Faculty Scholars
Jason Abrevaya
Professor, 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: Abortion access, Self-managed abortion, Unintended pregnancy and its life impacts, Contraceptive desires and use; High-risk obstetrics
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 |
512-475-8511 |
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 |
RLP 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; RLP 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 |
RLP 2.408J
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Christopher Bryan
Assistant Professor, McCombs School of Business
christopher.bryan@mccombs.utexas.edu |
RLP 2.408E
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests: Influence and persuasion, behavioral policy; behavioral interventions; motivation; self and identity; inequality and social mobility; diversity, equity, and inclusion; political psychology
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 |
RLP 2.702C
Education: Ph.D., Statistics, Duke University
Interests: Bayesian methods: Spatial statistics; Network analysis; Exposure analysis; Population health
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 |
RLP 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
Adam Cobb
Associate Professor, Business, Government and Society
adam.cobb@mccombs.utexas.edu |
512-471-9435 |
CBA 5.258
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Diane Coffey
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
coffey@utexas.edu |
512-232-6915 |
RLP 2.620D
Education: PhD, Princeton University
Jordan Conwell
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
jconwell@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.408H
Education: Ph.D., Northwestern University
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
Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
ccubbin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-0625 |
SSW 3.208GA
Education: Ph.D., John Hopkins University
Raissa Fabregas Robles Gil
Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
rfabregas@utexas.edu |
512-471-7349 |
SRH 3.269
Education: Ph.D., Harvard 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 |
RLP 2.708C
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Lauren Gaydosh
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
lauren.gaydosh@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Interests: Health Disparities, Biosociology/Biodemography, Inequality/Stratification, Family, Life Course
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 |
RLP 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
bgoosby@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-9863 |
RLP 2.404E
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 |
512-471-5606 |
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
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
Yasmiyn Irizarry
Assistant Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
yirizarry@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 2.116F
Education: Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington
Huriya Jabbar
Associate Professor, Educational Policy and Planning, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
jabbar@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8586 |
SZB 374
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
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
Junfeng Jiao
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
jjiao@austin.utexas.edu |
SUT 3.120
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
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 |
512-468-8238 |
RLP 2.622H, SEA 5.216
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ken-Hou Lin
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
lin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-9412 |
RLP 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
Education: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elma Lorenzo-Blanco
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences
elma@utexas.edu |
512-471-0973 |
SEA 2.322C
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
Tia Madkins
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
tmadkins@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-7224 |
SZB 462G
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Victoria Marone
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Education: Ph.D., Northwestern University
Interests: health economics, industrial organization, market design
Leticia Marteleto
Professor, Sociology
marteleto@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8302 |
RLP 2.406C
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: social demography
Elizabeth Matsui
Director of Clinical and Translational Research, Dell Medical School. Professor, Department of Population Health. Professor, Department of Pediatrics
ematsui@utexas.edu |
512-495-5732 |
HDB
Education: M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Eric McDaniel
Associate Professor, Department of Government
emcdaniel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-7268 |
BAT 4.122
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois
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Rachel Davis Mersey
Associate Dean for Research, Jesse H. Jones Centennial Professor, Moody College of Communication
rdm@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-3854 |
BMC 5.304
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chandra L. Muller
Professor, Department of Sociology; Alma Cowden Madden Centennial Professor & Ashbell Smith Professor in Liberal Arts
cmuller@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8377, 512-232-6322 |
RLP 2.408G
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Elizabeth Munoz
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Elizabeth.Munoz@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1740 |
SEA 1.440
Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Richard Murphy
Assistant Professor, Department 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
Interests: HIV prevention, sexually transmitted infection prevention, health disparities, housing disparities, poverty
Bukky Oyedeji
Assistant Professor, McCombs School of Business
bukky@utexas.edu |
678-770-7602 |
CBA 4.228
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison
Yolanda C. Padilla
Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
ypadilla@utexas.edu |
512-471-6266 |
SSW 3.130K
Education: PhD, University of Michigan
Marcelo J. P. Paixão
Associate Professor, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, Fellow of Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies
marcelopaixao@utexas.edu |
512-471-2733 |
GWB 3142
Education: Ph.D., Sociology, Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute (IUPERJ), Brazil
Michael Parent
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology; Director, Psychology Educational and Assessment Center
michael.parent@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0845 |
SZB 262H
Education: Ph.D., University of Florida
Jose Ruben Parra-Cardona
Associate Professor
rparra@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-9215 |
SSW 3.130F
Education: PhD, Couple and Family Therapy, Texas Tech University
Deborah Parra-Medina
Director, Latino Research Institute; Professor, Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
parramedina@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-9315 |
GWB 2.102
Education: Ph.D., University of California, San Diego/San Diego State University
Interests: Community-based health promotion, underserved communities, participatory research methods, Latino health disparities, and chronic disease prevention
Keryn Pasch
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
kpasch@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8295 |
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 |
RLP 3.738
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
Barbara Pierce Bush Regents Professor of Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology
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
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
Daniel A. Powers
Professor, Department of Sociology
dpowers@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6335 |
RLP 2.622J
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Interests: health/mortality disparities
Tetyana Pudrovska
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
tpudrovs@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP 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, Department of Sociology
kelly.raley@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-6333 |
RLP 2.702E
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert L. Reece
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
robert.l.reece@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP 3.736
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Pedro Reyes
Ashbel Smith Professor, Educational Policy
preyes@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8569 |
