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College of Architecture, Construction and Planning
![Jiannan Cai](img/2020/Cai.Jiannan.png)
Jiannan Cai
Assistant Professor, Construction
Ph.D., Purdue University
Bastain Wibranek
Assistant Professor, Architecture
ABD, TU Darmstadt
College of Business
![Eric Bachura](img/2020/Bachura.Eric.png)
Eric Bachura
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Cyber Security
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
![David Beheshti](img/2020/Beheshti.David.png)
David Beheshti
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Ivalina Kalcheva](img/2020/Kalcheva.Ivalina.png)
Ivalina Kalcheva
Associate Professor, Finance
Ph.D., University of Utah
![Amir Karimi](img/2020/Karimi.Amir.png)
Amir Karimi
Assistant Professor, Management Science & Statistics
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
![Isil Koyuncu](img/2020/Koyuncu.Isil.png)
Isil Koyuncu
Assistant Professor, Management Science & Statistics
Ph.D., University of Alabama
![Andrea Marquez](img/2020/Marquez.Andrea.png)
Andrea Marquez
Assistant Professor, Management
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Heather Staples](img/2020/Staples.Heather.png)
Heather Staples
Assistant Professor in Practice, Management
Ph.D., University of the Incarnate Word
Binay Adhikari
Assistant Professor, Finance
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Hayri Arslan
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Alexander Lewis
Assistant Professor, Management
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Brian Wolfe
Assistant Professor, Finance
Ph.D., Indiana University
College of Education and Human Development
![Rachel Cruz](img/2020/Cruz.Rachel.png)
Rachel Cruz
Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin
![C Alejandra Elenes](img/2020/Elenes.CAlejandra.png)
C Alejandra Elenes
Department Chair and Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
![Cynthia Lima](img/2020/Lima.Cynthia.png)
Cynthia Lima
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Hannah MacNaul](img/2020/MacNaul.Hannah.png)
Hannah MacNaul
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Ph.D., University of South Florida
![Sylvia Mendoza](img/2020/Mendoza.Sylvia.png)
Sylvia Mendoza
Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., University of Utah
![Marc Perry](img/2020/Perry.Marc.png)
Marc Perry
Associate Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Kaitlin Popielarz](img/2020/Popielarz.Kaitlin.png)
Kaitlin Popielarz
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Ph.D., Wayne State University
![Ian Thacker](img/2020/Thacker.Ian.png)
Ian Thacker
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Ph.D., University of Southern California
![Zhongfeng Tian](img/2020/Tian.Zhongfeng.png)
Zhongfeng Tian
Assistant Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Ph.D., Boston College
![Bedrettin Yazan](img/2020/Yazan.Bedrettin.png)
Bedrettin Yazan
Associate Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Bailey Devine
Visiting Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Ph.D., Texas Christian University
Uchenna Emenaha
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Ph.D., University of Houston
College of Engineering
![Kristen Brown](img/2020/Brown.Kristen.png)
Kristen Brown
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
![Ao Du](img/2020/Du.Ao.png)
Ao Du
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., Rice University
![Daniel I. Pineda](img/2020/Pineda.Daniel.png)
Daniel I. Pineda
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
![Arturo E. Schultz](img/2020/Schultz.ArturoE..png)
Arturo E. Schultz
Department Chair and Professor, Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair in Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
![Robert Sutherland](img/2020/Sutherland.Robert.png)
Robert Sutherland
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ph.D., Purdue University
![Esteban Urena-Benavides](img/2020/Urena-Benavides.Esteban.png)
Esteban Urena-Benavides
Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., Clemson University
![Karina Vielma](img/2020/Vielma.Karina.png)
Karina Vielma
Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
Ed.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
![Claire Walton](img/2020/Walton.Claire.png)
Claire Walton
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering/Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
