![The University of Texas at San Antonio welcomes its newest faculty members.](img/newfacultybanner19.png)
College of Architecture, Construction and Planning
![Debaditya Chakraborty](img/2019/Chakraborty.Debaditya.png)
Debaditya Chakraborty
Assistant Professor, Construction Science
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
![Greg Griffin](img/2019/Griffin.Greg.png)
Greg Griffin
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Albert Han](img/2019/Han.Albert.png)
Albert Han
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
![Ryan James](img/2019/James.Ryan.png)
Ryan James
Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
College of Business
![Yuanxiong Guo](img/2019/Guo.Yuanxiong.png)
Yuanxiong Guo
Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Ph.D., University of Florida
![Jihye Jung](img/2019/Jung.Jihye.png)
Jihye Jung
Assistant Professor, Marketing
Ph.D., Rice University
![Philip Menard](img/2019/Menard.Philip.png)
Philip Menard
Assistant Professor, Management Science and Statistics
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
![Min Wang](img/2019/Wang.Min.png)
Min Wang
Associate Professor, Management Science and Statistics
Ph.D., Clemson University
![Hongyi Zhu](img/2019/Zhu.Hongyi.png)
Hongyi Zhu
Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Ph.D. (ABD), University of Arizona
College of Education and Human Development
![Kathy Ewoldt](img/2019/Ewoldt.Kathy.png)
Kathy Ewoldt
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
Ph.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas
![Tanya Gaxiola Serrano](img/2019/GaxiolaSerrano.Tanya.png)
Tanya Gaxiola Serrano
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
![Gilberto Lara](img/2019/Lara.Gilberto.png)
Gilberto Lara
Assistant Professor, Bicultural Bilingual Studies
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Maria Leija](img/2019/Leija.Maria.png)
Maria Leija
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Socorro Morales](img/2019/Morales.Socorro.png)
Socorro Morales
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Ph.D., University of Utah
![Marissa Novotny](img/2019/Novotny.Marissa.png)
Marissa Novotny
Visiting Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Ph.D., University of South Florida
![Se-Woong Park](img/2019/Park.SeWoong.png)
Se-Woong Park
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition
Ph.D., Northeastern University
![Priscilla Prasath](img/2019/Prasath.Priscilla.png)
Priscilla Prasath
Assistant Professor, Counseling
Ph.D., Ohio University
![Ann Marie Ryan](img/2019/Ryan.AnnMarie.png)
Ann Marie Ryan
Department Chair and Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
![Rachel Sanders](img/2019/Sanders.Rachel.png)
Rachel Sanders
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
Ph.D., University of Georgia
![Katelyn Sileo](img/2019/Sileo.Katelyn.png)
Katelyn Sileo
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition
Ph.D., San Diego State University & UC San Diego
College of Engineering
![Yanmin Gong](img/2019/Gong.Yanmin.png)
Yanmin Gong
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of Florida
![Dhireesha Kudithipudi](img/2019/Kudithipudi.Dhireesha.png)
Dhireesha Kudithipudi
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
![Donald Petersen](img/2019/Petersen.Donald.png)
Donald Petersen
Professor in Practice, Engineering
Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
College of Liberal and Fine Arts
![Isaura Contreras-Rios](img/2019/ContrerasRios.Isaura.png)
Isaura Contreras-Rios
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
![Cindy Ermus](img/2019/Ermus.Cindy.png)
Cindy Ermus
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., Florida State University
![Eyo Ewara](img/2019/Ewara.Eyo.png)
Eyo Ewara
Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Classics
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
![Devin Flaherty](img/2019/Flaherty.Devin.png)
Devin Flaherty
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
![Kimberly Garza](img/2019/Garza.Kimberly.png)
Kimberly Garza
Assistant Professor, English
Ph.D., University of North Texas
![Ivan Hurd](img/2019/Hurd.Ivan.png)
Ivan Hurd
Assistant Professor, Music
D.M.A., University of Oklahoma
![Sarah Lasley](img/2019/Lasley.Sarah.png)
Sarah Lasley
Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
M.F.A. , Yale School of Art
![Monica Lawson](img/2019/Lawson.Monica.png)
Monica Lawson
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Toledo
![Jon Taylor](img/2019/Taylor.Jon.png)
Jon Taylor
Department Chair and Professor, Political Science and Geography
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
![Robert Tokunaga](img/2019/Tokunaga.Robert.png)
Robert Tokunaga
Assistant Professor, Communication
