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Jerome F Bump
Professor Emeritus, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
bump@utexas.edu
Expertise: Gerard Manley Hopkins; Alice books; Victorian literature; literature of nature; animal humanities; digital humanities; computers and English studies, including social networking and multi-player online games; social media

Darla M Castelli
Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
dcastelli@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7636
Expertise: Studies the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance in children, adolescents, and emerging adults.

Stephanie W Cawthon
Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Faculty Fellow, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
stephanie.cawthon@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0378
Expertise: Investigates issues of access and equity for disabled people, with a special focus on systems change, research translation, and assessment.
<em>Note: Dr. Cawthon is not accepting new students for the 2023-2024 academic year.</em>

Coleman Coker
Professor of Practice, School of Architecture
ccoker@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Public Interest Design, Community Outreach, Civic Engagement, Community Equity & Environmental Justice, Ecological Literacy, Student Design/Build

North Cooc
Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
ncooc@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7923
Expertise: Explores how family background, culture, and school contextual factors influence decisions and trajectories within special education.

Maria E Franquiz
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
maria.franquiz@austin.utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: Examines ethnographic language and literacy practices in K-12 classrooms, specifically focusing on how Latinx critical race theory explains the relationship between heritage language and culture and the evolving identities of future teachers.

Terrance L Green
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
tgreen@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Examines principals and school-community engagement/community development and issues of educational equity and opportunity.

Joan Hughes
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
joanh@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4145
Expertise: Research focuses on school contexts and teacher knowledge and experiences that support the establishment of digital equity for learning in K-12 schools, classrooms, and communities.

Deborah C Kelt
Assistant Professor of Practice-CURR, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
dkelt@utexas.edu
Expertise: Brings her experience in literacy education to UT with a specialization in preparing secondary teachers to work in urban schools.

Min Liu
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
mliu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6248, +1 512 471 5942
Expertise: Examines inequities in digital spaces and focuses on creating technology-enhanced learning opportunities for socioeconomically disadvantaged middle school students and supporting in-service teachers to integrate technology in their classrooms.

Michael S Mackert
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

Beth Maloch
Senior Associate Dean, College of Education
bmaloch@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3476
Expertise: Examines literacy teacher preparation, specifically the role of coaching and mentoring that occurs inside programs.

Nancy L Roser
Professor Emeritus, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
nlroser@utexas.edu
Expertise: Use of children's literature in literacy programs, Classroom discourse; response to literature

Loriene Roy
Professor Emeritus, School of Information
loriene@ischool.utexas.edu
Expertise: Library development in Native American communities; creation of virtual museums of Native American artifacts; literacy efforts in Native American communities; library collection development and evaluation; oral tradition; organizing gatherings of indigenous librarians worldwide

Cinthia S Salinas
Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusive Excellence, College of Education
cssalinas@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3539
Expertise: Dr. Salinas is a member of the Social Studies Education program area and is an affiliate faculty member in the Bilingual/Bicultural and the Cultural Studies in Education program areas. Her focus in the social studies includes critical historical inquiry in elementary bilingual and secondary education late arrival immigrant ESL classroom settings, as well as broader understandings of citizenship. Her work also examines social studies teachers' enactment/countering of curriculum through narratives that include civic identities, agency, and membership of others.

Victor Sampson
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
victor.sampson@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7504
Expertise: Studies the ways culturally and linguistically diverse groups of people use disciplinary the core ideas and practices of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to explain phenomena or to solve problems that are meaningful and consequential to them.

Amy K Sanders
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
amy.sanders@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: international and comparative media law; First Amendment; law and emerging technology; journalism; media literacy; media ethics

Allison Skerrett
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
askerrett@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4883
Expertise: Focuses on secondary English and literacy education in urban contexts, including among transnational youth.

Elizabeth Swanson
Research Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
easwanson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2320
Expertise: All of my work focuses on developing and testing for efficacy literacy practices for struggling readers.
This includes:
* infusing literacy practices into elementary and middle school content area classes;
* empowering parents to provide reading support to their own children;
* providing intervention to struggling readers;
* translating research to practice for teachers;
* designing effective professional development;
* translating research into usable products for parents.
Margaret L Syverson
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, College of Liberal Arts
pegsyverson@utexas.edu
Expertise: Writing; technology; literacy; teaching and learning; impact of technology on culture; information architecture; knowledge ecology; virtual environments; Web development; MOOs and MUDs; cognitive science; assessment

Sharon Vaughn
Executive Director, Meadows and VGC, College of Education
srvaughn@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2357
Expertise: Investigates effective interventions for a diverse group of students with reading difficulties and students who are English language learners.

Melissa Wetzel
Department Chair, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
mmwetzel@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Literacy teacher preparation, coaching and mentoring, equity and justice in literacy instruction