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Kamran Ali
Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
asdar@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3550, +1 512 471 4206, +1 512 471 7531
Expertise: Gender; health; development; labor history; political movements (including Islamic groups); Political Economy; post-colonialism; urban social histories, popular culture; historiography; memory; liberalism; Middle East; South Asia
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
Christopher P Brown
Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
cpbrown@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2288
Expertise: Researches the lived experiences of those working in contexts going through educational reform. By studying varied education stakeholders, I have sought to advocate for educational policies that seek to foster, sustain, and extend the complex educational, sociocultural, and individual goals and aspirations of children, their families, teachers, and school leaders.
Joshua Childs
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
joshuachilds@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Examines collaborative approaches involving community organizations and stakeholders that improve academic achievement and reduce opportunity gaps for students. Also studies chronic absenteeism, the role of high school athletics in school settings, and computer science education.
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
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.
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.
Randy B Machemehl
Professor and Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professorship in Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
rbm@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3100, +1 512 471 4541
Expertise: Transportation system operational analysis and design software development; Transport system demand estimation
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.
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.
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.
John M Sharp
Dave P. Carlton Centennial Professor Emeritus in Geology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
jmsharp@jsg.utexas.edu
Expertise: Hyrdogeology; flow in fractured rocks; thermohaline free convection; fracture skin effects; regional flow in carbonate rocks; hydrology of arid and semi-arid zones; subsidence and coastal land loss; effects of urbanization; alluvial aquifers; hydrogeology of sedimentary basins;hydrological processes in ore deposit formation; and hydrogeophysics.
William G Spelman
Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
spelman@mail.utexas.edu
Expertise: Urban policy and management; urban politics; criminal justice policy; prisons; municipal policing; community crime prevention
Ryan Streeter
Executive Director, School of Civic Leadership
ryan.streeter@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: governance, urban policy, campaign politics, economic development.
Kevin J Thomas
Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies Department, College of Liberal Arts
kjthomas@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Issues related to race-ethnicity, global health, immigration, families, and Africa.
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.
Rachel S White
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education
rachel.white@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Examines issue of power and voice in education policy making and implementation processes, with a focus on public school district superintendents and school boards.
Ming Zhang
Professor, School of Architecture
zhangm@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0139
Expertise: Urban transportation planning, urban form and travel behavior, GIS applications in planning, international planning