Faculty Research Associates
Jason Abrevaya
Professor and Dept Chair, Department of Economics; Murray S. Johnson Chair in Economics
abrevaya@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8527 |
BRB 3.130
Education: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abigail Aiken
Associate Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
araa2@utexas.edu |
512-232-2561 |
SRH 3.240
Education: MD, MPH, PhD, Cambridge University, Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Unintended pregnancy and its life impacts, Abortion access, Contraceptive desires and use; High-risk obstetrics
Bukky Akinsanmi
Assistant Professor, McCombs School of Business
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison,
Jacqueline L. Angel
Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
jangel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-2956 |
SHR 3.239
Education: Ph.D., Rutgers University
Manuela Angelucci
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
mangeluc@utexas.edu |
BRB 2.122
Education: Ph.D., University College London
Maria Arredondo
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
maria.arredondo@austin.utexas.edu |
SEA
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Javier Auyero
Professor, Department of Sociology; Joe R. & Teresa Long Endowed Professor #3
auyero@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8073 |
CLA 3.624
Education: Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
Germine Awad, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Development, Culture & Learning Sciences Program, Department of Educational Psychology
gawad@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0526 |
SZB 506H
Aprile D. Benner, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
abenner@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-1964, 512-471-8353 |
SEA 2.442; CLA 2.406D
Interests: child and adolescent development; marginalization and discrimination; schools; stratification systems
Tasha Beretvas
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology; Senior Vice President for Faculty Affairs
tberetvas@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0724 |
SZB 538E
Education: PhD, University of Washington
Sarah Brayne, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
sbrayne@utexas.edu |
512-475-8641 |
CLA 2.408J
Christopher Bryan
Assistant Professor, McCombs School of Business
christopher.bryan@mccombs.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Marika Cabral
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
marika.cabral@utexas.edu |
512-475-8522 |
BRB 2.152
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Catherine Calder
Professor, Department Chair, Statistics and Data Sciences
calder@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8802 |
GDC
Education: Ph.D., Statistics, Duke University
Rebecca M. Callahan
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
callahan@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8347 |
SZB 436G; CLA 2.408H
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Esther Calzada
Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
esther.calzada@austin.utexas.edu |
SSW 3.106E
Education: Ph.D., University of Florida
Interests: Parenting and early child development in Latino (Mexican and Mexican American, Dominican and Dominican American) populations; parenting interventions for diverse populations
Shannon E. Cavanagh
Professor, Department of Sociology, PRC Postdoctoral Training Director
scavanagh@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8319 |
CLA 2.708A
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frances Champagne
Professor, Department of Psychology
fchampagne@utexas.edu |
512-232-3401 |
SEA 3.230
Education: Ph.D., McGill University
Jacob Cheadle
Professor, Department of Sociology
j.e.cheadle@utmail.utexas.edu |
512-232-7064 |
RLP 2.622F
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests: Ambulatory Research, Social Networks, Biosociology/Biodemography, Race/Ethnic Health Disparities, Quantitative Methods, Social Neuroscience
Wenhong Chen
Associate Professor, Radio-Television-Film
wenhong.chen@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4592 |
CMA 5.142
Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto
Interests: Social Networks; Social Capital; Digital Media; Media Entrepreneurship
Joshua Childs, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
joshuachilds@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Diane Coffey
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
coffey@utexas.edu |
512-232-6915 |
CLA 2.620D
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Kelley A. Crews
Associate Professor & Graduate Advisor, Department of Geography and the Environment
kelley@utexas.edu |
512-471-5116 |
CLA 3.424
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Interests: Muddy Boots Remote Sensing, Land Change Science, & Healthy Socio-ecological Systems in Developing States
Robert Crosnoe
Associate Dean for Research, College of Liberal Arts; Rapoport Centennial Professor, Department of Sociology
crosnoe@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7202 (COLA), 512-471-8329 (PRC) |
