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Paul C Adams
Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, College of Liberal Arts
paul.adams@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5116, +1 512 516 5028
Expertise: geography of media and communication; technological change; representations of places, landscapes and environments; critical geopolitics; Europe; North America; Technology
Kevin S Alter
Professor, School of Architecture
alter@utexas.edu
+1 512 797 6903
Expertise: Architecture
Chandrajit L Bajaj
Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
bajaj@cs.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5133, +1 512 471 8870
Expertise: Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling, Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Data Analysis & Visualization. In one project, he's developing chemical imaging techniques that could enable earlier cancer detection by identifying the chemical make-up of individual cells in a biopsy. In another, he models the 3D structures of HIV and other viruses to search for drugs that might be a good fit.
Michael E Barrett
Research Professor, Center for Water and the Environment
michael.barrett@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0935
Expertise: Quality, impacts, and mitigation of urban, agricultural, and construction site stormwater runoff
Oguzhan Bayrak
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
bayrak@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6409, +1 512 232 7826
Expertise: Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; Bridge engineering; Evaluation of structures in distress; Use of fiber reinforced polymers for structural repair
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
Kory Bieg
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
Danelle Briscoe
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
briscoed@utexas.edu
Expertise: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Fabrication, Relationships of analog to digital design
Anthony L Brown
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
alb@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3902
Expertise: Focuses on historical and contemporary issues and discourses concerning African American students in schools and society.
Erika M Bsumek
Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
embsumek@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3261, +1 512 475 7253
Expertise: Native American History; Navajo arts and crafts; labeling of Indian made goods; history of the U.S. West and American Southwest; Modern Western urban/rural development including how large-scale engineering projects such dams, highways, and suburbs transformed the Western landscape/environment; transportation; urban management, environmental history, digital history, educational technology.
Water politics in the West, the history of Glen Canyon Dam, and Climate change.
Carlos H Caldas
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
caldas@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6014
Expertise: Information technologies for project management; Life-cycle information integration; Project data analysis; Construction knowledge discovery and dissemination; Product and process modeling; Project control systems; Field management technologies; Communication, collaboration and coordination technologies
Elizabeth J Catlos
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
ejcatlos@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4762
Expertise: Please see https://catloslab.org/
Stephanie W Cawthon
Professor, 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.
Davida H Charney
Instructor - Extended Education Ventures, Extended Education Ventures
dcharney@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 567 3144
Expertise: Scholarly writing; public policy discourse; scientific and technical writing; proposal writing; public opinion writing; cognitive skill learning; writing processes; reading processes; rhetorical theory; college writing; Jewish studies; Hebrew Bible
Daniel G Fridman
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
Michael L Garrison
Professor, School of Architecture
mgarrison@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0185, +1 512 471 1922
Expertise: Advanced Design, environmental controls, solar design
Benjamin G Gregg
Professor, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
bgregg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7274
Expertise: Democracy, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Political Theory, Social Theory, Bioethics, Genetic Manipulation of Humans
Ian F Hancock
Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts
xulaj@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Romani (Gypsy) language (origins, history, civil rights movement); creolization of language; English (dialects, history, spread overseas), language and identity
Elin Hartelius
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
j.hartelius@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: rhetorical theory and criticism; digital rhetoric and culture; rhetoric of expertise
Steven D Hoelscher
Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts
hoelscher@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2567, +1 512 471 7277
Expertise: Photography; Cultural and Historical Geography; Urban Studies; Memory; Ethnicity and Race; North American and European urbanism; social constructions of space and place, landscape and region; cultural memory; and the geography of tourism.
Brian K Horton
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
horton@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1869
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: Tectonics of sedimentary basins, evolution of orogenic systems, sediment provenance and routing systems, nonmarine depositional processes.
Robert K Jansen
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
jansen@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8827
Expertise: Molecular systematics and evolution; evolution and systematics of the asteraceae; chloroplast DNA evolution; origin and evolution of oceanic island floras; role of hybridization on the extinction of rare species
Jody L Jensen
Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
jodyljensen@utexas.edu
+1 512 689 7442
Expertise: Studies biomechanics and changes in motor competencies across a lifetime with an emphasis on posture and locomotor control including populations of autism and cerebral palsy.