Ph.D., University of Arizona
![Laura Upenieks](img/2019/Upenieks.Laura.png)
Laura Upenieks
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Toronto
![Oswaldo Zapata](img/2019/Zapata.Oswaldo.png)
Oswaldo Zapata
Assistant Professor, Music
D.M.A., Arizona State University
College of Sciences
![Ursula Alvarado-Miller](img/2019/AlvaradoMiller.Ursula.png)
Ursula Alvarado-Miller
Lecturer I, Environmental Science and Ecology
M.S. , University of Texas at San Antonio
![Imtiaz Arafat](img/2019/Arafat.Imtiaz.png)
Imtiaz Arafat
Lecturer III, Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
![Anthony Burgos-Robles](img/2019/BurgosRobles.Anthony.png)
Anthony Burgos-Robles
Assistant Professor, Biology
Ph.D., Ponce School of Medicine
![Melanie Carless](img/2019/Carless.Melanie.png)
Melanie Carless
Associate Professor, Biology
Ph.D., Griffith University Gold Coast AU
![Saugata Datta](img/2019/Datta.Saugata.png)
Saugata Datta
Professor, Geological Sciences
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
![Kevin Desai](img/2019/Desai.Kevin.png)
Kevin Desai
Assistant Professor in Practice, Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
![Kevin Eddy](img/2019/Eddy.Kevin.png)
Kevin Eddy
Lecturer I, Environmental Science and Ecology
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
![Amanda Fernandez](img/2019/Fernandez.Amanda.png)
Amanda Fernandez
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Ph.D., University at Albany SUNY
![Mauricio Alejandro Gomez Morales](img/2019/GomezMorales.MauricioAlejandro.png)
Mauricio Alejandro Gomez Morales
Assistant Professor in Practice, Computer Science
Ph.D., Purdue University
![Juan Gutierrez](img/2019/Gutierrez.Juan.png)
Juan Gutierrez
Department Chair and Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., Florida State University
![Mariah Hopkins](img/2019/Hopkins.Mariah.png)
Mariah Hopkins
Lecturer II, Biology
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
![Zhiyuan Jia](img/2019/Jia.Zhiyuan.png)
Zhiyuan Jia
Lecturer III, Mathematics
Ph.D., Michigan State University
![Glenn Lahodny](img/2019/Lahodny.Glenn.png)
Glenn Lahodny
Lecturer III, Mathematics
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
![Sushil Prasad](img/2019/Prasad.Sushil.png)
Sushil Prasad
Department Chair and Professor, Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Central Florida
![Angela Speck](img/2019/Speck.Angela.png)
Angela Speck
Department Chair and Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D., University College London
![Matthew Troia](img/2019/Troia.Matthew.png)
Matthew Troia
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Ecology
Ph.D., Kansas State University
![Allison Veach](img/2019/Veach.Allison.png)
Allison Veach
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Ecology
Ph.D., Kansas State University
![Alan Whittington](img/2019/Whittington.Alan.png)
Alan Whittington
Professor, Geological Sciences
Ph.D., Open University, Milton Keynes
University College
![Shamila Behal](img/2019/Behal.Shamila.png)
Shamila Behal
Lecturer II, Academic Inquiry and Scholarship
![Victoria Miller](img/2019/Miller.Victoria.png)
Victoria Miller
Lecturer I, Writing Program
M.A., University of Texas at San Antonio
![Michael Newell](img/2019/Newell.Michael.png)
Michael Newell
Lecturer II, Academic Inquiry and Scholarship
Ph.D., Syracuse University
![Lauren Riojas-Fitzpatrick](img/2019/RiojasFitzpatrick.Lauren.png)
Lauren Riojas-Fitzpatrick
Lecturer I, University College
M.F.A. , University of Texas at San Antonio
![Alyssa Vikesland](img/2019/Vikesland.Alyssa.png)
Alyssa Vikesland
Lecturer II, Academic Inquiry and Scholarship
Ph.D., University of Washington
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Carlos Acevedo
Lecturer I, Mathematics
Davood Barakat
Lecturer I, Mathematics
Elias Bou-Harb
Associate Professor, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Ph.D., Concordia University
Keren Chang
Assistant Professor of Research, Biology
Autumn James
Lecturer III, Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Bernard Ku
Assistant Professor in Practice, Computer Science
Itamar Lerner
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Melissa Markgraf
Lecturer I, Environmental Science and Ecology
Stanton McHardy
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Utah
Neda Norouzi
Assistant Professor, Architecture
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Pablo Requena
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Francesco Savelli
Assistant Professor, Biology
Ph.D., Universita degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Shelby Scott
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Denver
Sam Silvestro
Assistant Professor in Practice, Computer Science
Gani Stamov
Lecturer III, Mathematics