GEB 3.212 (COLA), RLP 2.406F (PRC)
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Human Development, Education, Family, Health, Immigration
Catherine Cubbin, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
ccubbin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-0625 |
CLA 2.622G
Valerie Danesh
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
vdanesh@nursing.utexas.edu |
512-232-4722 |
NUR 5.137
Education: Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Susan De Luca
Assistant Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Toni Falbo
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
toni@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8020 |
SZB 504B
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Karen Fingerman
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
kfingerman@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0618 |
SEA 2.326
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Lauren Gaydosh
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
lauren.gaydosh@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Elizabeth Gershoff
Director, Population Research Center; Amy Johnson McLaughlin Centennial Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
liz.gershoff@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0018 |
SEA 2.456; RLP 2.406E
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Geruso
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
mike.geruso@utexas.edu |
512-475-8704 |
BRB 2.118
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Jennifer Glass
Professor, Department of Sociology; Centennial Commission Professor of Liberal Arts, PRC Development Core Director
jennifer-glass@utexas.edu |
512-471-8355 |
CLA 2.702F
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: work and family issues, gender stratification, telecommuting and new labor practices, STEM labor force retention, religious ideology and women's economic attainment
Marci Gleason
Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
marci.gleason@utexas.edu |
512-471-1617 |
SEA 2.458
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Bridget Goosby
Professor, Department of Sociology, PRC Graduate Training Director
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Interests: Health Disparities, Race and Ethnicity, Biosociology/Biodemography, Poverty/Inequality, Life Course
Andrea Gore
Professor and Mildred Hajek Vacek and John Roman Vacek Chair in Pharmacology, in Honor of Professor C. C. Albers, College of Pharmacy
andrea.gore@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-3669 |
BME 3.510B
Education: Ph. D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chantal Hailey
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
chantal.a.hailey@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.306
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Interests: race and ethnicity, stratification, urban sociology, education, and criminology
Sae Hwang Han
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
saehwang.han@utexas.edu |
SEA
Education: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Boston
Kathryn Paige Harden
Professor, Psychology
harden@utexas.edu |
512 471 1124 |
SEA 3.246
Education: Ph.D., University of Virginia
Interests: Behavioral genetics, sociogenomics, cognitive development, adolescent development, externalizing psychopathology
Mark D. Hayward
Professor, Department of Sociology; Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts
mhayward@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8382 |
RLP 2.622E
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Interests: Life course origins of health disparities, morbidity and mortality, biodemography
Yasmiyn Irizarry, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
Huriya Jabbar, PhD
Associate Professor, Educational Policy and Planning, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
jabbar@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8586 |
SZB 374
Deborah B. Jacobvitz
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
debj@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4276 |
SEA 2.414
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Karen Johnson
Associate Professor, Nursing
kjohnson@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
512 471-7971 |
NUR 4.143
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Su Yeong Kim
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences
su.yeong.kim@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
David L. Leal
Professor, Government
dleal@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.1343 |
BAT 3.140
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests: Latino Politics and Policy
Cristine H Legare
Professor, Psychology
legare@austin.utexas.edu |
SEA 5.216
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ken-Hou Lin
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
lin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-9412 |
CLA 2.702D
Education: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Interests: Inequality, Economy and Society, Finance, Organization, Race, and Methods.
