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

Assistant Professor of Quantitative and Systems Health Sciences , Quantitative and Systems Health Sciences (QSHS)
darlene.bhavnani@austin.utexas.edu

Clinical Professor , Department of Educational Psychology , College of Education
cbrownson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6990

Expertise: Research interests include mental health public policy, the behavioral health workforce shortage, college student mental health and suicide prevention, the intersection of mental health and academic success, and collaborative care models of behavioral health in primary care.

Professor and Jackson Chair in Geobiology , Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Jackson School of Geosciences
julia_clarke@jsg.utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Evolution of anatomical novelty, vertebrate paleontology, systematic biology, avian vocalization and the evolution of flight, fossil birds. Dinosaurs.

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

Expertise: Explores how migration, race and language impact special education services in U.S. schools and international contexts.

Director, Plan II Honors Program , Department of Social and Cultural Analysis , College of Liberal Arts
janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7277

Expertise: American popular culture; the circus; American foreign relations; animals; American social movements; transnational American Studies; history

Professor , Department of Psychology , College of Liberal Arts
gonzalezlima@utexas.edu
+1 512 937 8859
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Neuroscience, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, physiological psychology, psychobiology, learning and memory, brain energy modulation, neural mechanisms of behavior, transcranial laser stimulation of human cognitive and emotional functions

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

Expertise: Film theory; feminist film theory; contemporary world cinemas; Indian cinema; genre films; experimental film and video

Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
bgregg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7274

Expertise: Democracy, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Political Theory, Social Theory, Bioethics, Genetic Manipulation of Humans

Professor , Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Jackson School of Geosciences
horton@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1869
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Tectonics of sedimentary basins, evolution of orogenic systems, sediment provenance and routing systems, nonmarine depositional processes.

Associate Professor , Department of Rhetoric and Writing , College of Liberal Arts
vjohsu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6109

Expertise: Rhetoric & Structures of Power; Narrative Rhetorics; Asian American Rhetorics; Trans and Queer Studies; Disability Studies; Rhetorics of Health and Medicine

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 , School of Law
djinks@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1265

Expertise: Public International law, international humanitarian law, human rights law, criminal law

Professor , Department of Anthropology , College of Liberal Arts
ward.keeler@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8520

Expertise: Anthropology and expressive culture (performing arts and literature), hierarchy, gender, Buddhism, Indonesia and Burma, the Rohingya crisis

Professor , Department of Human Development and Family Sciences , College of Natural Sciences
su.yeong.kim@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5524, +1 512 475 6014

Expertise: Development of children of immigrants in the United States, with a focus on children of Chinese and Mexican origin; parenting; parent-child relationships

Associate Professor , Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations , Moody College of Communication

Expertise: PR issues with actors athletes and influencers; strategic communication; corporate social responsibilty; reputation and crisis management

Associate Professor , Department of Radio-Television-Film , Moody College of Communication
shanti.kumar@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3498

Expertise: Global media; cultural studies

Associate Professor of Practice , Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies , College of Fine Arts
yuliya.lanina@utexas.edu

Expertise: contemporary art, interdisciplinary, experimental animation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, art and technology, art and performance

Leslie Waggener Professor , College of Fine Arts
beili@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6071

Expertise: Visual art, contemporary art, installation art, sculpture, Arctic art research, art and climate change, art and science collaboration, environmental art, art activism, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, fiber art, performance art, public art, feminist art, craft, indigenous craft, contemporary Asian-American art, contemporary Chinese-American art, Asian diaspora

Department Chair, Government , College of Liberal Arts
amy.liu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7249

Expertise: Ethnic politics, language policies, migration politics, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe

Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
pmaclachlan@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1724

Expertise: Comparative Politics; Politics of Japan and East Asia

Associate Professor , Department of Radio-Television-Film , Moody College of Communication
madhavim@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9239

Expertise: Media; race and media; immigration; Asian Americans; digital culture; virtual identities; South Asian diaspora

Associate Professor , Department of Art and Art History , College of Fine Arts
smulder@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5851

Expertise: Islamic art, architecture, archaeology, cultural heritage in the Middle East/Southwest Asia

Professor , Rosenthal Department of Management , Red McCombs School of Business
francisco.polidoro@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9187

Expertise: Knowledge Management, Social Networks, Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures, Strategic Management, Technology and Innovation Management, Venture Capital

Interim Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs , Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
dean.jpaulpope@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8938

Expertise: Intelligence operations and analysis; National security affairs; Counterterrorism; Military affairs; Interagency collaboration; Public management

Associate Professor , Department of Asian Studies , College of Liberal Arts
drajpurohit@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Hindi Language; Literary and Religious Cultures of Early Modern India; D?d? Panth and Poet-Saint Sundard?s (1596-1689); Modern Hindi Literature; Dalit autobiographies; devotional, monastic, and court cultures of early modern India

Professor , Department of Sociology , College of Liberal Arts
nrodriguez@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6300
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Nestor Rodriguez has conducted international research in Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, and has traveled and lectured in China and Japan. His present research focuses on Guatemalan migration, U.S. deportations to Mexico and Central America, the unauthorized migration of unaccompanied minors, evolving relations between Latinos and African Americans/Asian Americans, and ethical and human rights issues of border enforcement.

Associate Dean for Student Success, Community Engagement, and Administration , College of Education
vsaenz@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7519
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Leads the Project MALES (Mentoring, Academics, Leadership, Educational Scholarship) initiative focused on Latino males in education; seeks to advance research-informed policy solutions that enhance educational outcomes for students in secondary and post-secondary education.

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

Expertise: Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Pharmacy

Associate Professor , School of Music , College of Fine Arts
stseeman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2854

Expertise: world music; Romani ("Gypsy") communities; Southeastern Europe, Turkish, Former Ottoman culture and music; neighborhood/grassroots activism; culture of diasporic commmunities; migration

Associate Professor , Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Jackson School of Geosciences
tshanahan@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7051

Expertise: climate variability, climate change, paleoclimatology, geochemistry, stable isotopes, organic geochemistry, sedimentology, environmental science If you are interested in learning more, please visit research website.

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

Expertise: racial, gendered, language, classed politics of marginalization, standing in various communities, states, nations, Latina/o/x communities in the United States and South America

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