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Joshua M Blank
Director of Research for the Texas Politics Project, College of Liberal Arts
joshmblank@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0371
Expertise: Texas politics; campaigns and elections; public opinion; Texas public opinion

Terrell Blodgett
Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
blodgett@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Local and state government management, operations, and political structures; election methods of governing bodies in local government; nonprofit management

Christopher P Brown
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.

Gina Chen
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
gina.masullo@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6323
Expertise: Online incivility, online engagement, news trust, political polarization

Angela M Evans
Dean, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
dean.a.evans@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Public policy, public administration, U.S. politics, leadership and ethics in government

Alan W Friedman
Visiting Researcher/Scholar, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
friedman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4991, +1 512 471 8376
Expertise: British and American modernism; the novel; drama, especially Shakespeare; international programs, faculty governance and academic freedom; literature

James K Galbraith
Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
galbraith@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1244
Expertise: Macroeconomic policy; monetary policy, economic development policies; comparative economic policy; economic inequality

Sherri R Greenberg
Assistant Dean, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
srgreenberg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8324, +1 512 656 6592
Expertise: A member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1991-2001, Greenberg?s areas of expertise include state and local government, public finance and budgeting, education, health care, transportation, and campaigns and elections in the state of Texas.

Kenneth F Greene
Associate Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
kgreene@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7206
Expertise: Mexican and Latin American politics; political parties and elections in Mexico and the rest of Latin America; authoritarianism and democratization; research method; campaigns

Daniel S Hamermesh
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
hamermes@eco.utexas.edu
Expertise: Labor demand, time use, social insurance programs (particularly unemployment insurance) and unusual applications of labor economics (to suicide, sleep and beauty)Labor markets; unemployment; wages inequality; Social Security; demographic issues, business.

Roderick P Hart
Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
rod.hart@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1956
Expertise: Media and politics; civic participation; political campaigns; political rhetoric

James R Henson
Executive Director of Texas Politics Project, Texas Politics Project
j.henson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0090
Expertise: Texas politics; presidential elections; Internet and politics; political campaigns; Texas Politics Project

John C Higley
Professor Emeritus, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
jhigley@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, Political Elites

Jennifer J Holme
Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
jholme@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Focuses on the politics and implementation of educational policy with an emphasis on school reform, equity and diversity in schools.

Aletha C Huston
Professor Emeritus, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
achuston@utexas.edu
Expertise: Child Development; poverty and child policy; child care; television influences on children

Nathan M Jensen
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

Sanford V Levinson
Professor, School of Law
slevinson@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1351
Expertise: Constitutional Law, constitutional design, emergency powers and constitutional theory, torture and the law

Raul L Madrid
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
rmadrid@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7246
Expertise: Latin American politics, democracy studies, comparative ethnic politics, and comparative social policy

Eric L McDaniel
Associate Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
emcdaniel@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7268
Expertise: Religion and politics; Black politics; organizational behavior

Julie A Minich
Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
minichja@utexas.edu
Expertise: Chicana/o Literary and Cultural Studies; Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies; LGBT Studies; Feminist Studies; and Disability Studies

Michael W Mosser
Associate Professor of Instruction, 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

Ami Pedahzur
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
pedahzur@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1452
Expertise: Terrorism, counterterrorism, political radicalism, special operations forces, Israeli politics

H W Perry Jr
Associate Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
hwperry@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1852, +1 512 232 7228
Expertise: U.S. Supreme Court; constitutional interpretation; the intersection of law and politics; free speech; class actions; public law

Victoria E Rodriguez
Other University Affiliate, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
victoria@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8620
Expertise: Politics in Mexico; decentralization in Latin America; women and politics in Mexico and Latin America; gender and public policy; US policy development; theory of public policy.

Daron R Shaw
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
dshaw@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7275
Expertise: American politics; campaigns and elections; public opinion and voting behavior; polls and survey research.

Zeynep Somer-Topcu
Associate Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
zsomer@utexas.edu
Expertise: Comparative political parties, elections, representation, voter behavior, European politics

William G Spelman
Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
spelman@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Urban policy and management; urban politics; criminal justice policy; prisons; municipal policing; community crime prevention

David B Spence
Professor, School of Law
david.spence@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 554 9350
Expertise: David Spence is a professor in the Department of Business, Government and Society at The University of Texas at Austin. Professor Spence's research and teaching focuses on business-government relations and the regulation of business, particularly energy and environmental regulation. Before coming to academia, he was a practicing attorney representing public utilities, energy companies and others in connection with a wide variety of environmental and energy regulatory matters.

James C Spindler
Professor, School of Law
jspindler@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1096
Expertise: Securities regulation, corporate law, corporate finance, securities disclosure, corporate fraud, corporate governance, executive compensation, securitizations, and auction rate securities

Paul J Stekler
Professor Emeritus, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
paul.stekler@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Politics, Southern politics, political campaigns, political advertising and how polls affect campaigns and campaign messaging; documentary filmmaking

Peter M Ward
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

Rachel Wellhausen
Associate Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
rwellhausen@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7202
Expertise: International political economy, politics of multinational corporations, international investment and trade treaties, Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), sovereign debt, politics of science and technology, Native American economic development

Kurt G Weyland
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
kweyland@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7253
Expertise: Democratization and authoritarian rule, social policy and policy diffusion, and populism in Latin America and Europe

Samuel M Wilson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
s.wilson@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Anthropology of culture contact; prehistory and history; indigenous people of the Caribbean; culture; complex societies; digital technology and its impact on human societies; Arts and Humanities

Christopher Wlezien
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