Leigh Linden
Associate Professor, Economics and Public Affairs
leigh.linden@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8904 |
BRB 2.156; CLA 2.702C
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elma Lorenzo-Blanco
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Brad Love
Associate Director, Center for Health Communication & Associate Professor, School of Advertising and Public Relations
lovebrad@utexas.edu |
512-471-3482 |
BMC 4.342
Education: Ph.D., Michigan State University
Victoria Marone
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Education: Ph.D., Northwestern University
Leticia Marteleto
Professor, Sociology
marteleto@prc.utexas.edu |
512.471.8302 |
CLA 2.406C
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: social demography
Julie Maslowsky
Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
maslowsky@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7190 |
BEL 508
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Elizabeth Matsui
Director of Clinical and Translational Research. Professor, Department of Population Health. Professor, Department of Pediatrics
ematsui@utexas.edu |
HDB
Education: M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Eric McDaniel, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Government
emcdaniel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-7268
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Rachel Davis Mersey
Associate Dean for Research, Professor, Moody College of Communication
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chandra L. Muller, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology; Alma Cowden Madden Centenial Professor & Ashbell Smith Professor in Liberal Arts
cmuller@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8377, 512-232-6322 |
CLA 2.408G
Elizabeth Munoz
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Elizabeth.Munoz@austin.utexas.edu |
SEA
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Richard Murphy
Assistant Professor of Economics
richard.murphy@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8525 |
BRB 2.142
Education: Ph.D., University College London
Lisa Neff
Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Education: Ph.D., University of Florida
Interests: Adult Development, Behavior, Biobehavioral Processes and Health, Contexts of Human Development, Interpersonal Relationships
Liesl Nydegger
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education
liesl.nydegger@austin.utexas.edu |
512 232 5846 |
BEL 524
Education: Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Cynthia Osborne
Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
cosborne@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-9808 |
SRH 3.238
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Yolanda C. Padilla, PhD
Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
ypadilla@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-6266 |
SSW 3.130K
Michael Parent
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology; Director, Psychology Educational and Assessment Center
michael.parent@austin.utexas.edu |
+1 512 471 0845 |
SZB 262H
Education: Ph.D., University of Florida
Deborah Parra-Medina
Director, Latino Research Initiative; Professor, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
parramedina@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-9315 |
GWB 2.320
Education: Ph.D., University of California, San Diego/San Diego State University
Keryn Pasch
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
kpasch@austin.utexas.edu |
BEL 514
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Pamela Paxton
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology; Linda K. George and John Wilson Professorship
ppaxton@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6323
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicole Perry
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
nicole.perry@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.458
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Becky Pettit, PhD
Barbara Pierce Bush Regents Professor of Liberal Arts
bpettit@utexas.edu |
512-471-9850 |
RLP 2.622C
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests: Social Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Labor Markets, Research Methods
Joseph E. Potter
Professor, Department of Sociology; C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations #4
joe@prc.utexas.edu |
512.471.8341 |
CLA 2.620C
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Daniel A. Powers
Professor, Department of Sociology
dpowers@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6335 |
CLA 2.622J
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Health/Mortality Disparities
Tetyana Pudrovska
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
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
Kelly Raley
Professor, Sociology; PRC Associate Director
kelly.raley@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-6333 |
CLA 2.702E
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert L. Reece
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
robert.l.reece@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Mark Regnerus
Professor, Sociology
regnerus@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6307 |
CLA 3.524
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Associate Professor, STEM Education
riegle@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-2388 |
SZB 340E, CLA 2.408H
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Néstor P. Rodríguez
Professor, Department of Sociology
nrodriguez@austin.utexas.edu |
CLA 3.528
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Climate change and migration, social transitions and conflict, coercive bureaucracies and ideology, historical sociology
Sharmila Rudrappa
Professor, Sociology; Director, South Asia Institute
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6310
Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: Gender, immigration, globalization, assisted reproductive technologies, South Asia
Stephen Russell
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor, Child Development, Human Development and Family Sciences
stephen.russell@utexas.edu |
