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, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lucyatkinson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6665

Expertise: communication in the context of sustainability and the environment; focusing on the ways message components (like visual elements, argument frames, source factors) in environmental communication campaigns influence environmental attitudes; beliefs and behaviors; environmental communication; sustainability; advertising; immersive media (virtual reality and augmented reality); AI-generated messaging; communication and public opinion about Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
brendon.bankey@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: The role of Clint Eastwood and his films in the Nixon administration's re-election efforts and the New Right conservative movement

Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
ben.bentzin@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 750 9253

Expertise: Marketing of technology, product marketing, strategic pricing, social media, entrepreneurship

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

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
jcutbirth@utexas.edu

Expertise: How public narratives develop ad their effects on civic participation and communication leadership; civic participation; behavioral ethics; journalism

Assistant Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
james.dalthorp@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: NIL; sports communication; strategic branding

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.

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

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

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, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
tom.johnson@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Media in elections; new media

Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
kahlor@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 791 5726

Expertise: public relations health and environmental risk communication; science communication; information seeking; science communication; environmental communication; health communication

Assistant Professor of Practice, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
octavio.kanogalvan@austin.utexas.edu
+1 240 426 1762

Expertise: creative; art director; photography; 3D video production; web/mobile interactive media; motion graphics; 3D modeling and cinematography

Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
dkemp@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: persuasion; emotion; behavioral economics in decision-making; health communication

Director of the Center for Health Communication, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
mackert@utexas.edu
+1 512 348 8490

Expertise: telemedicine; health communication; health literacy and online communities; health communication; communicating about complex health issues; audience targeting; tailoring messages; media campaigns; translating research into practice; social media; tobacco cessation; opioid overdose prevention; men's role in prenatal health

TOWER Fellow Advisor, Red McCombs School of Business
jhmurphy@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1101

Expertise: Advertising and marketing communication management; current; issues in advertising practice; ethical issues in marketing; media management issues; advertising agency issues; business, integrated brand promotion, campaign planning and media management

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. Bush’s representative on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and as one of the academic directors for President Barack Obama’s Commission for Election Administration.

Associate Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
zsomer@utexas.edu

Expertise: Comparative political parties, elections, representation, voter behavior, European politics

Director, Organized Research Unit, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, Moody College of Communication
strama@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Texas politics; Political campaigns; Political polarization; Voting technology and systems; Redistricting; ranked choice voting and alternative voting methodologies; Civic participation and civic engagement; Civics education

Executive Director, School of Civic Leadership
ryan.streeter@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: governance, urban policy, campaign politics, economic development.