Core Faculty
Katherine Arens
Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
arens@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6363 |
BUR 320
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Psychoanalysis and feminism (Freudian and Lacanian approaches); the intellectual history of feminist theory; history of European and US feminisms; women and epistemology; women and science
Lucinda Atkinson
Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising & Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lucyatkinson@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: The intersection of politics and consumer behavior, particularly among young people
Hina Azam
Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
hina.azam@austin.utexas.edu |
475-8393 (no voicemail) |
WMB 5.120A
Education: Ph.D.- 2007, Duke University
Interests: Islamic jurisprudence, theology, exegesis, hadith studies; Women/sexuality and Islam; Sexual Violence in Islamic Law
Mary Beltrán
Associate Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody School of Communication
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0021 |
CMA 6.126
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: The construction of race, gender, and class in U.S. television, film, and celebrity culture, with emphasis onLatina/o and mixed-race representation, and the ways in which media texts and producers articulate and challenge social hierarchies and group and national identities. Critical and cultural studies of television and film, feminist media studies, U.S. television and film history, celebrity studies, media activism and alternative media.
Chad Bennett
Assistant Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests: Twentieth- and twenty-first-century American literature and culture, poetry and poetics, queer theory, gender and sexuality studies, film and media studies, and creative writing.
Daina Ramey Berry
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., 1998, United States History, University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: 19th-century American History, Comparative Slavery, and Southern History, with a particular emphasis on the role of gender, labor, family, and economy among the enslaved
Rebecca Bigler
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
rebeccabigler28@gmail.com |
471-9917 |
SEA 5.250
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests: Children's gender roles and attitudes, racial stereotyping, perceptions of discrimination
Mary A Bock
Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism, Moody College of Communication
mary.bock@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0673 |
BMC 3.384
Interests: Sociology of photographic practice, the rhetorical relationship between words and images, and digital media
Paola Bonifazio
Asociate Professor in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
pbonifazio@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1561 |
HRH 3.110A
Education: PhD, New York University
Interests: Italian Cinema; Film Theory and History, including Documentary and Experimental; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies
Pascale Bos
Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
pascalebos@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6373 |
BUR 314
Education: Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
Interests: 20th-century Comparative Western European and US literature; cultural studies, gender and memory, autobiography, Holocaust (history/culture/literature), sexual violence in armed conflict
Keffrelyn Brown
Associate Professorin the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
Education: Ph.D., 2006, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Interests: How pre-service and in-service teachers acquire, understand and use sociocultural knowledge to address the teaching of underserved student populations; educational experiences of and knowledge about African American students
Simone A. Browne
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto
Interests: Surveillance, Social Media, Social Network Sites, and Black Diaspora Studies
Beth Bukoski
Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration, College of Education
bb@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4419 |
SZB 310N
Education: Ph.D., 2012, UT Austin College of Education, Educational Administration
Interests: Social justice, equity, and diversity, particularly the persistence and success of underrepresented students, the experiences of underrepresented faculty, and leadership across the P-20 pipeline
Noel B. Busch-Armendariz
Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Interests: Violence against women and their children; moral reasoning of women; immigrant, maternal, and child health and social policy; international social work education; adoption and child welfare issues
Charlotte Canning
Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
charlottecanning@mail.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests: Feminism and theater
Ben Carrington
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
bcarrington@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6341 |
CLA 3.734
Education: Ph.D., Leeds Metropolitan University
Interests: Post/colonial Theory; Sociology of Race; Cultural Sociology; Sociology of Sport, Media and Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Masculinity and Gender Studies
Shannon E. Cavanagh
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
scavanagh@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8319 |
CLA 2.708A
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Implications of family instability for children across the early life course and health and well-being of children and adolescents; puberty and the ways that notions of gender, the body, and social context come together to shape how girls negotiate adolescence and the transition into adulthood
Mounira M. Charrad
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
charrad@utexas.edu |
232-6311 |
CLA 3.526
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: Gender & Women's Rights; Political Sociology; Social Theory; Colonialism; Comparative-Historical Sociology; Globalization; Middle East and North Africa.
Elizabeth Cullingford
Department Chair / Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
cullingford@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4991 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., Oxford University
Interests: Only children, Irish literature, politics, and culture; modern poetry; women's studies; drama and film; Shakespeare; the relation between high and popular culture
Ann Cvetkovich
LGBTQ Studies Program Director and Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
cvet@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8374 |
PAR 323
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Cornell University
Interests: Gay and lesbian studies; public feelings; trauma studies
Janet M. Davis
Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-1848 |
BUR 432
Education: Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests: U.S. cultural and social history; popular culture; social thought; animal studies; women’s and gender history; U.S. social movements; modern South Asia
Susan De Luca
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Interests: Adolescent suicide prevention with a focus on Latinas
Mercedes Lynn De Uriarte
Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, Moody College of Communication
merlyn@utexas.edu |
512.471.1979 |
CMA A5.150A
Education: Ph.D. in American Studies, Yale
Interests: Social justice issues, particularly the exclusion of voice, minority invisibility and housing insecurity; curtailing of voice and patterns of newsroom exclusion
Diana DiNitto
Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., Florida State University
Interests: Social welfare policy, alcohol and drug problems, violence against women
Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba
Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
ruvalcaba@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.4936 |
BEN 3.130
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Interests: Queer Studies, Studies of Violence, Border Studies in Literature, Film, and the Arts
Caroline Faria
Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, College of Liberal Arts
cvfaria@austin.utexas.edu |
CLA 3.414
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington, WA
Interests: Feminist political and economic geographies; feminist methodologies; Africa and the African diaspora
Dorie J. Gilbert
Associate Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., 1996, Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Africentric interventions, global health and mental health disparities, international development and social entrepreneurship
Laurie B. Green
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7245 |
GAR 2.116
Education: Ph.D., 1999, University of Chicago
Interests: Politics of race and gender in the 20-century U.S.; social movements; cultural studies
Nicole Guidotti-Hernández
Professor and Chair in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests: Transnational Feminisms; Critical Race Studies; Latinx Studies; Borderlands History; American Studies; Violence and Citizenship; and Indigeneity and Nationalisms
Sabine Hake
Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
hake@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6379 |
BUR 332
Education: Ph.D., University of Hannover, Germany
Interests: German film, Weimar culture, modernism and the avant-garde, the culture of the metropolis, fascist aesthetics, working-class culture, Marxist theory
Mark D. Hayward
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
mhayward@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8382 |
CLA 2.622E
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Interests: Life course origins of adult health and mortality, biodemography
Susan S Heinzelman
Director, Center for Women's & Gender Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
sheinz@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8736 |
PAR 126
Education: Ph.D., 1977, University of Western Ontario
Interests: 18-century women's novels; feminism, law, and literature
Geraldine Heng
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
heng@austin.utexas.edu |
471-7480 |
PAR 213
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests: Literary, cultural and social encounters between worlds; webs of exchange and negotiation between communities and cultures when transacted through issues of gender, race, sexuality, and religion; Medieval Europe’s discoveries and rediscoveries of Asia and Africa
Neville Hoad
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
nhoad@mail.utexas.edu |
PAR 215
Education: Ph.D., 1998, Columbia University
Interests: Victorian feminism; psychoanalysis (particularly Freud and Klein); contemporary feminist theory in French and English; lesbian and gay studies; queer theory; international human rights law pertaining to sexual orientations; sexuality and gender issues in Southern Africa
Kristen A Hogan
Education Coordinator, UT Gender & Sexuality Center
hogank@austin.utexas.edu |
SAC 2.112
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Juliet Hooker
Associate Professor in the Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
juliethooker@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.7273 |
MEZ 3.146
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests: Black political thought, Latin American political thought, political solidarity, and multiculturalism
Robert W. Jensen
Professor in the Department of Journalism. Moody College of Communication
Education: PhD, University of Minnesota
Interests: Feminist critiques of the media; Pornography; Questions of race through a critique of white privilege and institutionalized racism
Barbara Jones
University Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Associate Dean for Health Affairs
barbarajones@mail.utexas.edu |
512-475-9367
Education: Ph. D., University at Albany, State University of New York
Interests: Coordinated care for children facing illness, family resilience, pediatric palliative care, pediatric oncology social work interventions, and adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
LeeAnn Kahlor
Associate Professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
Interests: Health and environmental risk communication; information processing; television viewing; political communication
Ward Keeler
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
ward.keeler@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8520 |
EPS 1.146
Education: PhD, University of Chicago
Interests: Anthropology and expressive culture, including music, theatre, and literature; language and culture; postcoloniality; Java and Bali (Indonesia), and Burma
Su Yeong Kim
Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
sykim@prc.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-5524 |
SEA 2.322G
Education: Ph.D. Human Development and Family Sciences, University of California, Davis
Interests: Mexican American and Chinese American families and immigration, acculturation, language brokering, parenting, depressive symptoms, school achievement, measurement invariance
Philippa Levine
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
philippa@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-1236 |
HRC 3.202B
Education: DPhil, Oxford University
Interests: British Empire; intersections of race and gender; science, medicine and society
Xavier Livermon
Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Intersection of popular culture, gender, and sexuality in post-apartheid South Africa and the African Diaspora; African Cultural Studies; Black Popular Music; Black Performance; Black Queer Studies; HIV/AIDS; African Diaspora Studies
Carol H MacKay
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
mackay@mail.utexas.edu |
471-8970 |
PAR 221
Education: Ph.D., 1979, University of California Los Angeles
Interests: Victorian novel; women's studies; autobiography; William Makepeace Thackeray; Charles Dickens; Julia Margaret Cameron; Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Annie Besant; Elizabeth Robins; Virginia Woolf
Matthew McGlone
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
Matthew_McGlone@mail.utexas.edu
Education: Ph. D., Princeton University
Interests: The role of language in persuasion, deception, and prejudice in interpersonal communication
Martha Menchaca
Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
mmen@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.7537 |
SAC 5.158
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Social anthropology; ethnicity, critical race theory, legal anthropology, history and oral traditions, US/Mexican culture; Latin America; Mexico
Sofian Merabet
Associate Professor of Anthropology
sofian.merabet@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0057 |
SAC 5.156
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests: Socio-Cultural Theory/Psychoanalysis/Urban Studies/Gender Studies/Queer Theory/Muslim World, Europe, and South America
Julie A. Minich
Assistant Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
minichja@utexas.edu |
PAR 227
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Chicana/o literary and cultural studies Latina/o literary and cultural studies LGBT studies Feminist studies Disability studies
Lisa L Moore
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
llmoore@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4991 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University
Interests: 18th-century and Romantic literatures; Early American literature; Anglo-American women's literature; feminist and queer theory and the history of sexuality; poetry and poetics
Gretchen Murphy
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
gretchen@mail.utexas.edu |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1999, University of Washington
Interests: U.S. Literature and culture to 1914, nationalism and imperialism, sentimental and domestic writing
Cynthia Osborne
Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
cosborne@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-9808 |
SRH 3.238
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests: Social policy, poverty and inequality, family and child well-being, family demography, and school entry among disadvantaged children
Yolanda C. Padilla
Professor in the School of Social Work
ypadilla@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-6266 |
SSW 3.130K
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Population studies focusing on racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being with an emphasis on Mexican American children and families, poverty, immigration, and applications to social welfare policy development
Ann M. Reynolds
Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
Education: Ph. D., The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
Interests: U.S. and European art, architecture, and visual culture after 1930; feminist theory, gender, and sexuality studies; the historiography of exhibition practice; and film
Matt T Richardson
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
matturichardson@gmail.com |
(512) 471-8700 |
PAR 327
Education: Ph.D., 2005, African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Ethnic and Third-World Literature; Black feminist theory; Queer studies; contemporary African American women's fiction
Michele Rountree
Associate Professor in the School of Social Work
Interests: Investigation of mental health and health associated with the intersection between intimate partner violence and heightened risk for HIV/AIDS; development and evaluation of evidence-based HIV/AIDS interventions and prevention strategies tailored to women and communities of color
Loriene Roy
Professor in the School of Information Studies
Education: Ph. D., University of Illinois, Urbana
Interests: Public libraries and indigenous cultural heritage development and information services
Sharmila Rudrappa
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6310 |
BUR 574
Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Indian information technology; immigrants in the U.S.; the cultural politics of assisted reproductive technologies in India
Faegheh Shirazi
Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
fshirazi@austin.utexas.edu |
232-9416 |
WMB 6.128
Education: PhD, Ohio State University
Interests: Textiles, dress, gender identity discourse, and material culture in the Middle East; the meanings of veiling; rituals and rites of passage as they relate to material culture
Balbir K. Singh
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Women’s & Gender Studies
Education: Ph.D., English, University of Washington
Christen Smith
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
christen.smith@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.112
Education: Ph.D., Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
Interests: Performance, racial formation, the black body, violence, black women and transnational struggle, black liberation and resistance in the Americas (particularly Brazil and the United States)
Melissa Smith
Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work
Education: M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
Interests: Health equity, community-based participatory research, global health, women’s health, health literacy.
