Professor and Area Chair for Counseling Psychology Program , 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 experience of cities and communities as psychological spaces, ethnic conflict and the impact of violence on communities, and the relationship between individual and collective identity through a psychoanalytic lens.

Assistant Professor , Department of Radio-Television-Film , Moody College of Communication
migalvarez@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Production; screenwriting; digital media; narrative filmmaking; documentary filmmaking; directing; editing/post-production

Professor , School of Journalism and Media , Moody College of Communication
rosental.alves@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6851

Expertise: journalist; foreign correspondent; international reporting; journalism in Latin America; online journalism

Professor , Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
jangel@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2956

Expertise: Hispanic health and demographics; aging policy; social policies; long-term care; ethnic studies

Professor , Department of Sociology , College of Liberal Arts
auyero@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 8073

Expertise: Urban Ethnography, Urban Poverty and Social Inequality, Collective Action, Latin American Studies, Social and Cultural Theory

Professor , Department of Radio-Television-Film , Moody College of Communication
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: U.S. Latina/o media studies; U.S. television and film history; mixed race and media culture; feminist media studies.

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

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs , School of Architecture
bieg@utexas.edu

Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, CNC Technology, Creative AI, Digital Design, Digital Fabrication, Generative Design, Theory, Visualization

Associate Professor , School of Music , College of Fine Arts
cburns@austin.utexas.edu
+1 312 912 1003

Expertise: Latin American music, country music, bluegrass music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Chávez, Silvestre Revueltas, Francisco Mignone, Bobby Womack, Taylor Swift

Professor , Department of History , College of Liberal Arts
canizares-esguerra@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 7694

Expertise: Early Modern Atlantic History; History of Science and Colonialism; History of Knowledge; Colonial Spanish and British America.

Associate Professor , College of Liberal Arts
danielle.clealand@austin.utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Afro-Latino politics and identity, Black politics in the Spanish speaking Caribbean and the United States, group consciousness, Black and Latino public opinion and racial inequality. Cuba. Puerto Rico.

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

Associate Professor , School of Journalism and Media , Moody College of Communication
donna.decesare@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1980

Expertise: Documentary photography; video storytelling; Latin American studies; human rights and visual documentary; journalism and trauma; children at risk; child soldiers; youth gangs; visual storytelling for NGOs and non-profit sector.

Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
h.dietz@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Latin American politics: urban poverty and politics, civil-military relations, parties and party systems, Peru

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, the arts

Distinguished Senior Lecturer , School of Law
adulitzky@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1256

Expertise: International human rights law, Latin America

Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
zelkins@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7250

Expertise: national constitutions, democracy, institutional reform, research methods, national identity, an emphasis on cases in Latin America

Assistant Professor of Instruction , Department of Radio-Television-Film , Moody College of Communication
mirasol.enriquez@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: U.S.-based Latina filmmakers; media production culture; Chicana/o film; representations of race and gender in media

Professor and Leonidas T. Barrow Centennial Chair Emeritus in Mineral Resources , Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Jackson School of Geosciences
wfisher@jsg.utexas.edu

Expertise: Basin analysis, sequence stratigraphy, depositional systems, petroleum geology, resource assessment, energy policy

Associate Professor , Department of Social and Cultural Analysis , College of Liberal Arts
kmfoster@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4362

Expertise: African American student achievement; intersection of sports and academics; impact of race and gender on student academic outcomes; cultural theory in education; Improvement of academic outcomes for African American, Latina/o and other students; education; race relations

Associate Professor , Department of Sociology , College of Liberal Arts
dfridman@utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Economic Sociology; Ethnography; Sociology of Finance; Neoliberalism; Consumption; Sociology of Money; Latin America

Clinical Professor , School of Law
dgilman@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7796

Expertise: Denise Gilman teaches and directs the Immigration Clinic after having joined the clinical faculty at the University of Texas Law School in the fall of 2007. Professor Gilman received her undergraduate degree with honors in political science from Northwestern University. She received her law degree from Columbia University School of Law where she served on the Law Review. Professor Gilman also has an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Gilman clerked for Judge Thomas M. Reavley, at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She is fluent in Spanish.

Department Chair, English , College of Liberal Arts
jmgonzal@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8117
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Latino/a literature; Chicano/a literature; late nineteenth-century American literature; narrative theory; postcolonial studies.

