Associate Professor , Department of Communication Studies , Moody College of Communication
diballard@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251

Expertise: chronemics: the study of time as its bound to human communication; time; teams; work; time management; work-life balance; slow movement; speed, mindfulness; overload; availability; 24-7 culture; convenience; scheduling; punctuality; deadlines; children's advocacy centers; secondary/vicarious trauma; design

Department Chair, Sociology , College of Liberal Arts
scavanagh@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8319

Expertise: Families, Family Demography, Life Course & Human Development, Gender, Interpersonal Relationships, Adolescents, Young Adulthood during economic/cultural change, Family relationships, Census, Race/Ethnicity and Family change

Professor , Department of Sociology , College of Liberal Arts
crosnoe@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8329

Expertise: Life Course & Human Development, Children & Youth, Education, Health, Family, Immigration, Adolescents.

Professor , Department of Communication Studies , Moody College of Communication
rdailey@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4867, +1 512 471 5251

Expertise: family communication; dating relationships

Professor , Department of Human Development and Family Sciences , College of Natural Sciences
kfingerman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0618

Expertise: adolescene and young adulthood, adult development, aging, culture, interpersonal relationships, parenting and caregiving

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 , Department of Economics , College of Liberal Arts
leigh.linden@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8556

Expertise: Economic development; poor countries; economics of education

Professor , Department of Human Development and Family Sciences , College of Natural Sciences
lneff@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6886

Expertise: family, close relationships, marriage, adult behaviour, human development

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

Expertise: Mental health; how communication effects psychological wellbeing; cyberbullying; how people respond to fact-checking of information and misinformation online

Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7551, +1 512 475 8587

Expertise: Examines the experiences of faculty of color at predominantly White institutions; mentoring relationships between faculty and Black students; and work-life balance in academia.

Professor , Department of Sociology , College of Liberal Arts
regnerus@prc.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6307

Expertise: Sexual behavior, religion, and family

Professor of Practice , Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations , Moody College of Communication
ebreilly@utexas.edu

Expertise: Audience motivation and emotion, immersive and interactive storytelling, Web3, blockchain, AI, emerging technologies, immersive and interactive storytelling, extended reality technologies (AI, IoT, AR, VR, MR, Virtual Worlds)

Professor , Department of Sociology , College of Liberal Arts
umberson@prc.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6330

Expertise: Population Health ( Structural Determinants of Mental and Physical Health; Stress and Social Support; Health Behavior; Health Disparities; Sexual Minority Health); Family and Gender (Gender and Relationships; Same-Sex Couples; Marital Status and Health; Relationship Quality and Health; Family Status and Health; Intergenerational Relationships; Family and Bereavement); Aging and the Life Course (Psychosocial Epidemiology across the Life Course; Aging and the Family; Death and Dying; Marriage and Intimate Partnerships).

Interim Dean, Moody College of Communication , Moody College of Communication
vangelisti@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5251

Expertise: communication and emotion; family communication; communication in romantic relationships; secrecy; hurt feelings; social pain

Professor , Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
paulvonhippel@utexas.edu
+1 512 537 8112

Expertise: Demographic Analysis, Education Policy, Healthcare, Statistics

Associate Professor , Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
patwong@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8962

Expertise: social policy, family and child welfare, children services, mental health, poverty issues, housing, community development