Patricia A. Somers
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration, College of Education
pasomers@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.7551 |
SZB 374
Interests: Access and persistence in Brazilian higher education; Affirmative Action and admissions - U.S. and Brazil; college student persistence in the U.S.
Nancy K. Stalker
Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
nancy.stalker@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-5811 |
WCH 4.130
Education: Ph.D., 2002, Stanford University
Interests: The relationship between cultural and religious practice and national identity in modern Japan; the conception of traditional Japanese cuisine and gender ideology
Pauline Strong
Director of Humanities Institute, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
pstrong@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8524 |
SAC 4.130
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests: Cultural, historical, feminist anthropology. Identity and difference. Politics of representation. Public culture. Youth organizations. Museum studies. US, Indigenous North America.
Kevin Thomas
Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communictaion
Education: Ph.D., 2011, Advertising, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: socio-cultural impact of marketing communication and consumer behavior; multicultural advertising; issues of diversity and marketplace discrimination; entrepreneurship and marketplace empowerment
Kathleen Tyner
Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
ktyner@utexas.edu |
512-471-3852
Interests: Media arts, digital literacy, and the uses of serious games for learning
Lynn Westbrook
Associate Professor in the School of Information
Interests: information worlds of domestic violence survivors, the nature and quality of digital reference transactions, and the role of mental models in reference work
Karin Wilkins
Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
karin.wilkins@austin.utexas.edu |
CAL 528D
Education: PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Development communication and social change, global communication, and critical media studies
Lynn R Wilkinson
Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
lrw@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6370 |
BUR 360
Education: Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Scandinavian and comparative literature; Scandinavian drama and film; modernism; the novel and narrative traditions; gender studies; literary and cultural theory
Christine L Williams
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
cwilliams@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6321 |
CLA 3.608
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Gender, sexuality, workplace inequality, qualitative research methods, theory
Zipporah B. Wiseman
Professor in the School of Law
Education: LLB 1954, Yale University
Interests: Commercial law; issues in feminist legal theory
Associate Faculty
Gayle Acton
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: Her research program concerns the older adult client, and in particular, caregivers of adults with dementia.
Kamran Scot Aghaie
Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
kamranaghaie@austin.utexas.edu |
475-6400 |
WMB 6.102
Education: Ph.D., 1999, University of California at Los Angeles
Interests: Islamic studies, Shi'ism, modern Iranian and Middle Eastern history; secondary areas of interest: world history, historiography, religious studies, nationalism, gender studies and economic history
Samer Ali
Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts
saali@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6467 |
CAL 408
Education: Ph.D, Indiana University
Interests: Islamic kingship, court literature and patronage, classical historiography, modern and medieval folklore and folklife, Arab women poets, oral performance of Homeric epic, literary criticism
Megan Alrutz
Assistant Professor of Applied Theatre and Community Cultural Engagement, College of Fine Arts
malrutz@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6383
Education: Ph.D., Arizona State University
Interests: applied theatre and theatre for young audiences, including school-based, arts-infusion and community-embedded performance; devising and directing theatre and digital storytelling to explore issues of voice and identity; and developing new work that challenges ways of seeing/knowing and inspires dialogue
Emily Amanatullah
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business College of Business Administration
Jacqueline L. Angel
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts
jangel@austin.utexas.edu |
475-8641 |
SHR 3.203
Education: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Interests: relationships linking family structures, inequality, and health across the life course
Marilyn Armour
Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests: Clinical interventions; Restorative justice; Criminal justice; Crime victims including homicide; Clinical and cross cultural supervision; Professional ethics and boundaries; Qualitative research methods
Germine Awad
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
gawad@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0526 |
SZB 506H
Education: Ph.D., 2005, Psychology, Southern Illinois University - Carbindale
Interests: attitude development and expression in the following areas: prejudice and discrimination, ethnic and racial identity (with a focus on Arabs and African Americans), acculturation, immigration, and attitudes toward affirmative action beneficiaries
Samuel Baker
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
sebaker@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8389 |
CAL 308
Education: Ph.D., 2001, University of Chicago
J.K. Barret
Assistant Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts
jkbarret@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8930 |
CAL 310
Education: Ph.D., 2008, Princeton University
Interests: Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature; the Renaissance future; time; literature and the visual arts; early modern legal theory; classical reception; narrative.
Phillip J Barrish
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
pbarrish@austin.utexas.edu |
471-7840 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University
Interests: Post-Civil War American literature and culture; whiteness studies and critical race theory; "masculinity" as a cultural construction; gender studies; psychoanalytic approaches to literary study; relationship between literature and liberalism
Alice L Batt
Lecturer in the Department of Rhetoric & Writing, College of Liberal Arts
abatt@austin.utexas.edu |
471-3280 |
PAR 15
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: creative nonfiction, feature writing, grantwriting, and nonprofit writing
Deborah Beck
Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts
deborah.beck@austin.utexas.edu |
WAG 21
Education: PhD 1997, Harvard University
Interests: Formulas and oral aesthetics in early Greek poetry; cognitive theories of reading and image processing; speech and speech representation in Homeric epic; representations of art and interpretation in Augustan Latin poetry
Kirsten "Kit" Belgum
Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
belgum@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6375 |
BUR 324
Education: Ph.D., German, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests: Nineteenth-Century German Studies, Popular Culture, Print Culture, Nationalism, German Realism, Travel literature
S. Natasha Beretvas
Professor of Educational Psychology; Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, College of Education
Education: PhD, University of Washington
Interests: Evaluation and innovative application of psychometric and statistical models; multilevel modeling with a focus on extensions to the conventional multilevel model to handle student mobility and other sources of data structure complexities; meta-analytic techniques (particularly, synthesis of single-case research designs' results)
Douglas G. Biow
Professor in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberall Arts
biow@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7267 |
HRH 2.110B
Marc Bizer
Professor, French Studies
mbizer@utexas.edu |
512-471-7780 |
HRH 3.112B
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Interests: Nascent French identities: national, social, religious, authorial, gendered; tragedy and the tragic
Daniel A Bonevac
Professor in the Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
bonevac@austin.utexas.edu |
232-4333 |
WAG 403
Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Interests: Philosophy; Logic; Moral Issues; Ethics; Philosophy in Popular Culture; Christian Philosophy.
Paul Bonin Rodriguez
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance, College of Fine Arts
Sharon Brown
Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: type 2 diabetes and ways to promote healthier outcomes
Erika M. Bsumek
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
embsumek@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3261 |
GAR 2.104C
Education: Ph.D., 2000, Rutgers University
Interests: environment, sustainability, engineering, race and ethncity.