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 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 Art and Art History , College of Fine Arts
j.guernsey@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5850

Expertise: Olmec and Maya art, architecture, material culture, ancient Mesoamerican art, themes, iconography, ritual associations

Professor , Department of Educational Leadership and Policy , College of Education
jholme@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Dr. Holme's work explores how structural and systemic factors—particularly housing policy, and teacher labor markets—shape educational opportunity.

Professor , Department of Government , College of Liberal Arts
wendyhunter@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Comparative Politics; Social Policy; Latin America Affairs; Brazil; Military in Brazil; Military in the Southern Cone; Latin America politics; education reform

Professor , Department of Educational Leadership and Policy , College of Education
mjustiz@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1695
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Bringing the experience of 28 years as dean of the College of Education, Justiz shares his expertise in topics of public policy, the politics of education, and Latin American programs in education.

Professor , Department of Spanish and Portuguese , College of Liberal Arts
lindstrom@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4936

Expertise: Gender and the Study of Latin American Literature, Latin American Jewish Studies, On-Line Scholarly Resources, and Sociology of the Arts, Comparative study of Jewish life in the Americas (Latin America, United States, Canada)

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, comparative social policy

Professor , School of Music , College of Fine Arts
robin.moore@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0373, +1 512 471 7764

Expertise: His principal research interests include Cuban music and music of the Hispanic Caribbean, musical nationalism, socialist art aesthetics, historical ethnomusicology, music and race relations

Professor of Instruction , Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music , College of Fine Arts
olivieri@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8015

Expertise: 18th-century music, performance practice, archival studies, history of pedagogy, music and powers in 18th-century Europe

Associate Professor , Department of Social and Cultural Analysis , College of Liberal Arts
paixao.marcelo@austin.utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Race relations and inequalities in Brazil and Latin American, public policies issues and monitoring, models of socioeconomic development, labor market, statistics of race, ethnic, gender inequality

Department Chair, Spanish and Portuguese , College of Liberal Arts
jorgep@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4549
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: 20th and 21st century Spanish cinema, novel, popular culture, queer culture and theory, Latin American cinema, fashion, costume design, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, celebrity culture, Chanel

Assistant Professor of Research , Environmental Science Institute , Jackson School of Geosciences
spierce@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 954 1810

Expertise: Integrated Water Resources Management; Decision Support Systems; Sustainability Science; Energy-Water; Groundwater Management; Participatory Modeling

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

Professor , Department of Educational Leadership and Policy , College of Education
preyes@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8569
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: I study student success for children experiencing poverty. I analyze how school leadership and state policy facilitate student success across the education pipeline.

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.

Professor , Department of Theatre and Dance , College of Fine Arts
kjsanchez@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Theatre, Directing, Playwriting, Producer, Choreography, Documentary Theatre

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

Professor , Department of Kinesiology and Health Education , College of Education
htanaka@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4801

Expertise: Effects of vascular dysfunction due to aging, and the lifestyle habits that can prevent or reverse dysfunction. Role of peripheral vascular dysfunction in the pathogenesis of cognitive and cerebrovascular dysfunction Reduction in physiological functional capacity with advancing age Community-based studies in minority cardiovascular health Masters athletes as a model of successful aging Health benefits of swimming

Professor , Department of Geography and the Environment , College of Liberal Arts
rebecca.torres@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: Rural and Community Development; International and Internal Migration; U.S. Latino Communities; Globalization and Agricultural Restructuring; Tourism in Developing Nations; Gender; Activist Scholarship and Community Engagement; Latin America

Professor , Department of Curriculum and Instruction , College of Education
urrieta@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4129
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Follows trends around cultural and racial identities, agency, migration, social movements in education

Director, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory , Department of Anthropology , College of Liberal Arts
fredv@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0060, +1 512 471 5946

Expertise: Archaeology, ceramic technology; Texas, Mesoamerica

Professor , Department of Educational Leadership and Policy , College of Education
valenz@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6008
Spanish Speaker

Expertise: Specializes in urban education from a sociological and multicultural perspective, with a focus on minority youth in schools, particularly at the K-12 level.

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

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, populism in Latin America and Europe

Professor , Department of Linguistics , College of Liberal Arts
woodbury@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1701

Expertise: Chatino linguistics and language preservation, Documentation and preservation of endangered languages, Eskimo-Aleut languages and speech communities, Natural discourse and verbal art, Tone, prosody and intonation, Grammatical analysis and theory