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Abigail R Aiken
Associate Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
araa2@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2561
Expertise: public health policy, women's health, reproductive health outcomes
Jacqueline L Angel
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
Lucy Atkinson
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lucyatkinson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6665
Expertise: communication in the context of sustainability and the environment; focusing on the ways message components (like visual elements, argument frames, source factors) in environmental communication campaigns influence environmental attitudes; beliefs and behaviors; environmental communication; sustainability; advertising; immersive media (virtual reality and augmented reality); AI-generated messaging
Ronen Avraham
Senior Lecturer, School of Law
ravraham@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1357
Expertise: Torts, Tort Reform, Healthcare Reform, Insurance Law, Law and Economics
Jay Bartroff
Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
bartroff@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: statistics, statistical computing, data science, sampling, sequential and streaming data, mathematics, probability, forensic statistics, clinical trials, gambling and casino games
Ben Bentzin
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Marketing, Red McCombs School of Business
ben.bentzin@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 750 9253
Expertise: Marketing of technology, product marketing, strategic pricing, social media, entrepreneurship
Chandra R Bhat
Professor, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
bhat@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4535
Expertise: Activity and travel behavior analysis; Travel demand modeling; Application of econometric, discrete choice and market research techniques in transportation planning; Logistics and freight modeling; Transportation energy and transportation air quality analysis; Urban form and spatial data modeling; Artificial Intelligence and Transportation Safety and Equity; Urban management; Pollution
Darlene Bhavnani
Assistant Professor of Population Health, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School
darlene.bhavnani@austin.utexas.edu
Kevin Bozic
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School
kevin.bozic@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 495 5089
Expertise: management of patients with arthritis of the hip and knee, health policy and health care services research, healthcare technology assessment, cost-effectiveness analysis, shared medical decision making, and value-based payment and delivery models
Chris Brownson
Clinical Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
cbrownson@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 6990
Expertise: Research interests include mental health public policy, college student mental health and suicide prevention, collaborative care models of behavioral health in primary care, and the intersection of mental health and academic success.
Joshua W Busby
Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
busbyj@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8946
Expertise: Busby is the author of several studies on climate change, national security, and energy policy from the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institution, the German Marshall Fund, and the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Busby is one of the lead researchers in the Strauss Center project on Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS), a $7.6 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. He has also written on U.S.-China relations on climate change for CNAS and Resources for the Future.
Marika Cabral
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
marika.cabral@utexas.edu
Expertise: Economics; health-related economics; health insurance; insurance; taxation; privatization of health markets
Namkee Choi
Professor, School of Social Work
nchoi@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9590
Expertise: Geriatric mental health, depression treatment in aging services, social policy for older adults.
Renita Coleman
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication
renita.coleman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1969
Expertise: visual communication; ethics; agenda setting; journalism and public relations; stereotyping in the media; media; photojournalism; photography
Catherine Cubbin
Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work
ccubbin@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 0625
Expertise: Social epidemiology; social inequalities in health; neighborhood environments and health; public health
Edwin Dorn
Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
eddorn@utexas.edu
Expertise: International affairs; national security/ defense policy; human resources policy (especially military personnel); civil rights/ race relations; policy making (especially the executive branch); federal education policy; African politics, business
Brian K Farr
Director, Athletic Training Program
bfarr@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1273, +1 512 471 9885
Expertise: Serves as Director of the Athletic Training Education Program and specializes in sports medicine, training athletes, athletic injuries, strength and conditioning, and sports rehabilitation.
Kelly Gaither
Director Of Health Analytics, Texas Advanced Computing Center
kelly@tacc.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8957
Expertise: Scientific visualization; Feature detection; Illumination techniques; Visualization techniques; Visualization applications
Kristin A Garling
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
a.garling@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0861
Expertise: Healthcare communications, patient engagement, patient-centric communication, health solutions, public health, rural health education and advocacy, healthcare professional development, chronic disease, medication therapy management, health outcomes
Michael L Geruso
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
mike.geruso@utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8704
Expertise: Economics of Health and Healthcare, Development, Economic Demography, health insurance
Laurie B Green
Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 736 1002
Expertise: Comparative Race Studies; African American Studies; Gender Studies; Working-Class History;
Migration; Urban History; Poverty and Public Health; Social Movements; Political and Cultural
History; Race Relations, Gender Issues
Sherri R Greenberg
Professor of Practice, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
srgreenberg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8324, +1 512 656 6592
Expertise: A member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1991-2001, Greenberg?s areas of expertise include state and local government, public finance and budgeting, education, health care, transportation, and campaigns and elections in the state of Texas.