Mia Carter
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
miac@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8733 |
PAR 123
Education: PhD,, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interests: Ethnic and Third World Literature; Popular Culture; Modern British Literature; Women, Gender and Literature; post-colonial and ethnic studies, modernism, 19th and 20th Century British Literature, Imperial studies, film, women's studies
John R Clarke
Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Art
j.clarke@austin.utexas.edu |
DFA 2.114
Education: PhD, Yale
Interests: ancient Roman art, art-historical methodology, and contemporary art
Judith G. Coffin
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
jcoffin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7235 |
GAR 2.122
Education: Ph.D., 1985, Yale University
Interests: European social and cultural history, especially 20th-century France; gender, sexuality and history of feminism, early twentieth-century consumption; French imperialism and race relations; the "sexual revolution" in post-war France
David Crew
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
dfcrew@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7232 |
GAR 2.126
Education: Ph.D., 1975, Cornell University
Interests: the history of popular culture and consumerism in twentieth-century Germany and Europe, the history and politics of memory, and the visual history of Germany in the twentieth century, with a specific focus upon photographic representations
David Crews
Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Interests: meaning of diversity in reproductive controlling mechanisms and the evolution of brain mechanisms controlling behavior
Robert Crosnoe
Professor and Chair of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
crosnoe@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3255 (Chair's Office), 512-471-8329 (PRC) |
CLA 2.406F
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Human Development, Education, Family, Health, Immigration
Catherine Cubbin
Associate Professor in the School of Social Work
ccubbin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-0625 |
CLA 2.622G
Education: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Interests: using epidemiological methods to better understand socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in health for the purpose of informing policy
Tina Curran
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
Lesley A Dean-Jones
Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts
ldjones@austin.utexas.edu |
471-2352 |
WAG 123B
Education: Ph.D., Stanford
Interests: ancient medicine, philosophy, and gynecology; women in antiquity
Andrew Dell'Antonio
Professor in the School of Music
dellantonio@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-6880 |
MBE 3.214
Education: Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Interests: musical historiography, feminist/queer theory and cultural studies
Theodore Dix
Associate Professor in the Human Dev & Family Sci, College of Natural Sciences
Interests: how psychological aspects of parents influence the behaviors that parents and children display and the course of their interactions
Philip Doty
Associate Professor in the School of Information
Education: Ph.D., Syracruse University
Interests: Family, gender, and youth issues; politics research; federal information policy; social science research methods; information user behavior; the digital divide
Elsie Echeverri-Carroll
Research Professor, Director Economic Development Program Bureau of Business Research
e.carroll@mail.utexas.edu |
512.475.7811 |
IC2 1.124
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Catharine H Echols
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
echols@austin.utexas.edu |
SEA 5.220
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois
Interests: issues related to the acquisition of language
Karen Engle
Professor in the School of Law
kengle@law.utexas.edu |
512.232.7066 |
JON 6.240
Education: JD, Harvard University
Interests: international human rights law
Linda Ferreira-Buckley
Associate Professor of the Department of Rhetoric & Writing, College of Liberal Arts Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
lfb@utexas.edu |
471-6109 |
PAR 3
Rowena Fong
Professor in the School of Social Work
rfong@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-1393 |
School of Social Work: 3.122G
Education: Ed.D., Harvard University
Interests: Asian American Studies; Chinese American children and families; ethnic identity formation and socialization; childrearing practices; international adoptions; immigrants and refugees; human trafficking; Title IVE child welfare training, child neglect, family preservation, culturally competent practice
Norma Fowler
Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph.D, Duke University, 1978
Interests: conservation applications, including the preservation of an endangered annual forb and the management of woodland preserves
Alison K. Frazier
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts Department of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts
akfrazier@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6375 |
GAR 2.109
Education: Ph.D., 1997, Columbia University
Interests: editions of humanist saints' lives; a study of a quattrocento hexameral commentary; a census of Bonino Mombrizio's c. 1477 "Sanctuarium"
Adria Frizzi
Lecturer in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
adriafrizzi@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7289 |
HRH 3.112A
Education: PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Modern and contemporary literature: Brazilian, Italian, Spanish American, US; Translation studies: theory and practice of translation; Modern and contemporary Italian culture; Italian women writers; Film: Italian and Latin American; literature into film
Laura Furman
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
ljfurman@mail.utexas.edu |
471-8392 |
CAL 314
Education: B.A., 1968, Bennington College
Lyndon K. Gill
Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts Center for African and African American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Rachel V. González-Martin
Assistant Professor in the Mexican American and Latina_o Studies, College of Liberal Arts Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
rvgonzal@austin.utexas.edu |
512 475 6775 |
GWB 1.102C
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests: Latina/o Studies, Folklore, Ethnomusicology
Lalitha Gopalan
Associate Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
lalitha.gopalan@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-9374 |
CMA 6.174
Education: PhD, University of Rochester
Edmund T. Gordon
Chair and Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Associate Professor Anthropology
etgordon@austin.utexas.edu |
471-1784 |
GRG 340
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Culture and power in the African Diaspora, gender studies (particularly Black males), critical race theory, race education, and the racial economy of space and resources
Andrea Gore
Professor in the College of Pharmacy Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph. D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Interests: mechanisms by which the brain controls reproductive development and aging
Penny A Green
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
pennygreen@utexas.edu |
232-6306 |
BUR 540
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Karen Grumberg
Assistant Professor
keren@austin.utexas.edu |
471-5134 |
WMB 6.116
Education: Ph.D.- 2004, University of California- Los Angeles
Laura G. Gutiérrez
Associate Professor, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and Interim Chair
lauragutierrez@utexas.edu |
512.471.3543 |
GWB 2.102
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Andreana P Haley
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
haley@austin.utexas.edu |
232-0863 |
SEA 3.238
Education: Ph.D., University of Virginia
Interests: aging, cognition, neurobiology, neuroimaging (MRI, MRS, fMRI)
Julie Hardwick
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
jhardwick@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7221 |
GAR 3.112
Education: Ph.D., 1991, Johns Hopkins University
Interests: intersections of legal, economic, social and family/gender history in early modern France
Tracie C Harrison
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: intersection between age related change and functional impairment and how that affects social role performance and subsequent health outcomes in women
Hillary Hart
Senior Lecturer in the Department Civil Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Education: Ph. D., Bryn Mawr College
Interests: environmental communication, technical communication in the workplace, and engineering research ethics
Nancy Hazen-Swann
Professor in the Human Dev & Family Sci, College of Natural Sciences
Interests: in how children's relationships in the family relate to their developing social-emotional adjustment and peer interaction styles
Elizabeth A Hedrick
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
eahedrick@mail.utexas.edu |
471-8705 |
PAR 226
Education: Ph.D., 1986, Columbia University
Interests: Feminist theory since 1970; gender and science; 18th-century novel and drama; Samuel Johnson; 18th-century lexicography; history of charity and philanthropy
Kurt Heinzelman
Professor
kheinz@mail.utexas.edu |
471-6688 |
PAR 121
Education: Ph.D., 1978, University of Massachusettes
Linda Henderson
Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
Education: Ph. D., Yale University
Interests: interdisciplinary study of modernism, including the relation of modern art to fields such as geometry, science and technology, and mystical and occult philosophies
Jacqueline M Henkel
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts Department of Rhetoric & Writing, College of Liberal Arts
henkelj@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4942 |
PAR 14
Education: Ph.D., 1985, University of Minnesota
Interests: relation of linguistics to literary criticism; ordinary language philosophy; narrative theory; and language and gender
Kathleen M Higgins
Professor in the Department of Philosophy
kmhiggins@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-5564 |
WAG 203
Education: PhD, Yale
Interests: emotion, feminist ethics, feminist aesthetics
Michael Craig Hillmann
Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies
mchillmann@aol.com |
512-475-6606 |
CAL 400
Interests: Persian (Farsi and Tajiki) language and literature; Iranian art and culture; literary autobiography; lyric verse
Heather Hindman
Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies
h.hindman@mail.utexas.edu |
471-1667 |
WCH 5.103
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Carole K. Holahan
Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Health and well-being across the life span; women's health; psychosocial factors in health behavior; successful aging; stress and coping
Jennifer Holme
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration
Education: Ph.D., Educational Policy; Ed.M, Administration, Planning and Social Policy, University of California at Los Angeles; Harvard University
Interests: politics and implementation of educational policy
Kristine Hopkins
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
khopkins@prc.utexas.edu |
512.471.8313 |
CLA 2.620D
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: reproductive health issues in Texas, the US-Mexico border, and Latin America
Sharon Horner
Professor in the School of Nursing
s.horner@mail.utexas.edu |
+1 512 471 7951 |
NUR 4.153 NUR 4.150
Interests: families with children who have chronic illnesses
Thomas K Hubbard
Professor in the Department of Classics
tkh@mail.utexas.edu |
471-0676 |
WAG 9
Education: PhD; 1980, Yale
Interests: Greek and Roman Literature, Literary Theory
Deborah B. Jacobvitz
Chair, Professor in the Department of Human Dev & Family Sci
debj@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4276 |
SEA 2.414
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Interests: parent-child interactions and their transmission from one generation to the next
Sirkka Jarvenpaa
Professor in the Department of Information
Interests: Clicks and Mortars, Customer Insight, E-Commerce, Information Systems
Judith Jellison
Professor in the School of Music
Interests: quality music experiences for all children
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones
Associate Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
jonijones@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4320 |
JES A232A
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Interests: identity, ethnography, Yoruba-based performance aesthetics, Black Feminisms and Theatre for Social Change. She teaches undergraduate courses in African-American theatre history and the performance of race
Elizabeth L. Keating
Professor in the Department of Anthropology
elizabeth.keating@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8518 |
SAC 4.156
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: Linguistic Anthropology, Language and Status, American Sign Language, New Communication Technologies, Multimodal Communication, Visual Anthropology
Sara E Kimball
Associate Professor in the Department of English
skimball@uts.cc.utexas.edu |
471-8363 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1983, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Hittitology; Hittite and Indo-European languages; historical linguistics; lexicography; language and gender; history of literacy
Mary Jo Kirisits
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
kirisits@mail.utexas.edu |
+1-512-232-7120
Interests: biological treatment processes, biofilms, environmental microbiology, and molecular biology
Judith H Langlois
Executive Vice-President and Provost (Interim) / Professor in the Department of Psychology
jlanglois@austin.utexas.edu |
232-3600 |
MAI 101
Education: Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Interests: social development and social information processing; infant development; the effects of individual characteristics (physical appearance, gender, age) on the differential socialization of males and females and on the development of social behavior; the origin of social stereotypes; the development of social competence
Cristine H Legare
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
legare@austin.utexas.edu |
SEA 5.216
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Cognitive development, cultural learning, cognitive evolution
Janice Leoshko
Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History
jleoshko@austin.utexas.edu |
232-2581 |
DFA 2.110
Education: PhD, Ohio State University
Carol Lewis
Lecturer in the Office of the Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Women's health; interdisciplinary research; research administration; program evaluation; adolescent parenting; domestic violence; school-based prevention; cultural diversity; alternative medicine; placebo effects
Rebecca J. Lewis
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
rjlewis@austin.utexas.edu |
232-5386 |
SAC 5.152
Education: Ph.D., University Biological Anthropology and Anatomy (2004), Duke University
Interests: male-female relationships, evolution of social behavior, evolution of cooperation, power dynamics, relationship between distribution of resources and social relationships (socioecology), sexual selection, primate behavioral ecology
Tatjana Lichtenstein
Associate Professor in the Department of History; Director, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies
lichtens@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6171 |
GAR 0.110
Education: Ph.D. 2009, University of Toronto, Canada
Interests: Twentieth century Eastern European history with a focus on nationalism, minorities and state-building, and relations between Jews and non-Jews
Michael S. Mackert
Associate Professor in the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations
Education: Ph. D., Michigan State University
Interests: health literacy, with a particular interest in the best ways to design health messages to reach low health literate populations
Eric S Mallin
Associate Professor in the Department of English
emall@mail.utexas.edu |
471-1697
Education: Ph.D., 1986, Stanford University
Interests: Shakespeare, 16th- and 17th-century English drama, new historicism, queer theory, Shakespearean / early modern themes as they transmogrify and metastasize in contemporary cinema
Jill A. Marshall
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Learning and teaching of Physics and Astronomy; gender issues in science and science education; group interactions in collaboraive learning
Tracie M. Matysik
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
matysik@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7251 |
GAR 3.402
Education: Ph.D., 2001, Cornell University
Interests: field of modern European intellectual history, with a particular focus on the evolution of secularism as a social movement
Jennifer Maynard
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Biotechnology, applied immunology, applied microbiology
Ruth G McRoy
Professor Emeritus
r.mcroy@mail.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0551 |
3.208A
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Cindy M Meston
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
meston@psy.utexas.edu |
232-4644 |
SEA 3.232
Education: Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Susan Mickey
Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
Interests: extensive design experiences in regional theatre, television, film and print
Leslie A Moore
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
Interests: psychotherapy, couples therapy, intensive short term psychodynamic psychotherapy, narrative therapy
Chandra L. Muller
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
cmuller@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8377, 512-232-6322 |
MAI 2320; BUR 584
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests: diversity in experiences and disparities according to gender, race and ethnicity, social class, as well as disability, immigration or language minority status.