512-471-0753 |
SEA 2.444; CLA 2.404
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Delida Sanchez, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
delida.sanchez@austin.utexas.edu |
SZB 262H
Phillip Schnarrs
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
phillip.schnarrs@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D. Health Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington
Harel Shapira
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
hshapira@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8075 |
CLA 3.636
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Michael Sierra-Arévalo
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
msa@utexas.edu |
RLP
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Marie-Anne Suizzo, EdD
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
msuizzo@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0379 |
SZB 506A
Kevin J.A. Thomas, PhD
Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Robert Town
Professor, Department of Economics
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: Health Economics, Industrial Orgnaization, Applied Econometrics
Stephen J. Trejo
Professor, Department of Economics
trejo@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8512 |
BRB 2.132
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Elliot Tucker-Drob
Professor, Department of Psychology
tuckerdrob@utexas.edu |
512-232-4225 |
SEA 4.218
Education: Ph.D., University of Virginia
Interests: Behavioral Genetics; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Aging; Personality Development, Academic Achievement, Quantitative Methods
Debra J. Umberson
Director, Center on Aging and Population Sciences; Professor, Department of Sociology; Christine and Stanley E. Adams, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Liberal Arts
umberson@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6330 |
CLA 2.708B
Education: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Interests: Health Disparities, Aging & the Life Course, Gender and Sexuality, Social Relationships and Loss, Blended Methods
Fatima Varner, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
fvarner@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.322D
Interests: Parenting, academic achievement, African American families
Paul von Hippel
Associate Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
paulvonhippel@austin.utexas.edu |
SRH 3.384
Education: Ph.D., Ohio State University
Peter Ward
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs; C.B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations
peter.ward@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471-6302 |
RLP 3.730, SRH 3.228
Education: Ph.D., University of Liverpool
Alexander Weinreb
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
aweinreb@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-0437 |
CLA 2.620E
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Social and political demography, data collection methods
Kari White
Associate Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work and Department of Sociology
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Ahmed Whitt, PhD
Assistant Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
ahmedwhitt@utexas.edu |
(512) 471-1003 |
SWB 3.106C
Interests: Economic Empowerment
Elizabeth Widen
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
elizabeth.widen@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Interests: Nutritional Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, Pregnancy, Obesity, Global Nutrition & Health
Hannah Williamson
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: Couples, intimate relationships, marriage, nonmarital child-bearing, family formation, poverty
David S Yeager
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
dyeager@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.408
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Social-cognitive development, Motivation, Aggression, Adolescence, Research methodology, and Psychological interventions
Kenneth R. Young
Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment
kryoung@austin.utexas.edu |
512.232.8311 |
CLA 3.706
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Faculty Research Affiliates
Joel Cobb
Assistant Professor, Business, Government and Society
adam.cobb@mccombs.utexas.edu |
CBA 5.258
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Kate Coleman-Minahan
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Colorado
kate.coleman-minahan@prc.utexas.edu |
CLA 2.620E
Education: PhD, University of Colorado Denver
Interests: Reproductive Health, Migration, Latino/a Families, Gender, Adolescents
Raissa Fabregas Robles Gil
Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Ashley Henneghan
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Adjunct Professor, Livestrong Cancer Institute
ashleyhenneghan@gmail.com |
484-467-4688 |
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1707 Treadwell St. Neuro-Oncology, Research; Austin, TX 78704 1400 Holcombe Blvd. Room FC7.3000, Unit 431
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Deanna Hoelscher
John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
deanna.m.hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu |
5123912510
Kristine Hopkins
Research Scientist
khopkins@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8313
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Steve Kelder
Associate Regional Dean, UT School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus and Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
steven.h.kelder@uth.tmc.edu |
512-391-2511
Education: Ph.D. and M.P.H., University of Minnesota
Megan Kuhfeld
Research Scientist at NWEA
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: growth modeling; psychometrics; school effectiveness
Tia Madkins
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
tmadkins@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7224 |
SZB 462G
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Marcelo J. P. Paixão, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, Fellow of Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies
marcelopaixao@utexas.edu |
GWB 3142
