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Bethany L Albertson
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.
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
Paola Bonifazio
Professor, Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
pbonifazio@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1561
Expertise: Italian Cinema; Italian Media History; documentary film history and theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; feminist theories; media convergence and transmedia storytelling; popular culture
Christopher P Brown
Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
cpbrown@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2288
Expertise: Researches the lived experiences of those working in contexts going through educational reform. By studying varied education stakeholders, I have sought to advocate for educational policies that seek to foster, sustain, and extend the complex educational, sociocultural, and individual goals and aspirations of children, their families, teachers, and school leaders.
Terrence L Chapman
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
t.chapman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7221
Expertise: International organizations, international conflict, international law, international political economy, formal modeling, peacekeeping,
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
Isabella Cunningham
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
Justin Dyer
Dean, School of Civic Leadership, School of Civic Leadership
justin.dyer@austin.utexas.edu
Angela M Evans
Dean Emeritus, 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
Professor Emeritus, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
friedman@austin.utexas.edu
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
Professor of Practice, 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 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; presidential rhetoric
James R Henson
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
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
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
Jihye Lee
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
jihye.lee@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Computational inequality, AI, government, public benefits, advertising, financial constraints, digital inequality, media psychology
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
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
emcdaniel@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7268
Expertise: Religion and politics; Black politics; religious nationalism, health 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
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
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
Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
victoria@austin.utexas.edu
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: Daron Shaw is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics in the College of Liberal Arts. Shaw specializes in American government, campaigns and elections, political parties, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, and Applied Survey Research. He is the author of The Race to 270: The Electoral College and Campaign Strategies of 2000 and 2004, Unconventional Wisdom: Facts and Myths about American Voters, The Turnout Myth, The Appearance of Corruption and Battleground: Electoral College Strategies, Execution, and Impact in the Modern Era. In addition to his academic career, Shaw was a strategist in the 1992, 2000 and 2004 presidential election campaigns. He is currently co-director of the Fox News Poll, director of the Texas Lyceum Poll, and associate Principle Investigator for the 2024 American National Election Study. He is also a member of the decision team for Fox News, the advisory board for the MIT Election Data & Science Lab, and the advisory board for the Annette Strauss Institute. Formerly, he served as President George W. Bushs representative on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and as one of the academic directors for President Barack Obamas Commission for Election Administration.
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
+1 512 232 1369
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
Ryan Streeter
Executive Director, School of Civic Leadership
ryan.streeter@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: governance, urban policy, campaign politics, economic development.
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
Rachel S White
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
rachel.white@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Examines issue of power and voice in education policy making and implementation processes, with a focus on public school district superintendents and school boards.
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, federalism, democracy, voter preferences, polling, polls