Martha G. Newman
Associate Professor in the Departments of History and Religious Studies
newman@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8660 |
GAR 3.408
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University
Interests: Currently her research focuses on monastic miracle collections and monastic attitudes toward women and the poor
Pamela Paxton
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
ppaxton@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6323 |
CLA 3.738
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: pro-social behavior, politics, gender, and methodology
Shelley M. Payne
Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Interests: Pathogenic mechanisms of Shigella, E. coli, and Vibrio cholerae; Genetics of bacterial iron transport systems
Domino R. Perez
Associate Professor
drperez@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-7853 |
CAL 401
Education: Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Interests: Young Adult Fiction; American Literature; Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Film
Tasha Philpot
Associate Professor in the Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
tphilpot@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-3681 |
BAT 4.140
Education: Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan
Interests: African-American Politics, Political Psychology, Public Opinion and Political Behavior, Political Communication, and Political Parties
David Quinto-Pozos
Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts
davidqp@austin.utexas.edu |
471-9030
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Esther Raizen
Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
raizen@austin.utexas.edu |
GEB 3.212
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Modern and classical Hebrew language and literature, Jewish history and culture, teaching Hebrew as a foreign language, computer assisted instruction, computational linguistics, academic advising and student development
Kelly Raley
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
kelly.raley@mail.utexas.edu |
232-6333 |
CLA 2.072E
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: family trends, the social determinants of family formation, and the impact of family change on social stratification
Vijaya Ramachandran
Professor in the Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
vlr@cs.utexas.edu |
+1-512-471-9554
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Interests: algorithms and computational theory, primarily in the areas of graph algorithms, data structures, randomized algorithms, parallel algorithms and effective models for computation
Julia Ann Reed
Associate Professor in the Department of Textiles and Apparel, College of Natural Sciences
Interests: investigating young children's use of nonverbal clothing cues in defining and communicating notions of masculinity and femininity
Linda E Reichl
Professor in the Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph. D., University of Denver
Ann M. Repp
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
repp@mail.utexas.edu |
471-3858 |
SEA 5.252
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Donna Lynn Rew
Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: Family health nursing; sexual health practices of homeless adolescents
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
riegle@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8642 |
MAI 2312
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Aaron Rochlen
Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
aaron.rochlen@austin.utexas.edu |
512 471 0361 |
SZB 504
Interests: men;s gender role socialization, help-seeking behaviors, and the lives of men in non-traditional work/family roles
Victoria Rodríguez
Professor in the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
victoria@austin.utexas.edu |
512 475 8620 |
SRH 3.229
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: governance, democratization, and political change in Mexico
Sonia Roncador
Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
roncador@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.4525 |
BEN 3.132
Education: Ph. D., New York University
Interests: Lusophone Literatures and cultures Gender and race Questions of servitude, domesticity, and women’s education Brazilian and transatlantic cultural studies
Rebecca Rossen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
r-rossen@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.7153 |
WIN 2.115
Education: Ph.D.(2006), Northwestern University
Interests: Gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in physical performance; theatrical stagings of identity; feminist performance; 20th and 21st century American dance; theories of the body; choreography. For full biography, click on faculty name.
Margo Sawyer
Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
Education: MFA, Yale University
Interests: placing the viewer within spaces of reflection and contemplation, where structures that are visually accessible yet physically unapproachable create a series of perceptual contradictions
Elizabeth Scala
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
scala@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8375 |
CAL 213
Education: Ph.D., 1994, Harvard University
Interests: Chaucer, Medieval literature, Textual Studies, Book History, Shakespeare, Literary Theory, Hitchcock, Nabokov
Nancy Schiesari
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
Education: MFA, The University of Texas at Austin
Megan Seaholm
Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
seaholmm@gmail.com |
512-475-7243 |
GAR 3.214
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Rice University
Interests: history of women's health care and the social construction of medical science and medical practice; history of American feminism
Sonia Seeman
Associate Professor in the School of Music, College of Fine Arts
stseeman@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-2854 |
MBE 3.204
Education: Ph.D., UCLA
Interests: music of modern Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, and Southeastern Europe, specializing in Rom (“Gypsy”) communities
Martha Selby
Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
mas@austin.utexas.edu |
475-6040 |
WCH 4.134A
Education: PhD, University of Chicago
Dee Silverthorn
Professor of Medical Physiology in the Department of Medical Education, Dell Medical School
Beryl B. Simpson
Professor in the Plant Resources Center, College of Natural Sciences
beryl@mail.utexas.edu |
512.471.7335 |
BIO 112
Education: Ph. D., Harvard University
Interests: an array of studies that deal with the phylogeny and biogeography of various angiosperm groups
Denise A. Spellberg
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
spellberg@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7202 |
GAR 3.208
Education: Ph.D., 1989, Columbia University
Interests: Islam in American and European history; medieval Islamic history, religion, and gender
Hallie Speranza
Lecturer in the Human Dev & Family Sci, College of Natural Sciences
Ellen Spiro
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
Education: MA, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo
Mary Steinhardt
University Faculty Ombuds, Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
MSteinhardt@austin.utexas.edu |
471-5866, 232-3535 |
WMB 2.102, BEL 506
Education: Ed.D., University of Houston
Interests: determinants and methods for building resilience and strength when challenged with change and stressful situations
Kathleen C. Stewart
Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Cultural generativity, affect, ordinary life, public culture, political imaginaries, ethnographic writing, narrative, ethnopoetics, post-structuralism, U.S. popular culture, Appalachia, Las Vegas
Sandra B Straubhaar
Distinguished Senior Lecturer in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
sstraub@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6365 |
BUR 316
Education: Ph.D., German Studies and Humanities, Stanford University
Interests: Medieval Scandinavia, Postmodern Medievalism, Historical Linguistics
Sharon L. Strover
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
Education: Ph. D., Stanford University
Interests: communications and telecommunications, including communication theory, research methodology and telecommunications policy
William B Swann
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Swann@utexas.edu |
471-3859 |
SEA 3.106
Education: Ph. D., University of Minnesota
Sean Theriault
Associate Professor in the Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
seant@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-7279 |
BAT 3.130
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: congressional decision-making
Lisa B. Thompson
Associate Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., 2000, Modern Thought & Literature, Stanford University
Gayle M. Timmerman
Associate Professor / Associate Dean in the School of Nursing
Interests: develop a sound theoretical basis for individualized interventions to achieve long-term weight loss and prevention of weight gain in nonpurge binge eaters
Janice S. Todd
Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
Rebecca M. Torres
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, College of Liberal Arts
rebecca.torres@austin.utexas.edu |
CLA 3.426
Education: Ph.D., University of California at Davis
Interests: Rural Development, Poverty, Migration, Gender, Tourism, Agricultural Transformation, Latin America
Dnika Travis
Research Fellow in the Office of the Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work
dtravis@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-2081 |
SSW 3.106E
Education: Ph.D, 2006, University of Southern California
Ann Twinam
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
anntwinam@austin.utexas.edu |
512.475.7213 |
GAR 2.114
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Debra J. Umberson
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
umberson@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6330 |
CLA 2.708B
Education: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Interests: Social Ties & Population Health, Aging & the Life Course, Marriage & Family, Same-Sex Unions, Gender & Race, Blended Methods
Elizabeth A Vandewater
Associate Professor
elizvan@prc.utexas.edu |
471-8355 |
MAI 1914
Education: Ph. D., University of Michigan
Anita L. Vangelisti
Professor in the Department Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: interpersonal communication among family members and between romantic partners
João H. Costa Vargas
Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts
costavargas@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.6591 |
EPS 2.112A
Education: Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Gregory J. Vincent
Professor and Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement
gvincent@mail.utexas.edu |
471-3212 |
MAI 12
Education: Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania
S. Craig Watkins
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
craig.watkins@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-6676 |
WWH 408
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Alexandra K Wettlaufer
Professor in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
akw@austin.utexas.edu |
471-1442, 471-7289 |
CLA 2.102, HRH 3.104C
Education: PhD, Columbia University
Interests: 19th-century literature, visual arts, culture, and gender studies in France and Britain
Shane Whalley
Lecturer
swhalley@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-9600 |
School of Social Work Building: 3.104A (only during office hours)
Education: Masters in Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer M. Wilks
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., 2003, Cornell University
Interests: the figure of the traveling heroine in contemporary African diasporic fiction, portrayals of the Southern U.S. in Caribbean literature, and Paris as a site of diasporic intellectual exchange and transformation
Patricia Wilson
Professor in the School of Architecture
patriciawilson@utexas.edu |
512.471.0130 |
SUT 3.122
Education: PhD, Cornell University
Sharon Wood
Professor and Dean in the Cockrell School of Engineering
Education: Ph.D. 1986, University of Illinois
Helena Woodard
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
hwood@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8703 |
PAR 331
Education: Ph.D., 1991, English, University of North Carolina
Interests: 18th century British literature; ethnic and Third World literature; American literature; women, gender, and literature
Marjorie Curry Woods
Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8383 |
CAL 301
Education: Ph.D., U. of Toronto
Interests: medieval literature; medieval and renaissance rhetoric and pedagogy; composition exercises in the premodern classroom; modern use of premodern compostion exercises
Jacqueline D Woolley
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
woolley@austin.utexas.edu |
471-5196 |
SEA 4.212
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ying Xu
Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
xuying@mail.utexas.edu |
ECJ 5.436
Education: Ph.D., Virginia Tech University
Professors
Jacqueline L. Angel
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts
jangel@austin.utexas.edu |
475-8641 |
SHR 3.203
Education: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Interests: relationships linking family structures, inequality, and health across the life course
Katherine Arens
Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
arens@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6363 |
BUR 320
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Psychoanalysis and feminism (Freudian and Lacanian approaches); the intellectual history of feminist theory; history of European and US feminisms; women and epistemology; women and science
Marilyn Armour
Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests: Clinical interventions; Restorative justice; Criminal justice; Crime victims including homicide; Clinical and cross cultural supervision; Professional ethics and boundaries; Qualitative research methods
Phillip J Barrish
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
pbarrish@austin.utexas.edu |
471-7840 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University
Interests: Post-Civil War American literature and culture; whiteness studies and critical race theory; "masculinity" as a cultural construction; gender studies; psychoanalytic approaches to literary study; relationship between literature and liberalism
S. Natasha Beretvas
Professor of Educational Psychology; Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, College of Education
Education: PhD, University of Washington
Interests: Evaluation and innovative application of psychometric and statistical models; multilevel modeling with a focus on extensions to the conventional multilevel model to handle student mobility and other sources of data structure complexities; meta-analytic techniques (particularly, synthesis of single-case research designs' results)
Rebecca Bigler
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
rebeccabigler28@gmail.com |
471-9917 |
SEA 5.250
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests: Children's gender roles and attitudes, racial stereotyping, perceptions of discrimination
Douglas G. Biow
Professor in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberall Arts
biow@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7267 |
HRH 2.110B
Marc Bizer
Professor, French Studies
mbizer@utexas.edu |
512-471-7780 |
HRH 3.112B
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Interests: Nascent French identities: national, social, religious, authorial, gendered; tragedy and the tragic
Daniel A Bonevac
Professor in the Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
bonevac@austin.utexas.edu |
232-4333 |
WAG 403
Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Interests: Philosophy; Logic; Moral Issues; Ethics; Philosophy in Popular Culture; Christian Philosophy.