Jose Ruben Parra-Cardona
Associate Professor
rparra@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-9215 |
Social Work Building: 3.130F
Education: PhD, Couple and Family Therapy, Texas Tech University
Katherine Paschall
Research Scientist, Child Trends
Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona
Interests: Parent-child relationships, family dynamics in the context of poverty, prevention programming
Miguel Pinedo
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Eudcation
mpinedo@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 471-8184 |
BEL 504
Education: Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Interests: Health disparities; Global Health; Migration; Deportation; Alcohol and Substance abuse; HIV risk; Latinos; US-Mexico Border
Nalini Ranjit
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
nalini.ranjit@uth.tmc.edu |
512-391-2527 |
1616 Guadalupe Street, Suite 6.300
Education: Ph.D., Cornell University
Pedro Reyes, PhD
Ashbel Smith Professor, Educational Policy
preyes@austin.utexas.edu |
(512) 475-8569 |
1912 Speedway, Suite 310M
Patricia A. Stout
Professor, Advertising and Public Affairs; John P. McGovern Regents Professor in Health and Medical Science Communication
pstout@mail.utexas.edu |
512-475-9158
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lauren Thaxton
Assistant Professor and practicing OB/GYN, Department of Women’s Health at Dell Medical School
lauren.thaxton@austin.utexas.edu |
HTB
Education: M.D., Texas Tech University
Rebecca M. Torres
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment
rebecca.torres@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP (formerly CLA) 3.426
Education: Ph.D., University of California at Davis
Interests: (Im)migration, Children/Youth Geographies, Gender, Feminist Geography, Activist/Engaged Scholarship, Mexico, Latin America
Carmen R. Valdez
Associate Professor
Education: PhD, Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Anna Wilkinson
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences
anna.v.wilkinson@uth.tmc.edu |
512-707-2011 |
1616 Guadalupe Street, Suite 6.300
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Health disparities and immigrant health; tobacco prevention and cessation; promotion of physical activity and obesity prevention; bio-behavioral epidemiology.
Emeritus Faculty
Ronald J. Angel
Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology
rangel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6315 |
CLA 3.530
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Daniel S. Hamermesh
Sue Killam Professor Emeritus in the Foundations of Economics
hamermes@eco.utexas.edu |
512-350-7364 |
BRB 2.162
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Aletha C. Huston
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor Emeritus in Child Development
achuston@utexas.edu |
512-471-0753 |
SEA 2.444
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Ted L. Huston
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Centennial Professor Emeritus in Home Economics
huston@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-5606 |
SEA 2.448A
Education: Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany
John Mirowsky
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
mirowsky@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-7064 |
CLA 2.622G
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Bryan R. Roberts
C. B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair Emeritus in United States-Mexico Relations #1
brr@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-6329 |
CLA 3.608
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Robert H. Wilson
Mike Hogg Professor of Urban Policy, LBJ School; Director, Policy Research Institute
rwilson@austin.utexas.edu |
512.471.8947 |
SRH 3.213
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Fellows
Francheska Alers Rojas
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Race/ethnicity; adolescent development; family processes; stress; community violence; sleep; daily diary design.
Christina Caramanis
Postdoctoral Fellow
christina.caramanis@utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Elizabeth Ela
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education: Ph.D. Sociology, University of Michigan
Interests: Fertility, contraceptive behavior, reproductive health policy, LGBTQ health, longitudinal methods
Wonsun Ryu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: College experiences and outcomes for underserved students; Higher education policy; Economics of higher education; And quantitative methods, incl. causal inference and applied statistics
Michael A. Schultz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Work and Labor Markets, Inequality and Poverty, Gender, Quantitative Methods, Organizations and Economic Sociology, Comparative Political Economy
Eunjin Seo
Postdoctoral Fellow
eunjinseo@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.702A
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Motivation, emotion, identity, educational achievement, educational disparities, STEM achievement, adolescent, race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, daily diary design, meta-analysis
Jeffrey Swindle
Postdoctoral Fellow
jeffrey.swindle@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Peter Tanksley
Postdoctoral Fellow
peter.tanksley@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Project and Research Staff
Jamie M. Carroll
Associate Project Director - National Study of Learning Mindsets
jmcarroll@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.408K
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Judith Cavazos-England
Research Associate - The UT Austin College Health Study
Asha Dane'el
Director of Community Engagement - Texas Policy Evaluation Project
Meghann Johnson
Director of Behavioral Intervention Design and User Experience - Texas Behavioral Science & Policy Institute
Ryan Lloyd
Project Coordinator - Decode Zika Project
Education: M.A., Political Science, University of Texas at Austin (2012); B.A., Political Science, Kenyon College (2010)
Pratik Mhatre
Study Director – National Study of Learning Mindsets, Scientific Director – Texas Behavioral Science & Policy Institute
