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Nanette Acosta
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
nanette.acosta@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0641, +1 512 471 0642
Expertise: costumes, costume design, undergraduate teaching, recruitment, theatrical design, theatre design, film design

Ricardo C Ainslie
M. K. Hage Centennial Professor in Education, Counseling Psychology, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
rainslie@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0364, +1 512 471 4407
Expertise: Explores the intersection of psychology and culture through such topics as the psychological experience of immigration, ethnic conflicts and the impact of violence within communities, and the relationship between individual and collective identity. Is also interested in US-Mexico health, including addressing health disparities.
<em>Note: Dr. Ainslie will not be taking new students for the 2023 academic year.</em>

Mary C Beltran
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0021, +1 608 320 9041
Expertise: U.S. Latina/o media studies; racial diversity and the U.S. media industries; mixed race and media culture; U.S. television and film history; feminist media studies; media activism and independent media production

Charles E Berg
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
charles.ramirezberg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 9925
Expertise: Latinos in US films; film history; narratology; Mexican cinema

Lance Bertelsen
Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
lberte@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8769
Expertise: Eighteenth-century British literature and culture; representations of World War II in literature, film and journalism

Barry S Brummett
Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
brummett@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: popular culture and persuasion; social style, including steampunk; media criticism; apocalyptic rhetoric; epistemology and rhetoric

Douglas S Bruster
Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
bruster@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3635
Expertise: Shakespeare; drama; English Renaissance literature; film; theory

Laquetta L Carpenter
Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
quetta.carpenter@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Acting, stage acting, television acting, film acting, Shakespeare, directing, adaptation

Kirsten Cather
Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
kcather@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: modern Japanese literature and film; censorship, suicide, and death in modern Japan; adaptations; translation theory and practice

Elizabeth Cullingford
Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
cullingford@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4210, +1 512 471 4991
Expertise: Only children, Irish literature, politics, and culture; modern poetry; women's studies; drama and film; Shakespeare; the relation between high and popular culture

Tracy S Dahlby
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
tracy.dahlby@utexas.edu
Expertise: Journalism and media criticism; coverage of international affairs, including Northeast and Southeast Asia; coverage of U.S. relations with Asia; foreign reporting; journalistic storytelling; professional practice instruction for students

Katherine W Dawson
Professor of Practice, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
katedawson@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6111
Expertise: Journalism, broadcast journalism (TV, radio), documentary film.

Alejandro L De Lozanne
Professor, Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
delozanne@physics.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5544, +1 512 471 6108
Expertise: Superconductivity; nanostructures; scanning probe microscopy

Hector Dominguez-Ruvalcaba
Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
ruvalcaba@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4936
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: Queer studies; violence; border studies in literature, film, and the arts

John G Ekerdt
Professor and Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
ekerdt@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4689
Expertise: Dr. Ekerdt's research is on the surface, growth and materials chemistry of metal, dielectric, ferroelectric, and polymer thin films. We seek to understand and describe nucleation and growth of films and nanostructures, their structure-property relationships, and site-specific reactions that lead to their formation. The programs are motivated by applications in electronic materials, energy and sensors. The research programs are highly interdisciplinary and involve collaborations with faculty in chemical engineering, physics and electrical engineering, and researchers in industry.

Caroline J Frick
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
cfrick@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Film/media preservation and digital libraries. Media history; moving image archiving; online streaming platforms; film history and preservation;

James Gabrillo
Assistant Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
james.gabrillo@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: pop music, digital technologies, film and television, multimedia, Philippines

Paul S Ho
Professor and Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering No. 5, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
hops@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Thin films and interfaces in microelectronics materials; Reliability of interconnect and packaging structures; Polymer films and metal-polymer interfaces

Rui Huang
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Cockrell School of Engineering
ruihuang@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7558
Expertise: Mechanics of integrated materials and structures at micro and nano scales; Reliability of advanced interconnects and packaging for microelectronics; Mechanical instability of thin films and nanostructures; Multiscale modeling and simulations.

Noah Isenberg
Department Chair, Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
noah.isenberg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6680
Expertise: film historian; author

Keith P Johnston
Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
kpj@che.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4617
Expertise: We utilize fundamental concepts in colloid and interface science, materials chemistry, nanotechnology, and polymer science to design, synthesize, and characterize materials for advanced performance in energy, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications. We focus on
Advanced Functional Nanomaterials: functionalization of metals and metal oxide/polymer systems
Nanoparticle Interactions with Liquid and Solid Interfaces: engineered interfacial interactions in solids and oil/water and gas/water systems
Nanocluster Self Assembly Platform for Enhanced Properties: protein nanoclusters, photonic NIR gold nanoclusters, metal oxides for subsurface imaging and catalysis

Stuart D Kelban
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
skelban@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6037
Expertise: Screenwriting, television and film industry.