Sharon Brown
Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: type 2 diabetes and ways to promote healthier outcomes
Noel B. Busch-Armendariz
Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Interests: Violence against women and their children; moral reasoning of women; immigrant, maternal, and child health and social policy; international social work education; adoption and child welfare issues
Charlotte Canning
Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
charlottecanning@mail.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests: Feminism and theater
John R Clarke
Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Art
j.clarke@austin.utexas.edu |
DFA 2.114
Education: PhD, Yale
Interests: ancient Roman art, art-historical methodology, and contemporary art
David Crew
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
dfcrew@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7232 |
GAR 2.126
Education: Ph.D., 1975, Cornell University
Interests: the history of popular culture and consumerism in twentieth-century Germany and Europe, the history and politics of memory, and the visual history of Germany in the twentieth century, with a specific focus upon photographic representations
David Crews
Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Interests: meaning of diversity in reproductive controlling mechanisms and the evolution of brain mechanisms controlling behavior
Robert Crosnoe
Professor and Chair of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
crosnoe@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3255 (Chair's Office), 512-471-8329 (PRC) |
CLA 2.406F
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Human Development, Education, Family, Health, Immigration
Catherine Cubbin
Associate Professor in the School of Social Work
ccubbin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-0625 |
CLA 2.622G
Education: Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Interests: using epidemiological methods to better understand socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in health for the purpose of informing policy
Elizabeth Cullingford
Department Chair / Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
cullingford@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4991 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., Oxford University
Interests: Only children, Irish literature, politics, and culture; modern poetry; women's studies; drama and film; Shakespeare; the relation between high and popular culture
Ann Cvetkovich
LGBTQ Studies Program Director and Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
cvet@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8374 |
PAR 323
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Cornell University
Interests: Gay and lesbian studies; public feelings; trauma studies
Andrew Dell'Antonio
Professor in the School of Music
dellantonio@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-6880 |
MBE 3.214
Education: Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Interests: musical historiography, feminist/queer theory and cultural studies
Diana DiNitto
Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., Florida State University
Interests: Social welfare policy, alcohol and drug problems, violence against women
Elsie Echeverri-Carroll
Research Professor, Director Economic Development Program Bureau of Business Research
e.carroll@mail.utexas.edu |
512.475.7811 |
IC2 1.124
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Karen Engle
Professor in the School of Law
kengle@law.utexas.edu |
512.232.7066 |
JON 6.240
Education: JD, Harvard University
Interests: international human rights law
Toni Falbo
Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
toni@prc.utexas.edu |
471-8020 |
CLA 2.622F
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: family size and education
Rowena Fong
Professor in the School of Social Work
rfong@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-1393 |
School of Social Work: 3.122G
Education: Ed.D., Harvard University
Interests: Asian American Studies; Chinese American children and families; ethnic identity formation and socialization; childrearing practices; international adoptions; immigrants and refugees; human trafficking; Title IVE child welfare training, child neglect, family preservation, culturally competent practice
Norma Fowler
Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph.D, Duke University, 1978
Interests: conservation applications, including the preservation of an endangered annual forb and the management of woodland preserves
Laura Furman
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
ljfurman@mail.utexas.edu |
471-8392 |
CAL 314
Education: B.A., 1968, Bennington College
Jennifer Glass
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
jennifer-glass@utexas.edu |
512-471-8355 |
CLA 2.702F
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: work and family issues, telecommuting and new labor practices, STEM labor force retention
John Morán González
Director, Center for Mexican American Studies; Professor, Department of English
jmgonzal@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-8117 |
PAR 321
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Latino/a Literature; Chicano/a Literature; Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature; Narrative Theory; Postcolonial Studies
Gloria González-López
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
gloria@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.6343 |
CLA 3.504
Education: Ph.D., University of Southern California
Interests: Sexuality, gender, Mexican American and Mexican Studies, and social inequality
Andrea Gore
Professor in the College of Pharmacy Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph. D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Interests: mechanisms by which the brain controls reproductive development and aging
Sabine Hake
Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
hake@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6379 |
BUR 332
Education: Ph.D., University of Hannover, Germany
Interests: German film, Weimar culture, modernism and the avant-garde, the culture of the metropolis, fascist aesthetics, working-class culture, Marxist theory
Julie Hardwick
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
jhardwick@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7221 |
GAR 3.112
Education: Ph.D., 1991, Johns Hopkins University
Interests: intersections of legal, economic, social and family/gender history in early modern France
Mark D. Hayward
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
mhayward@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8382 |
CLA 2.622E
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Interests: Life course origins of adult health and mortality, biodemography
Nancy Hazen-Swann
Professor in the Human Dev & Family Sci, College of Natural Sciences
Interests: in how children's relationships in the family relate to their developing social-emotional adjustment and peer interaction styles
Kurt Heinzelman
Professor
kheinz@mail.utexas.edu |
471-6688 |
PAR 121
Education: Ph.D., 1978, University of Massachusettes
Linda Henderson
Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
Education: Ph. D., Yale University
Interests: interdisciplinary study of modernism, including the relation of modern art to fields such as geometry, science and technology, and mystical and occult philosophies
Kathleen M Higgins
Professor in the Department of Philosophy
kmhiggins@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-5564 |
WAG 203
Education: PhD, Yale
Interests: emotion, feminist ethics, feminist aesthetics
Michael Craig Hillmann
Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies
mchillmann@aol.com |
512-475-6606 |
CAL 400
Interests: Persian (Farsi and Tajiki) language and literature; Iranian art and culture; literary autobiography; lyric verse
Carole K. Holahan
Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Health and well-being across the life span; women's health; psychosocial factors in health behavior; successful aging; stress and coping
Sharon Horner
Professor in the School of Nursing
s.horner@mail.utexas.edu |
+1 512 471 7951 |
NUR 4.153 NUR 4.150
Interests: families with children who have chronic illnesses
Thomas K Hubbard
Professor in the Department of Classics
tkh@mail.utexas.edu |
471-0676 |
WAG 9
Education: PhD; 1980, Yale
Interests: Greek and Roman Literature, Literary Theory
Deborah B. Jacobvitz
Chair, Professor in the Department of Human Dev & Family Sci
debj@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4276 |
SEA 2.414
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Interests: parent-child interactions and their transmission from one generation to the next
Sirkka Jarvenpaa
Professor in the Department of Information
Interests: Clicks and Mortars, Customer Insight, E-Commerce, Information Systems
Judith Jellison
Professor in the School of Music
Interests: quality music experiences for all children
Robert W. Jensen
Professor in the Department of Journalism. Moody College of Communication
Education: PhD, University of Minnesota
Interests: Feminist critiques of the media; Pornography; Questions of race through a critique of white privilege and institutionalized racism
Elizabeth L. Keating
Professor in the Department of Anthropology
elizabeth.keating@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8518 |
SAC 4.156
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: Linguistic Anthropology, Language and Status, American Sign Language, New Communication Technologies, Multimodal Communication, Visual Anthropology
Judith H Langlois
Executive Vice-President and Provost (Interim) / Professor in the Department of Psychology
jlanglois@austin.utexas.edu |
232-3600 |
MAI 101
Education: Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Interests: social development and social information processing; infant development; the effects of individual characteristics (physical appearance, gender, age) on the differential socialization of males and females and on the development of social behavior; the origin of social stereotypes; the development of social competence
Philippa Levine
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
philippa@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-1236 |
HRC 3.202B
Education: DPhil, Oxford University
Interests: British Empire; intersections of race and gender; science, medicine and society
Naomi Lindstrom
Gale Family Foundation Professor in Jewish Arts and Culture; Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
lindstrom@austin.utexas.edu |
BEN 4.144
Education: Ph. D., Arizona State University
Carol H MacKay
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
mackay@mail.utexas.edu |
471-8970 |
PAR 221
Education: Ph.D., 1979, University of California Los Angeles
Interests: Victorian novel; women's studies; autobiography; William Makepeace Thackeray; Charles Dickens; Julia Margaret Cameron; Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Annie Besant; Elizabeth Robins; Virginia Woolf
Martha Menchaca
Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
mmen@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.7537 |
SAC 5.158
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Social anthropology; ethnicity, critical race theory, legal anthropology, history and oral traditions, US/Mexican culture; Latin America; Mexico
Cindy M Meston
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
meston@psy.utexas.edu |
232-4644 |
SEA 3.232
Education: Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Susan Mickey
Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
Interests: extensive design experiences in regional theatre, television, film and print
Lisa L Moore
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
llmoore@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4991 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1991, Cornell University
Interests: 18th-century and Romantic literatures; Early American literature; Anglo-American women's literature; feminist and queer theory and the history of sexuality; poetry and poetics
Chandra L. Muller
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
cmuller@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8377, 512-232-6322 |
MAI 2320; BUR 584
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests: diversity in experiences and disparities according to gender, race and ethnicity, social class, as well as disability, immigration or language minority status.
Gretchen Murphy
Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
gretchen@mail.utexas.edu |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1999, University of Washington
Interests: U.S. Literature and culture to 1914, nationalism and imperialism, sentimental and domestic writing
Joan Neuberger
Professor
neuberger@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7219 |
GAR 2.102
Education: Ph.D., 1985, Stanford University
Mary Neuburger
Professor
burgerm@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4124 |
BUR 456
Education: Ph.D., 1997, University of Washington
Yolanda C. Padilla
Professor in the School of Social Work
ypadilla@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-6266 |
SSW 3.130K
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Population studies focusing on racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being with an emphasis on Mexican American children and families, poverty, immigration, and applications to social welfare policy development
Pamela Paxton
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
ppaxton@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6323 |
CLA 3.738
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: pro-social behavior, politics, gender, and methodology
Shelley M. Payne
Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Interests: Pathogenic mechanisms of Shigella, E. coli, and Vibrio cholerae; Genetics of bacterial iron transport systems
Kelly Raley
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
kelly.raley@mail.utexas.edu |
232-6333 |
CLA 2.072E
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: family trends, the social determinants of family formation, and the impact of family change on social stratification
Vijaya Ramachandran
Professor in the Department of Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences
vlr@cs.utexas.edu |
+1-512-471-9554
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Interests: algorithms and computational theory, primarily in the areas of graph algorithms, data structures, randomized algorithms, parallel algorithms and effective models for computation
Linda E Reichl
Professor in the Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences
Education: Ph. D., University of Denver
Donna Lynn Rew
Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: Family health nursing; sexual health practices of homeless adolescents
Aaron Rochlen
Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
aaron.rochlen@austin.utexas.edu |
512 471 0361 |
SZB 504
Interests: men;s gender role socialization, help-seeking behaviors, and the lives of men in non-traditional work/family roles
Victoria Rodríguez
Professor in the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
victoria@austin.utexas.edu |
512 475 8620 |
SRH 3.229
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: governance, democratization, and political change in Mexico
Loriene Roy
Professor in the School of Information Studies
Education: Ph. D., University of Illinois, Urbana
Interests: Public libraries and indigenous cultural heritage development and information services
Margo Sawyer
Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
Education: MFA, Yale University
Interests: placing the viewer within spaces of reflection and contemplation, where structures that are visually accessible yet physically unapproachable create a series of perceptual contradictions
Nancy Schiesari
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
Martha Selby
Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
mas@austin.utexas.edu |
475-6040 |
WCH 4.134A
Education: PhD, University of Chicago
Faegheh Shirazi
Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
fshirazi@austin.utexas.edu |
232-9416 |
WMB 6.128
Education: PhD, Ohio State University
Interests: Textiles, dress, gender identity discourse, and material culture in the Middle East; the meanings of veiling; rituals and rites of passage as they relate to material culture
Dee Silverthorn
Professor of Medical Physiology in the Department of Medical Education, Dell Medical School
Beryl B. Simpson
Professor in the Plant Resources Center, College of Natural Sciences
beryl@mail.utexas.edu |
512.471.7335 |
BIO 112
Education: Ph. D., Harvard University
Interests: an array of studies that deal with the phylogeny and biogeography of various angiosperm groups
Ellen Spiro
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
Education: MA, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo
Mary Steinhardt
University Faculty Ombuds, Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
MSteinhardt@austin.utexas.edu |
471-5866, 232-3535 |
WMB 2.102, BEL 506
Education: Ed.D., University of Houston
Interests: determinants and methods for building resilience and strength when challenged with change and stressful situations
Kathleen C. Stewart
Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Cultural generativity, affect, ordinary life, public culture, political imaginaries, ethnographic writing, narrative, ethnopoetics, post-structuralism, U.S. popular culture, Appalachia, Las Vegas
Pauline Strong
Director of Humanities Institute, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
pstrong@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8524 |
SAC 4.130
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests: Cultural, historical, feminist anthropology. Identity and difference. Politics of representation. Public culture. Youth organizations. Museum studies. US, Indigenous North America.