H. Norman Abramson
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Stanford University
Sergio Alcocer
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Mario Flores
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Marzieh Hajiaghamemar
Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Randall Poston
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Marissa Wechsler
Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
College for Health, Community and Policy
![Brian Armenta](img/2020/Armenta.Brian.png)
Brian Armenta
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
![Denver Brown](img/2020/Denver.Brown.jpg)
Denver Brown
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., McMaster University
![Stephanie Cardwell](img/2020/Cardwell.Stephanie.png)
Stephanie Cardwell
Assistant Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
![Jimi Francis](img/2020/Francis.Jimi.png)
Jimi Francis
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
![Ginny Garcia-Alexander](img/2020/Garcia-Alexander.Ginny.png)
Ginny Garcia-Alexander
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
![Terrence Hill](img/2020/Hill.Terrence.png)
Terrence Hill
Associate Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Joseph Houpt](img/2020/Houpt.Joseph.png)
Joseph Houpt
Associate Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., Indiana University
![Kara Joyner](img/2020/Joyner.Kara.png)
Kara Joyner
Department Chair and Professor, Demography
Ph.D., University of Chicago
![Travis Meyers](img/2020/Meyers.Travis.png)
Travis Meyers
Assistant Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Arizona State University
![Emily Nicklett](img/2020/Nicklett.Emily.png)
Emily Nicklett
Associate Professor, Social Work
Ph.D., University of Michigan
![Sherri Simmons-Horton](img/2020/Simmons-Horton.Sherri.png)
Sherri Simmons-Horton
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Ph.D., Praire View A&M
![Raymond Swisher](img/2020/Swisher.Raymond.png)
Raymond Swisher
Department Chair and Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
College of Liberal and Fine Arts
![Milena Ang](img/2020/Ang.Milena.png)
Milena Ang
Assistant Professor, Political Science & Geography
Ph.D., University of Chicago
![Ali Atabey](img/2020/Atabey.Ali.png)
Ali Atabey
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Arizona
![Nicole Cherry](img/2020/Cherry.Nicole.png)
Nicole Cherry
Assistant Professor, Music
D.M.A., Texas Tech University
![Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez](img/2020/Gonzalez.Jorge.png)
Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Rebecca Bria
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
David Grant
Assistant Professor, Philosophy & Classics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yoojin Muhn
Assistant Professor, Music
Ph.D., University of Southern California
College of Sciences
![Cristian Botez](img/2020/Botez.Cristian.png)
Cristian Botez
Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Ph.D., University of Missouri
![Alperen Ergur](img/2020/Ergur.Alperen.png)
Alperen Ergur
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
![Alfonso Fernandez Rivera](img/2020/FernandezRivera.Alfonso.png)
Alfonso Fernandez Rivera
Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences
Ph.D., Ohio State University
![Chris Gamblin](img/2020/Gamblin.Chris.png)
Chris Gamblin
Professor, Biology
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
![Jessica Gehrtz](img/2020/Gehrtz.Jessica.png)
Jessica Gehrtz
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., Colorado State University
![Audrey Lamb](img/2020/Lamb.Audrey.png)
Audrey Lamb
Department Chair and Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
![Jose Morales Escalante](img/2020/MoralesEscalante.Jose.png)
Jose Morales Escalante
Assistant Professor, Mathematics/Physics & Astronomy
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
![Zhuolin Qu](img/2020/Qu.Zhuolin.png)
Zhuolin Qu
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., Tulane University
![Rahul Ragahavan](img/2020/Ragahavan.Rahul.png)
Rahul Ragahavan
Associate Professor, Biology
Ph.D., University of Montana, Missoula
![Rocky Slavin](img/2020/Slavin.Rocky.png)
Rocky Slavin
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
![Tong Wu](img/2020/Wu.Tong.png)
Tong Wu
Assistant Professor in Practice, Mathematics
Ph.D., Tulane University
Sumit Jha
Professor, Computer Science
Ph.D., Carnegie Melon University