Z Leah Harris
Department Chair, Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School
zena.harris@austin.utexas.edu
+1 240 426 7428, +1 512 324 0595
Mark D Hayward
Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
mhayward@prc.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8382
Expertise: Population and Life Course and Aging, Morbidity and Mortality, and Biodemography, Social Epidemiology, Quantitative Methods and Dynamic Models, Life Table Techniques, Death and Dying
Jo Hsu
Associate Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, College of Liberal Arts
vjohsu@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6109
Expertise: Rhetoric & Structures of Power; Narrative Rhetorics; Asian American Rhetorics; Trans and Queer Studies; Disability Studies; Rhetorics of Health and Medicine
Junfeng Jiao
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
jjiao@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Smart communities and built environments; Transit and food access; Active travel; Shared mobility
Lee Ann Kahlor
Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
kahlor@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 791 5726
Expertise: public relations health and environmental risk communication; science communication; information seeking; cultural and racial norms related to health behaviors' message processing; science communication; environmental communication; health communication
William R Kelly
Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
wkelly@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4142
Expertise: Criminal Justice/Criminology/Ecology of Crime, Program and Policy Research and Evaluation, Research Methodology and Statistics
Deena Kemp
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
dkemp@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: persuasion; emotion; behavioral economics in decision-making; health communication
William Lawson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry
william.lawson@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Mental Health, Violence and Mental Illness, Racial and Ethnic Issues in Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Substance Abuse, Ethnic Disparities in Care, Access to Care, Ethnic Issues in Pharmacotherapy
Jihye Lee
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
jihye.lee@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Computational inequality, AI, government, public benefits, advertising, financial constraints, digital inequality, media psychology
Cristine H Legare
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
legare@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Cognitive development, cultural learning, cognitive evolution, cognitive science, social cognition, childrens learning, social learning, science education, biological education, evolution; ritual, religious cognition, science and religion
Molly A Lopez
Research Associate Professor, Office of the Associate Dean for Research
mlopez@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 0614
Expertise: mental health services, evidence-based practice, trauma-informed care, cognitive behavioral therapies, workforce competency, systems of care.
Brad Love
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lovebrad@utexas.edu
Expertise: persuasive capabilities of mass media; public health
Jonathan E Macclements
Senior Associate Dean and DIO of Graduate Medical Education, Department of Medical Education, Dell Medical School
jonathan.macclements@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 495 5104
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; tobacco cessation; opioid overdose prevention; men's role in prenatal health
Richard P Meier
Professor, Department of Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts
rmeier@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1701, +1 512 471 9031
Expertise: Child language development; sign languages; American Sign Language; acquisition of American Sign language by deaf children
Lauren A Meyers
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
utpandemics@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4950
Expertise: infectious disease epidemiology, evolutionary dynamics, molecular evolution, viruses, bacteria, RNA, mathematical modeling, computer simulation, bioinformatics, flu, Ebola, Zika, malaria
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
Jeeyun Oh
Associate Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
jeeyunoh@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8134
Expertise: User interaction with new media interface and AI (artificial intelligence) technology; the impact of interactive/smart/social media interfaces on health/environmental/advertising message processing and persuasion.
Tolga Ozyurtcu
Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
tolga@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 6018
Spanish Speaker
Expertise: Studies the historical, philosophical, sociocultural, and political dimensions of sport and physical culture.
Keryn E Pasch
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
kpasch@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 8295
Expertise: Examines the relation between marketing influence on youth and young adult risk behavior such as substance use, nutrition, sleep and energy drink consumption.
Katherina A Payne
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
kapayne@utexas.edu
Expertise: Researches civic education, early childhood/elementary education, and teacher education to examine the role of relationships, community, and justice to make classrooms democratic and equitable spaces.
Sarah J Rehnborg
A&P Hourly Employment, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
rehnborg@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7062, +1 512 475 7616
Expertise: Non-Profit Management, Civil society, Education Policy
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.
Mary Beth Schmitt Schmitt
Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication
marybeth.schmitt@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Language and literacy outcomes for children with developmental language disorders, including the effects of behavior regulation, optimal treatment intensity and peers
Carol J Spaulding
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
carolspaulding@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 1539
Expertise: Preschool childrens media use, survey design, formative research and program development for low-literacy populations
Debra J Umberson
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).
Sean J Upshaw
Assistant Professor, Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
sean.upshaw@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: culture-centered health communication; visual communication; health and culture; health message design; health promotion messaging; health information messages; health communication; media messaging; communication education
Mary M Velasquez
Professor, School of Social Work
velasquez@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Motivational Interviewing, evidence-based interventions, integrated behavioral health, smoking cessation, alcohol abuse, prenatal health.
Lorraine O Walker
Professor, School of Nursing
lwalker@mail.nur.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 4751
Expertise: Weight gain after childbirth
David C Warner
Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
david.warner@utexas.edu
Expertise: Health policy; health finance; diabetes costs; border health; health insurance; mental health policy; Mexican health system; business, economics & labor.
Patrick P Wong
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
Corwin Zigler
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
cory.zigler@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 475 8722
Expertise: Public health, epidemiology, environmental health, statistics, data sciences, biostatistics, computational medicine