Sharon L. Strover
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
Education: Ph. D., Stanford University
Interests: communications and telecommunications, including communication theory, research methodology and telecommunications policy
William B Swann
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Swann@utexas.edu |
471-3859 |
SEA 3.106
Education: Ph. D., University of Minnesota
Cynthia Talbot
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Janice S. Todd
Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
Ann Twinam
Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
anntwinam@austin.utexas.edu |
512.475.7213 |
GAR 2.114
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Debra J. Umberson
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
umberson@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6330 |
CLA 2.708B
Education: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Interests: Social Ties & Population Health, Aging & the Life Course, Marriage & Family, Same-Sex Unions, Gender & Race, Blended Methods
Anita L. Vangelisti
Professor in the Department Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: interpersonal communication among family members and between romantic partners
João H. Costa Vargas
Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts
costavargas@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.6591 |
EPS 2.112A
Education: Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Gregory J. Vincent
Professor and Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement
gvincent@mail.utexas.edu |
471-3212 |
MAI 12
Education: Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania
S. Craig Watkins
Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication
craig.watkins@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-6676 |
WWH 408
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Alexandra K Wettlaufer
Professor in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
akw@austin.utexas.edu |
471-1442, 471-7289 |
CLA 2.102, HRH 3.104C
Education: PhD, Columbia University
Interests: 19th-century literature, visual arts, culture, and gender studies in France and Britain
Karin Wilkins
Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
karin.wilkins@austin.utexas.edu |
CAL 528D
Education: PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Development communication and social change, global communication, and critical media studies
Christine L Williams
Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
cwilliams@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6321 |
CLA 3.608
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Gender, sexuality, workplace inequality, qualitative research methods, theory
Patricia Wilson
Professor in the School of Architecture
patriciawilson@utexas.edu |
512.471.0130 |
SUT 3.122
Education: PhD, Cornell University
Zipporah B. Wiseman
Professor in the School of Law
Education: LLB 1954, Yale University
Interests: Commercial law; issues in feminist legal theory
Hannah C Wojciehowski
Arthur J. Thaman and Wilhelmina Doré Thaman Professor of English
gemelli@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8768 |
PAR 230
Education: PhD, Yale University
Interests: the history of subjectivity; women writers in early modern Europe; globalization and transculturation; psychoanalysis and neurocriticism
Sharon Wood
Professor and Dean in the Cockrell School of Engineering
Education: Ph.D. 1986, University of Illinois
Marjorie Curry Woods
Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8383 |
CAL 301
Education: Ph.D., U. of Toronto
Interests: medieval literature; medieval and renaissance rhetoric and pedagogy; composition exercises in the premodern classroom; modern use of premodern compostion exercises
Jacqueline D Woolley
Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
woolley@austin.utexas.edu |
471-5196 |
SEA 4.212
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Associate Professors
Gayle Acton
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: Her research program concerns the older adult client, and in particular, caregivers of adults with dementia.
Kamran Scot Aghaie
Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
kamranaghaie@austin.utexas.edu |
475-6400 |
WMB 6.102
Education: Ph.D., 1999, University of California at Los Angeles
Interests: Islamic studies, Shi'ism, modern Iranian and Middle Eastern history; secondary areas of interest: world history, historiography, religious studies, nationalism, gender studies and economic history
Samer Ali
Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts
saali@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6467 |
CAL 408
Education: Ph.D, Indiana University
Interests: Islamic kingship, court literature and patronage, classical historiography, modern and medieval folklore and folklife, Arab women poets, oral performance of Homeric epic, literary criticism
Hina Azam
Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
hina.azam@austin.utexas.edu |
475-8393 (no voicemail) |
WMB 5.120A
Education: Ph.D.- 2007, Duke University
Interests: Islamic jurisprudence, theology, exegesis, hadith studies; Women/sexuality and Islam; Sexual Violence in Islamic Law
Samuel Baker
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
sebaker@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8389 |
CAL 308
Education: Ph.D., 2001, University of Chicago
Deborah Beck
Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts
deborah.beck@austin.utexas.edu |
WAG 21
Education: PhD 1997, Harvard University
Interests: Formulas and oral aesthetics in early Greek poetry; cognitive theories of reading and image processing; speech and speech representation in Homeric epic; representations of art and interpretation in Augustan Latin poetry
Kirsten "Kit" Belgum
Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
belgum@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6375 |
BUR 324
Education: Ph.D., German, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests: Nineteenth-Century German Studies, Popular Culture, Print Culture, Nationalism, German Realism, Travel literature
Mary Beltrán
Associate Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody School of Communication
mary.beltran@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0021 |
CMA 6.126
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: The construction of race, gender, and class in U.S. television, film, and celebrity culture, with emphasis onLatina/o and mixed-race representation, and the ways in which media texts and producers articulate and challenge social hierarchies and group and national identities. Critical and cultural studies of television and film, feminist media studies, U.S. television and film history, celebrity studies, media activism and alternative media.
Daina Ramey Berry
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., 1998, United States History, University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: 19th-century American History, Comparative Slavery, and Southern History, with a particular emphasis on the role of gender, labor, family, and economy among the enslaved
Pascale Bos
Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
pascalebos@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6373 |
BUR 314
Education: Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
Interests: 20th-century Comparative Western European and US literature; cultural studies, gender and memory, autobiography, Holocaust (history/culture/literature), sexual violence in armed conflict
Keffrelyn Brown
Associate Professorin the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
Education: Ph.D., 2006, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Interests: How pre-service and in-service teachers acquire, understand and use sociocultural knowledge to address the teaching of underserved student populations; educational experiences of and knowledge about African American students
Simone A. Browne
Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto
Interests: Surveillance, Social Media, Social Network Sites, and Black Diaspora Studies
Erika M. Bsumek
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
embsumek@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3261 |
GAR 2.104C
Education: Ph.D., 2000, Rutgers University
Interests: environment, sustainability, engineering, race and ethncity.
Ben Carrington
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
bcarrington@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6341 |
CLA 3.734
Education: Ph.D., Leeds Metropolitan University
Interests: Post/colonial Theory; Sociology of Race; Cultural Sociology; Sociology of Sport, Media and Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Masculinity and Gender Studies
Mia Carter
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
miac@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8733 |
PAR 123
Education: PhD,, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interests: Ethnic and Third World Literature; Popular Culture; Modern British Literature; Women, Gender and Literature; post-colonial and ethnic studies, modernism, 19th and 20th Century British Literature, Imperial studies, film, women's studies
Shannon E. Cavanagh
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
scavanagh@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8319 |
CLA 2.708A
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Implications of family instability for children across the early life course and health and well-being of children and adolescents; puberty and the ways that notions of gender, the body, and social context come together to shape how girls negotiate adolescence and the transition into adulthood
Mounira M. Charrad
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
charrad@utexas.edu |
232-6311 |
CLA 3.526
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: Gender & Women's Rights; Political Sociology; Social Theory; Colonialism; Comparative-Historical Sociology; Globalization; Middle East and North Africa.
