seeking patterns, and their underutilization of counseling services. <em>Note: Dr. Rochlen will not be taking new students for the 2024 academic year.</em>

Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
erodriguez@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0283
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Dr. Erin Rodríguez studies family, sociocultural, and contextual influences on children’s development and health outcomes, with a focus on understanding and reducing health disparities affecting low-SES Latinx youth. <em>Dr. Rodríguez will be reviewing applications in anticipation of taking a student for Fall 2024.</em>

Director, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
david.ryfe@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: history and sociology of news; American political communication; public deliberation

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
jsamuel@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9756

Expertise: Centers research on college student identity development, personal branding for student leaders, and work/life integration for student affairs administrators

Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
schudde@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1623

Expertise: Studies how to ameliorate social inequities in the United States through higher education policy; focuses on college pathways at broad-access institutions, including community colleges.

David Allen Cockrell Chair in Engineering, Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #7, Joe C. Walter, Jr. Chair in Engineering, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
sv.sreeni@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6546

Expertise: Nano-resolution lithography; Flexure-based micro- and nano-precision machines; Precision optical systems; Real-time nano-resolution optical sensor architectures

Department Chair, Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
gabriela.stein@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1883

Research Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
easwanson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2320

Expertise: All of my work focuses on developing and testing for efficacy literacy practices for struggling readers. This includes: * infusing literacy practices into elementary and middle school content area classes; * empowering parents to provide reading support to their own children; * providing intervention to struggling readers; * translating research to practice for teachers; * designing effective professional development; * translating research into usable products for parents.

Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies Department, College of Liberal Arts
kjthomas@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Issues related to race-ethnicity, global health, immigration, families, and Africa.

Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
urrieta@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4129
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Follows trends around cultural and racial identities, agency, migration, and social movements in education.

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education, Moody College of Communication
vangelisti@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251

Expertise: communication and emotion; family communication; communication in romantic relationships; secrecy; hurt feelings; social pain

Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
paulvonhippel@utexas.edu
+1 512 537 8112

Expertise: Demographic Analysis, Education Policy, Healthcare, Statistics

Associate Professor, School of Architecture
jagw@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0169

Expertise: Housing affordability, Housing development, Land use regulation, Informal housing, Urban form

Principal Investigator, Texas Policy Evaluation Project
klwhite@prc.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1791

Expertise: Dr. White studies reproductive health and policy, with a specialty on family planning and abortion policy in Texas and the southeastern region of the United States. Much of her research is conducted as part of The Texas Policy Evaluation Project, a collaborative group of researchers who evaluate the impact of legislation in Texas related to women’s reproductive health. She has been interviewed as an expert for news outlets such as the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio and has been featured as an op-ed contributor in the Washington Post, The Hill, the Austin-American-Statesman, and more. Expertise: women’s health policy; reproductive health, family planning legislation; contraception; abortion; Texas state policy on women’s health; Title X; vasectomy; abortion and family planning policy in the southeastern United States

Associate Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
patwong@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8962

Expertise: social policy, family and child welfare, children services, mental health, poverty issues, housing, community development

Associate Director, School of Social Work
nzuna@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 0758