Associate Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
balberts@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7276

Expertise: Bethany Albertson is an Associate Professor in the Government Department at UT Austin. She received her PhD in political science and a graduate certificate in social psychology from the University of Chicago. She is a political psychologist and her research interests include American public opinion, emotion, and experimental methods. She researches and writes on elections, democratic norms, and campaigns.

Associate Professor , Business, Government and Society
christopher.bryan@mccombs.utexas.edu

Expertise: Behavioral Decision-Making, Behavioral Interventions, Behavioral Policy, Behavioral Strategy, Communications, Communications - Professional, Consumer Behavior, Decision-Making, Design Thinking, Design of Experiments, Education, Emotions and Decision-Making, Environmental, Societal, Governance (ESG), Field Experiments, Gender Norms, Group and Team Dynamics, Inequality and Social Mobility, Influence and Persuasion, Judgment and Decision-Making, Leader Mindsets, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management - Diversity, Managing Groups and Teams, Motivation, Persuasion, Political Communication, Prosocial Behavior, Psychological Safety, Self and Identity, Social Identity Processes

Professor , Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations , Moody College of Communication
isabella.cunningham@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1101, +1 512 471 8126

Expertise: legal and ethical aspects of advertising; media effectiveness and messaging appeals; trademarks and intellectual property; deceptive advertising; brand placement and brand equity

Executive Director of Texas Politics Project , College of Liberal Arts
j.henson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0090

Expertise: Texas politics; presidential elections; Internet and politics; political campaigns; Texas Politics Project

Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
natemjensen@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Relationship between multinational corporations and domestic governments; politics of natural resources; political economy of international institutions; diffusion of policy across borders; business corruption; civil war

Director, Center for European Studies , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
mosserm@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7280

Expertise: International relations; security studies; comparative foreign policy; Western Europe; European security; military art and science; military sociology

Professor and C.B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations , Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
peter.ward@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Latin American urbanization, contemporary Mexican politics, community development and housing policy in developing countries, planning in Mexico City, colonia-type housing in the United States, US-Mexico relations, Governance and politics and Latin America

Associate Professor , Department of Educational Leadership and Policy , College of Education

Expertise: Examines issues of power and voice in education policy making and implementation processes, with a focus on public school district superintendents and school boards.

Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
wlezien@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7236

Expertise: Public opinion, public policy, political institutions, elections, research methods, federalism, democracy, voter preferences, polling, polls