Judith G. Coffin
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
jcoffin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7235 |
GAR 2.122
Education: Ph.D., 1985, Yale University
Interests: European social and cultural history, especially 20th-century France; gender, sexuality and history of feminism, early twentieth-century consumption; French imperialism and race relations; the "sexual revolution" in post-war France
Janet M. Davis
Associate Professor in the Department of American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-1848 |
BUR 432
Education: Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests: U.S. cultural and social history; popular culture; social thought; animal studies; women’s and gender history; U.S. social movements; modern South Asia
Mercedes Lynn De Uriarte
Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, Moody College of Communication
merlyn@utexas.edu |
512.471.1979 |
CMA A5.150A
Education: Ph.D. in American Studies, Yale
Interests: Social justice issues, particularly the exclusion of voice, minority invisibility and housing insecurity; curtailing of voice and patterns of newsroom exclusion
Lesley A Dean-Jones
Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts
ldjones@austin.utexas.edu |
471-2352 |
WAG 123B
Education: Ph.D., Stanford
Interests: ancient medicine, philosophy, and gynecology; women in antiquity
Theodore Dix
Associate Professor in the Human Dev & Family Sci, College of Natural Sciences
Interests: how psychological aspects of parents influence the behaviors that parents and children display and the course of their interactions
Héctor Domínguez-Ruvalcaba
Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
ruvalcaba@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.4936 |
BEN 3.130
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Interests: Queer Studies, Studies of Violence, Border Studies in Literature, Film, and the Arts
Philip Doty
Associate Professor in the School of Information
Education: Ph.D., Syracruse University
Interests: Family, gender, and youth issues; politics research; federal information policy; social science research methods; information user behavior; the digital divide
Linda Ferreira-Buckley
Associate Professor of the Department of Rhetoric & Writing, College of Liberal Arts Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
lfb@utexas.edu |
471-6109 |
PAR 3
Alison K. Frazier
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts Department of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts
akfrazier@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6375 |
GAR 2.109
Education: Ph.D., 1997, Columbia University
Interests: editions of humanist saints' lives; a study of a quattrocento hexameral commentary; a census of Bonino Mombrizio's c. 1477 "Sanctuarium"
Dorie J. Gilbert
Associate Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., 1996, Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Africentric interventions, global health and mental health disparities, international development and social entrepreneurship
Lalitha Gopalan
Associate Professor in the Department of Radio Television Film, Moody College of Communication Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
lalitha.gopalan@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-9374 |
CMA 6.174
Education: PhD, University of Rochester
Edmund T. Gordon
Chair and Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Associate Professor Anthropology
etgordon@austin.utexas.edu |
471-1784 |
GRG 340
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Culture and power in the African Diaspora, gender studies (particularly Black males), critical race theory, race education, and the racial economy of space and resources
Laurie B. Green
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7245 |
GAR 2.116
Education: Ph.D., 1999, University of Chicago
Interests: Politics of race and gender in the 20-century U.S.; social movements; cultural studies
Benjamin Gregg
Faculty
bgregg@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-7274 |
MEZ 3.138
Education: Ph.D., Politics, Princeton University; Ph.D., Philosophy, Freie Universitaet Berlin
Interests: Political, social, legal, and sociological theory of complex modern societies
Laura G. Gutiérrez
Associate Professor, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and Interim Chair
lauragutierrez@utexas.edu |
512.471.3543 |
GWB 2.102
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Andreana P Haley
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
haley@austin.utexas.edu |
232-0863 |
SEA 3.238
Education: Ph.D., University of Virginia
Interests: aging, cognition, neurobiology, neuroimaging (MRI, MRS, fMRI)
Tracie C Harrison
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
Interests: intersection between age related change and functional impairment and how that affects social role performance and subsequent health outcomes in women
Elizabeth A Hedrick
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
eahedrick@mail.utexas.edu |
471-8705 |
PAR 226
Education: Ph.D., 1986, Columbia University
Interests: Feminist theory since 1970; gender and science; 18th-century novel and drama; Samuel Johnson; 18th-century lexicography; history of charity and philanthropy
Susan S Heinzelman
Director, Center for Women's & Gender Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
sheinz@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8736 |
PAR 126
Education: Ph.D., 1977, University of Western Ontario
Interests: 18-century women's novels; feminism, law, and literature
Geraldine Heng
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
heng@austin.utexas.edu |
471-7480 |
PAR 213
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests: Literary, cultural and social encounters between worlds; webs of exchange and negotiation between communities and cultures when transacted through issues of gender, race, sexuality, and religion; Medieval Europe’s discoveries and rediscoveries of Asia and Africa
Jacqueline M Henkel
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts Department of Rhetoric & Writing, College of Liberal Arts
henkelj@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4942 |
PAR 14
Education: Ph.D., 1985, University of Minnesota
Interests: relation of linguistics to literary criticism; ordinary language philosophy; narrative theory; and language and gender
Heather Hindman
Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies
h.hindman@mail.utexas.edu |
471-1667 |
WCH 5.103
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Neville Hoad
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
nhoad@mail.utexas.edu |
PAR 215
Education: Ph.D., 1998, Columbia University
Interests: Victorian feminism; psychoanalysis (particularly Freud and Klein); contemporary feminist theory in French and English; lesbian and gay studies; queer theory; international human rights law pertaining to sexual orientations; sexuality and gender issues in Southern Africa
Jennifer Holme
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration
Education: Ph.D., Educational Policy; Ed.M, Administration, Planning and Social Policy, University of California at Los Angeles; Harvard University
Interests: politics and implementation of educational policy
Juliet Hooker
Associate Professor in the Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
juliethooker@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.7273 |
MEZ 3.146
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests: Black political thought, Latin American political thought, political solidarity, and multiculturalism
Heather Houser
Associate Professor
houserh@utexas.edu |
PAR 228
Education: Ph.D., 2010, Stanford University
Barbara Jones
University Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Associate Dean for Health Affairs
barbarajones@mail.utexas.edu |
512-475-9367
Education: Ph. D., University at Albany, State University of New York
Interests: Coordinated care for children facing illness, family resilience, pediatric palliative care, pediatric oncology social work interventions, and adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones
Associate Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
jonijones@austin.utexas.edu |
471-4320 |
JES A232A
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Interests: identity, ethnography, Yoruba-based performance aesthetics, Black Feminisms and Theatre for Social Change. She teaches undergraduate courses in African-American theatre history and the performance of race
LeeAnn Kahlor
Associate Professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
Interests: Health and environmental risk communication; information processing; television viewing; political communication
Ward Keeler
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
ward.keeler@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8520 |
EPS 1.146
Education: PhD, University of Chicago
Interests: Anthropology and expressive culture, including music, theatre, and literature; language and culture; postcoloniality; Java and Bali (Indonesia), and Burma
Su Yeong Kim
Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
sykim@prc.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-5524 |
SEA 2.322G
Education: Ph.D. Human Development and Family Sciences, University of California, Davis
Interests: Mexican American and Chinese American families and immigration, acculturation, language brokering, parenting, depressive symptoms, school achievement, measurement invariance
Sara E Kimball
Associate Professor in the Department of English
skimball@uts.cc.utexas.edu |
471-8363 |
PAR 108
Education: Ph.D., 1983, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Hittitology; Hittite and Indo-European languages; historical linguistics; lexicography; language and gender; history of literacy
Mary Jo Kirisits
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
kirisits@mail.utexas.edu |
+1-512-232-7120
Interests: biological treatment processes, biofilms, environmental microbiology, and molecular biology
Cristine H Legare
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
legare@austin.utexas.edu |
SEA 5.216
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Cognitive development, cultural learning, cognitive evolution
Janice Leoshko
Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History
jleoshko@austin.utexas.edu |
232-2581 |
DFA 2.110
Education: PhD, Ohio State University
Rebecca J. Lewis
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology
rjlewis@austin.utexas.edu |
232-5386 |
SAC 5.152
Education: Ph.D., University Biological Anthropology and Anatomy (2004), Duke University
Interests: male-female relationships, evolution of social behavior, evolution of cooperation, power dynamics, relationship between distribution of resources and social relationships (socioecology), sexual selection, primate behavioral ecology
Michael S. Mackert
Associate Professor in the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations
Education: Ph. D., Michigan State University
Interests: health literacy, with a particular interest in the best ways to design health messages to reach low health literate populations
Eric S Mallin
Associate Professor in the Department of English
emall@mail.utexas.edu |
471-1697
Education: Ph.D., 1986, Stanford University
Interests: Shakespeare, 16th- and 17th-century English drama, new historicism, queer theory, Shakespearean / early modern themes as they transmogrify and metastasize in contemporary cinema
Jill A. Marshall
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Learning and teaching of Physics and Astronomy; gender issues in science and science education; group interactions in collaboraive learning
Tracie M. Matysik
Associate Professor in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
matysik@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7251 |
GAR 3.402
Education: Ph.D., 2001, Cornell University
Interests: field of modern European intellectual history, with a particular focus on the evolution of secularism as a social movement
Jennifer Maynard
Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Biotechnology, applied immunology, applied microbiology
Matthew McGlone
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
Matthew_McGlone@mail.utexas.edu
Education: Ph. D., Princeton University
Interests: The role of language in persuasion, deception, and prejudice in interpersonal communication
Julia Mickenberg
Associate Professor
mickenberg@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-2650 |
BUR 420 or 456
Education: Ph. D., University of Minnesota
Interests: History of the Left/radical cultures, women's history, history of childhood and children's literature, Russian studies, Americans abroad, utopia
Martha G. Newman
Associate Professor in the Departments of History and Religious Studies
newman@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8660 |
GAR 3.408
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University
Interests: Currently her research focuses on monastic miracle collections and monastic attitudes toward women and the poor
Cynthia Osborne
Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
cosborne@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-9808 |
SRH 3.238
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests: Social policy, poverty and inequality, family and child well-being, family demography, and school entry among disadvantaged children
Domino R. Perez
Associate Professor
drperez@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-7853 |
CAL 401
Education: Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Interests: Young Adult Fiction; American Literature; Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Film
Tasha Philpot
Associate Professor in the Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
tphilpot@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-3681 |
BAT 4.140
Education: Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan
Interests: African-American Politics, Political Psychology, Public Opinion and Political Behavior, Political Communication, and Political Parties
David Quinto-Pozos
Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts
davidqp@austin.utexas.edu |
471-9030
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Esther Raizen
Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts
raizen@austin.utexas.edu |
GEB 3.212
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Modern and classical Hebrew language and literature, Jewish history and culture, teaching Hebrew as a foreign language, computer assisted instruction, computational linguistics, academic advising and student development
Julia Ann Reed
Associate Professor in the Department of Textiles and Apparel, College of Natural Sciences
Interests: investigating young children's use of nonverbal clothing cues in defining and communicating notions of masculinity and femininity
Ann M. Reynolds
Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
Education: Ph. D., The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
Interests: U.S. and European art, architecture, and visual culture after 1930; feminist theory, gender, and sexuality studies; the historiography of exhibition practice; and film
Matt T Richardson
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
matturichardson@gmail.com |
(512) 471-8700 |
PAR 327
Education: Ph.D., 2005, African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Ethnic and Third-World Literature; Black feminist theory; Queer studies; contemporary African American women's fiction
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
riegle@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8642 |
MAI 2312
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Sonia Roncador
Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Liberal Arts
roncador@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.4525 |
BEN 3.132
Education: Ph. D., New York University
Interests: Lusophone Literatures and cultures Gender and race Questions of servitude, domesticity, and women’s education Brazilian and transatlantic cultural studies
Michele Rountree
Associate Professor in the School of Social Work
Interests: Investigation of mental health and health associated with the intersection between intimate partner violence and heightened risk for HIV/AIDS; development and evaluation of evidence-based HIV/AIDS interventions and prevention strategies tailored to women and communities of color
Sharmila Rudrappa
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6310 |
BUR 574
Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Indian information technology; immigrants in the U.S.; the cultural politics of assisted reproductive technologies in India
Elizabeth Scala
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
scala@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8375 |
CAL 213
Education: Ph.D., 1994, Harvard University
Interests: Chaucer, Medieval literature, Textual Studies, Book History, Shakespeare, Literary Theory, Hitchcock, Nabokov
Sonia Seeman
Associate Professor in the School of Music, College of Fine Arts
stseeman@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-2854 |
MBE 3.204
Education: Ph.D., UCLA
Interests: music of modern Turkey, the Ottoman Empire, and Southeastern Europe, specializing in Rom (“Gypsy”) communities
Christen Smith
Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
christen.smith@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.112
Education: Ph.D., Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
Interests: Performance, racial formation, the black body, violence, black women and transnational struggle, black liberation and resistance in the Americas (particularly Brazil and the United States)
Patricia A. Somers
Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration, College of Education
pasomers@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.7551 |
SZB 374
Interests: Access and persistence in Brazilian higher education; Affirmative Action and admissions - U.S. and Brazil; college student persistence in the U.S.