Desiderio Kovar
Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
dekovar@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5185
Expertise: Production and characterization of nanoparticles; Nanostructured thick films; Solid oxide fuel cells; Honeycomb ceramics

James N Loehlin
Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
jnloehlin@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4993
Expertise: Shakespeare in performance (stage and film); Renaissance drama; modern drama

Jennifer McClearen
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
jennifer.mcclearen@utexas.edu
Expertise: feminist media; gender, race and sexuality in sports media; women's sports

Curran J Nault
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
cnault@utexas.edu
Expertise: grassroots queer transmedia

Joan H Neuberger
Professor Emeritus, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
neuberger@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Modern Russian history, film & photography history, visual cultures, cultural politics

Camille Parmesan
Adjunct Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
parmesan@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Global warming, climate change, insect ecology, butterfly biology

Domino R Perez
Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
drperez@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7853, +1 512 471 4557
Expertise: Chican@ literature; American literature; popular culture; cultural studies; film

Alisa H Perren
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
aperren@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1524
Expertise: business of Hollywood; TV and film production; distribution and exhibition; talent management/representation; streaming services; American comic book industry; history/contemporary indie film sector

PJ Raval
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
pjraval@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4071
Expertise: filmmaker; subcultures and identities

Cory A Reed
Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
creed@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4936
Expertise: Cervantes, Spanish Drama, Early Modern Mediterranean World, Transatlantic Studies, Cognitive Studies, and Comparative Literature

Justin T Samuel
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Pharmacy
jsamuel@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 9756
Expertise: Focuses research on South Asian American college students, diversity training efficacy for student leaders, and work/life integration for student affairs administrators.

Thomas G Schatz
Professor Emeritus, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
tschatz@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Film and television history and criticism; media industry studies (history, economics, etc.); Hollywood studios and the ''studio system''; film genre; Hollywood filmmaking; American cinema

Suzanne Scott
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
suzanne.scott@utexas.edu
Expertise: fan studies; media convergence; participatory culture; transmedia storytelling; comic book culture

Adrien P Sebro
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
asebro@utexas.edu
Expertise: critical media studies at the intersection of television, film, comedy, gender and African Diaspora

Mukul M Sharma
Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
msharma@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3161, +1 512 471 3257
Expertise: Formation damage; Petrophysics; Fluid flow in porous media; Hydraulic fracturing

Andrew B Shea
Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
andrew.shea@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5303
Expertise: director; screenwriter; producer; documentary filmmaker

Dina M Sherzer
Professor Emeritus, Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
dsherzer@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: 20th century French literature and film postcolonialism; Samuel Beckett Marguerite Duras Claude Simon Maghrebi French writers and directors, New novel, New wave, Theater of the Absurd, Arts & Humanities; communication.

Ya'Ke Smith
Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
yake@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: social cinema; independent cinema; storytelling; television writing and directing; directing actors

Matthew R Smith
Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Fine Arts
matt.smith@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 5327
Expertise: Lighting, Projection, Design, 3D Projection Mapping

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

Pauline T Strong
Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
pstrong@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8524, +1 512 471 9056
Expertise: Cultural, historical, feminist anthropology; Identity and difference; Politics of representation; Public culture; Youth organizations; Museum studies; Public humanities; Medical humanities; US, Indigenous North America.

Sharon L Strover
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
sharon.strover@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6652
Expertise: The Information Society; telecommunications policy, including telephone cable and satellite systems; international cultural policy with respect to film and television; and the digital divide.

Lisa B Thompson
Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies Department, College of Liberal Arts
lbthompson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4656
Expertise: African American Literature, Film, Cultural Studies, Black Feminist Theory, Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance

Scott W Tinker
Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences
scott.tinker@beg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0209, +1 512 471 1534
Expertise: Global energy supply and demand, Technology Administration, Multidisciplinary reservoir characterization, Carbonate sedimentology, Sequence stratigraphy, 3-D reservoir modeling, Resource assessment.

Craig Watkins
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
craig.watkins@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4071, +1 512 471 6676
Expertise: Race and pop culture; youth culture; digital media and social media; hip-hop culture and music; video games; the history of Black American cinema and the films of Spike Lee; digital media; young people and behaviors with social and online media.

Michael Webber
Associate Professor, Cockrell School of Engineering
webber@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6867
Expertise: Energy policy; Energy & Water; Alternative and renewable energy; Biofuels; Energy in Texas; Smart Grid; Power Sector

John M Weinstock
Professor Emeritus, Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
weinstock@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Sámi culture and civilization, history of skiing, promotion of Scandinavian Studies in the U.S., Norwegian Language and Literature, Scandinavian Music, Scandinavian Linguistics, Old Norse Language and Literature, General and Historical Linguistics, Scandinavian Music

J C Wheeler
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy, College of Natural Sciences
wheel@astro.as.utexas.edu
Expertise: Astronomy; Stars and stellar evolution; supernovae; compact stars, neutron stars and black holes; accretion disks; nucleosynthesis; gamma-ray bursts, astrobiology