James O Jirsa
Professor and Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
jirsa@utexas.edu
Expertise: Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; Earthquake engineering; Repair and rehabilitation of structures
Charles Kerans
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
ckerans@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3519, +1 512 471 4282
Expertise: Carbonate sequence stratigraphy, depositional systems, reservoir characterization, basin analysis, seismic interpretation, seismic stratigraphy, paleokarst analysis, carbonate diagenesis
Kara Kockelman
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
kkockelm@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0210
Expertise: Travel behavior; traffic safety; urban form and land development; transportation planning and policy-making.
Fernanda L Leite
Associate Dean for Research, Cockrell School of Engineering
fernanda.leite@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4689
Expertise: Computer-aided engineering and design; Product and process modeling; Construction management; Building information modeling; Information technology for project management; Life-cycle information integration; Collaboration and coordination technologies; Building energy performance
Charlton N Lewis
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, School of Architecture
charltonlewis@austin.utexas.edu
Jessica A Maisano
Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate V (4207), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
maisano@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0260
Expertise: Vertebrate paleontology, herpetology, morphology, developmental biology, high-resolution x-ray computed tomography, digital morphology, DigiMorph.org
Julie A Minich
Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
minichja@utexas.edu
Expertise: Chicana/o Literary and Cultural Studies; Latina/o Literary and Cultural Studies; LGBT Studies; Feminist Studies; and Disability Studies
Juan Miro
Professor, School of Architecture
jmiro@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0182
Expertise: In his teaching, practice and research, Miro explores the role of the architectural profession in civic life, the relationship between the manmade and Nature, and the relevance of history for designers.
Miró was named a Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is also a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers of the University of Texas at Austin. Other teaching awards include the Texas Excellence in Teaching Award and the ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award.
David Mohrig
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2282
Expertise: Sedimentary Geology, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, Rivers, Deltas, Coastlines, Submarine Channels, Geohazards, Sediment-Gravity Currents, Sediment Transport, Seismic Interpretation, Basin Analysis
William J O'Brien
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
wjob@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4638
Expertise: Production systems: project supply chain management, project controls; Computer integrated construction: information integration, collaborative systems, human-computer interaction, implementation issues
Nik Palomares
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
Pedro Reyes
Department Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy, 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.
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
riegle@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2388, +1 512 475 8642
Expertise: Focuses on the social construction of gender and racial/ethnic inequality in educational opportunities and experiences in STEM fields from a sociological perspective. Methodological expertise in quantitative research methods and analyses of large scale datasets.
Ehud I Ronn
Professor, Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
eronn@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5853
Expertise: Dr. Ronn's research is primarily in the area of energy risk: modeling, measurement and management. He has published articles on banking, investments, interest rate-sensitive instruments, and energy derivatives in academic and practitioner literature. In the energy-consulting area, Dr. Ronn has addressed the multiple issues of Risk Assessment; Construction of Optimal Hedge Portfolios; VAR and CVAR; Dual-Fuel Options; Valuation of Load-Following Services; Modeling Energy Prices and Pricing Monthly and Daily Options; and the Valuation and Optimal Management of Storage Facility.
Victor Saenz
Associate Dean for Student Success, Community Engagement, and Administration, College of Education
vsaenz@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7519, +1 512 471 7551
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: Leads the Project MALES (Mentoring to Achieve Latino Educational Success 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.
Cinthia S Salinas
Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor in Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 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.
Philip U Treisman
Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Natural Sciences
uri@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2271, +1 512 471 6190
Expertise: Education Policy; mathematics education; economics of education; educational equity; education program design and evaluation volunteerism
Luis Urrieta
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, and social movements in education.
Sarah J Whitehead
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
sarahjey@utexas.edu
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: Foreign Language Pedagogy, Curriculum Design, Concept-Based Language Instruction, Epistemology, Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Ecology Theory, Critical Theory, Spanish Language