Nancy K. Stalker
Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies, College of Liberal Arts
nancy.stalker@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-5811 |
WCH 4.130
Education: Ph.D., 2002, Stanford University
Interests: The relationship between cultural and religious practice and national identity in modern Japan; the conception of traditional Japanese cuisine and gender ideology
Lisa B. Thompson
Associate Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., 2000, Modern Thought & Literature, Stanford University
Gayle M. Timmerman
Associate Professor / Associate Dean in the School of Nursing
Interests: develop a sound theoretical basis for individualized interventions to achieve long-term weight loss and prevention of weight gain in nonpurge binge eaters
Omise'eke Tinsley
Associate Director, Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., 2003, Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley
Rebecca M. Torres
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, College of Liberal Arts
rebecca.torres@austin.utexas.edu |
CLA 3.426
Education: Ph.D., University of California at Davis
Interests: Rural Development, Poverty, Migration, Gender, Tourism, Agricultural Transformation, Latin America
Kathleen Tyner
Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication
ktyner@utexas.edu |
512-471-3852
Interests: Media arts, digital literacy, and the uses of serious games for learning
Elizabeth A Vandewater
Associate Professor
elizvan@prc.utexas.edu |
471-8355 |
MAI 1914
Education: Ph. D., University of Michigan
Lynn Westbrook
Associate Professor in the School of Information
Interests: information worlds of domestic violence survivors, the nature and quality of digital reference transactions, and the role of mental models in reference work
Lynn R Wilkinson
Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
lrw@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6370 |
BUR 360
Education: Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Scandinavian and comparative literature; Scandinavian drama and film; modernism; the novel and narrative traditions; gender studies; literary and cultural theory
Jennifer M. Wilks
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., 2003, Cornell University
Interests: the figure of the traveling heroine in contemporary African diasporic fiction, portrayals of the Southern U.S. in Caribbean literature, and Paris as a site of diasporic intellectual exchange and transformation
Helena Woodard
Associate Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
hwood@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8703 |
PAR 331
Education: Ph.D., 1991, English, University of North Carolina
Interests: 18th century British literature; ethnic and Third World literature; American literature; women, gender, and literature
Assistant Professors
Megan Alrutz
Assistant Professor of Applied Theatre and Community Cultural Engagement, College of Fine Arts
malrutz@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 232-6383
Education: Ph.D., Arizona State University
Interests: applied theatre and theatre for young audiences, including school-based, arts-infusion and community-embedded performance; devising and directing theatre and digital storytelling to explore issues of voice and identity; and developing new work that challenges ways of seeing/knowing and inspires dialogue
Emily Amanatullah
Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, Red McCombs School of Business College of Business Administration
Lucinda Atkinson
Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising & Public Relations, Moody College of Communication
lucyatkinson@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: The intersection of politics and consumer behavior, particularly among young people
Germine Awad
Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
gawad@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0526 |
SZB 506H
Education: Ph.D., 2005, Psychology, Southern Illinois University - Carbindale
Interests: attitude development and expression in the following areas: prejudice and discrimination, ethnic and racial identity (with a focus on Arabs and African Americans), acculturation, immigration, and attitudes toward affirmative action beneficiaries
J.K. Barret
Assistant Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts
jkbarret@austin.utexas.edu |
471-8930 |
CAL 310
Education: Ph.D., 2008, Princeton University
Interests: Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature; the Renaissance future; time; literature and the visual arts; early modern legal theory; classical reception; narrative.
Chad Bennett
Assistant Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Interests: Twentieth- and twenty-first-century American literature and culture, poetry and poetics, queer theory, gender and sexuality studies, film and media studies, and creative writing.
Mary A Bock
Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism, Moody College of Communication
mary.bock@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0673 |
BMC 3.384
Interests: Sociology of photographic practice, the rhetorical relationship between words and images, and digital media
Paola Bonifazio
Asociate Professor in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
pbonifazio@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1561 |
HRH 3.110A
Education: PhD, New York University
Interests: Italian Cinema; Film Theory and History, including Documentary and Experimental; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies
Paul Bonin Rodriguez
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance, College of Fine Arts
Beth Bukoski
Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration, College of Education
bb@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4419 |
SZB 310N
Education: Ph.D., 2012, UT Austin College of Education, Educational Administration
Interests: Social justice, equity, and diversity, particularly the persistence and success of underrepresented students, the experiences of underrepresented faculty, and leadership across the P-20 pipeline
Ruramisai Charumbira
Assistant Professor
r-c@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8361 |
GAR 0.136
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Interests: Women's and Gender History; Feminist Theory; Global History; Memory Studies; Ethno-archaeology
Tina Curran
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
Susan De Luca
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Interests: Adolescent suicide prevention with a focus on Latinas
Lyndon K. Gill
Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts Center for African and African American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Rachel V. González-Martin
Assistant Professor in the Mexican American and Latina_o Studies, College of Liberal Arts Center for Mexican American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
rvgonzal@austin.utexas.edu |
512 475 6775 |
GWB 1.102C
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University
Interests: Latina/o Studies, Folklore, Ethnomusicology
Karen Grumberg
Assistant Professor
keren@austin.utexas.edu |
471-5134 |
WMB 6.116
Education: Ph.D.- 2004, University of California- Los Angeles
Kristine Hopkins
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
khopkins@prc.utexas.edu |
512.471.8313 |
CLA 2.620D
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: reproductive health issues in Texas, the US-Mexico border, and Latin America
Tatjana Lichtenstein
Associate Professor in the Department of History; Director, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies
lichtens@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-6171 |
GAR 0.110
Education: Ph.D. 2009, University of Toronto, Canada
Interests: Twentieth century Eastern European history with a focus on nationalism, minorities and state-building, and relations between Jews and non-Jews
Xavier Livermon
Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Intersection of popular culture, gender, and sexuality in post-apartheid South Africa and the African Diaspora; African Cultural Studies; Black Popular Music; Black Performance; Black Queer Studies; HIV/AIDS; African Diaspora Studies
Kelly McDonough
Assistant Professor
kelly.mcdonough@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Sofian Merabet
Associate Professor of Anthropology
sofian.merabet@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0057 |
SAC 5.156
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests: Socio-Cultural Theory/Psychoanalysis/Urban Studies/Gender Studies/Queer Theory/Muslim World, Europe, and South America
Julie A. Minich
Assistant Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
minichja@utexas.edu |
PAR 227
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Chicana/o literary and cultural studies Latina/o literary and cultural studies LGBT studies Feminist studies Disability studies
Rebecca Rossen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
r-rossen@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.7153 |
WIN 2.115
Education: Ph.D.(2006), Northwestern University
Interests: Gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in physical performance; theatrical stagings of identity; feminist performance; 20th and 21st century American dance; theories of the body; choreography. For full biography, click on faculty name.
Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
Education: MFA, The University of Texas at Austin
Kevin Thomas
Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Moody College of Communictaion
Education: Ph.D., 2011, Advertising, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: socio-cultural impact of marketing communication and consumer behavior; multicultural advertising; issues of diversity and marketplace discrimination; entrepreneurship and marketplace empowerment
Dnika Travis
Research Fellow in the Office of the Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work
dtravis@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-2081 |
SSW 3.106E
Education: Ph.D, 2006, University of Southern California
Ying Xu
Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
xuying@mail.utexas.edu |
ECJ 5.436
Education: Ph.D., Virginia Tech University
Senior Lecturers
Penny A Green
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts
pennygreen@utexas.edu |
232-6306 |
BUR 540
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Hillary Hart
Senior Lecturer in the Department Civil Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Education: Ph. D., Bryn Mawr College
Interests: environmental communication, technical communication in the workplace, and engineering research ethics
Leslie A Moore
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
Interests: psychotherapy, couples therapy, intensive short term psychodynamic psychotherapy, narrative therapy
Ann M. Repp
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
repp@mail.utexas.edu |
471-3858 |
SEA 5.252
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Megan Seaholm
Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
seaholmm@gmail.com |
512-475-7243 |
GAR 3.214
Education: Ph.D., 1988, Rice University
Interests: history of women's health care and the social construction of medical science and medical practice; history of American feminism
Melissa Smith
Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work
Education: M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
Interests: Health equity, community-based participatory research, global health, women’s health, health literacy.
Sandra B Straubhaar
Distinguished Senior Lecturer in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
sstraub@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6365 |
BUR 316
Education: Ph.D., German Studies and Humanities, Stanford University
Interests: Medieval Scandinavia, Postmodern Medievalism, Historical Linguistics
Lecturers
Alice L Batt
Lecturer in the Department of Rhetoric & Writing, College of Liberal Arts
abatt@austin.utexas.edu |
471-3280 |
PAR 15
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: creative nonfiction, feature writing, grantwriting, and nonprofit writing
Adria Frizzi
Lecturer in the Department of French and Italian, College of Liberal Arts
adriafrizzi@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7289 |
HRH 3.112A
Education: PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Modern and contemporary literature: Brazilian, Italian, Spanish American, US; Translation studies: theory and practice of translation; Modern and contemporary Italian culture; Italian women writers; Film: Italian and Latin American; literature into film
Kristen A Hogan
Education Coordinator, UT Gender & Sexuality Center
hogank@austin.utexas.edu |
SAC 2.112
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Carol Lewis
Lecturer in the Office of the Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work
Education: Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Women's health; interdisciplinary research; research administration; program evaluation; adolescent parenting; domestic violence; school-based prevention; cultural diversity; alternative medicine; placebo effects
Hallie Speranza
Lecturer in the Human Dev & Family Sci, College of Natural Sciences
Shane Whalley
Lecturer
swhalley@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-9600 |
School of Social Work Building: 3.104A (only during office hours)
Education: Masters in Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin
Professors Emeriti
Norma V. Cantú
Professor Emerita in the Department of Educational Administration
metrocan2@aol.com |
(512) 232-7111 |
TNH 3.118M
Education: J.D., Harvard University
Kathryn Hansen
Professor
kgh@austin.utexas.edu |
475-6035 |
WCH 4.122
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Aletha C. Huston
Professor Emerita in the Department of Human Dev & Family Sci,
achuston@utexas.edu |
512-471-0753 |
SEA 2.444
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Ted L. Huston
Professor Emerita in the Department of Human Dev & Family Sci
huston@mail.utexas.edu |
471-5606 |
SEA 2.448A
Education: Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany
Ruth G McRoy
Professor Emeritus
r.mcroy@mail.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-0551 |
3.208A
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Gail Minault
Professor
gminault@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7214 |
GAR 3.118
Education: PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Hans-Bernhard Moeller
Associate Professor
h-b.moeller@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6359 |
BUR 326
Education: Ph.D., German, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Tetyana Pudrovska
Assistant Professor
tpudrovs@austin.utexas.edu |
CLA 2.622D
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Population Health Disparities, Gender and Health, Work and Health, Biopsychosocial Stress, Biodemography, Aging
Dina M Sherzer
Professor Emerita
dsherzer@austin.utexas.edu |
471-5737 |
HRH 2.120
Education: Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania
Janet Staiger
William P. Hobby Centennial Professor Emeritus in Communication
jstaiger@uts.cc.utexas.edu |
512-471-4071 |
Office: CMA 6.128
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981
Interests: Authorship theory; various modes of production including classical Hollywood, "Indie" cinema, and world cinema; cultural and political issues of representation, especially involving gender, sexuality, and race/ethnicity; genre theory; the historical reception of cinema and television; and historiographical issues in writing media histories
Allucquere Sandy Stone
Associate Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph. D., University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexa Stuifbergen
Professor Emerita in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
Catherine A. Surra
Professor
surra@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-0618
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Marilla Svinicki
Professor Emerita in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
Education: Ph. D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Janet K Swaffar
Professor Emerita in the Department of Germanic Studies, College of Liberal Arts
jswaffar@austin.utexas.edu |
232-6376 |
BUR 318
Education: Ph.D., German, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Interests: German literature post 1945, German media, applications of literary theory to reading and writing in a foreign language, foreign language acquisition and advanced learners
Margaret A Syverson
Associate Professor
pegsyverson@gmail.com |
471-8734 |
PAR 3
Education: Ph.D., 1994, University of California, San Diego
Karen Uhlenbeck
Professor Emerita in the Department of Mathematics, College of Natural Sciences
Barbara W. White
Dean Emerita
bww@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-1937 |
SSW 2.202B
Education: Ph.D., Florida State University