1912 Speedway, Suite 310M
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Catherine Riegle-Crumb
Professor, STEM Education
riegle@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-2388 |
SZB 340E, RLP 2.408H
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Néstor P. Rodríguez
Professor, Department of Sociology
nrodriguez@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6300 |
RLP 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
Stephen Russell
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor, Child Development, Human Development and Family Sciences
stephen.russell@utexas.edu |
512-471-0753 |
SEA 2.444; RLP 2.404
Education: Ph.D., Duke University
Phillip Schnarrs
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School
phillip.schnarrs@austin.utexas.edu |
HDB 4.814
Education: Ph.D. Health Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington
Lauren Schudde
Assistant Professor, Educational Administration
schudde@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1623 |
RLP 2.408F
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Harel Shapira
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
hshapira@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-8075 |
RLP 3.636
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Michael Sierra-Arévalo
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
msa@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.306
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Dean Spears
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
dspears@utexas.edu |
BRB 3.134D; RLP 2.618
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Ann Huff Stevens
Dean, College of Liberal Arts. David Bruton, Jr., Regents Chair in Liberal Arts, Department of Economics
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Marie-Anne Suizzo, EdD
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
msuizzo@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0379 |
SZB 506A
Education: EdD, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Lauren Thaxton
Assistant Professor, OB/GYN, Department of Women’s Health at Dell Medical School
lauren.thaxton@austin.utexas.edu |
512-324-7036 |
HTB Suite 705
Kevin J.A. Thomas
Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies
kjthomas@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.116
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests: International migration; race and ethnicity; families; global health
Robert Town
Professor, Department of Economics
robert.town@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8542 |
BRB 3.134E
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: Health economics, industrial organization, 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
Cody Tuttle
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Education: Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park
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 |
RLP 2.708B
Education: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Interests: Health disparities, aging & the life course, gender and sexuality, social relationships and loss, blended methods
Carmen R. Valdez
Associate Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, and Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School
crvaldez@utexas.edu |
512-495-5388 |
HDB 4.812
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Fatima Varner
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
fvarner@utexas.edu |
512-471-8580 |
SEA 2.322D
Education: Ph.D., Northwestern University
Interests: Parenting, academic achievement, African American families
Paul von Hippel
Associate Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
paulvonhippel@austin.utexas.edu |
512-537-8112 |
SRH 3.384
Education: Ph.D., Ohio State University
Hannah Walker
Assistant Professor, Department of Government
hlwalker@utexas.edu |
BAT
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests: Racial and ethnic politics, the politics of criminal justice, political behavior
Alexander Weinreb
Professor, Department of Sociology
aweinreb@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-0437
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Social and political demography, data collection methods
Abigail Weitzman
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
aweitzman@utexas.edu |
512-475-8526 |
RLP 2.622G
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Interests: Social psychology, family demography, the causes and consequence of violence, sexual and reproducive health, and migration
Kari White
Associate Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work and Department of Sociology
klwhite@prc.utexas.edu |
512-232-1791 |
RLP 2.620E
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Reproductive health; health services; health policy
Elizabeth Widen
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
elizabeth.widen@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-1580 |
PAI 5.32
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
hwilliamson@utexas.edu |
512-232-1967 |
SEA 2.434
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: Couples, intimate relationships, marriage, nonmarital child-bearing, family formation, poverty
Michelle Wright
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
michelle.wright@utexas.edu |
512-475-7421 |
NUR 3.444
Education: Ph.D., University of North Dakota
David S Yeager
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
dyeager@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.408E
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 |
RLP 3.706
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Yuanjin Zhou
Assistant Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work
Education: Ph.D., The University of Washington
Interests: Dementia care, informal and formal caregiving, health management for older adults, fall and injury prevention, risk and resilience, health disparities, gerontechnology, interprofessional collaboration and education, transdisciplinary research
Research Affiliates
Kristine Hopkins
Project Lead - UT Austin College Health Study
khopkins@prc.utexas.edu |
512-471-8313
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Matt Kammer-Kerwick
Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Business Research, The IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
mattkk@ic2.utexas.edu |
512-475-8919 |
IC2 1.116
Education: PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: decision science; operations research; data science; mixed methods; sustainable development; social, economic, and environmental justice; fair labor; ending exploitation and human trafficking
Elizabeth A Vandewater
Senior Research Fellow
elizvan@utexas.edu |
512-232-6392 |
MAI 1914
Education: Ph. D., University of Michigan
Emeritus Faculty
Daniel S. Hamermesh
Sue Killam Professor Emeritus in the Foundations of Economics
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
Aletha C. Huston
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor Emeritus in Child Development
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Ted L. Huston
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Centennial Professor Emeritus in Home Economics
Education: Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany
Joseph E. Potter
Professor Emeritus of Sociology; C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair in US-Mexico Relations #4
Education: Ph.D., Princeton University
Bryan R. Roberts
C. B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair Emeritus in United States-Mexico Relations #1
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago
Postdoctoral Scholars
Francheska Alers Rojas
Postdoctoral Scholar
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Interests: Race/ethnicity; adolescent development; family processes; stress; community violence; sleep; daily diary design.
Christina Caramanis
Postdoctoral Scholar
christina.caramanis@utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Anna Chatillon
Postdoctoral Scholar
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Interests: Public policy; reproductive health, rights, and justice; race and ethnicity; gender and sexuality
Iliya Gutin
Postdoctoral Scholar
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Population Health; Social Demography; Medical Sociology; Sociology of Health & Illness; Biosocial Approaches; Social Theory; Structural Equation Modeling
Amy Hamilton
Postdoctoral Scholar
amy.hamilton@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
David Mallinson
Postdoctoral Scholar
david.mallinson@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wonsun Ryu
Postdoctoral Scholar
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 Scholar
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility; Economic Sociology; Gender; Work and Organizations; Quantitative Methods
Eunjin Seo
Postdoctoral Scholar
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
Peter Tanksley
Postdoctoral Scholar
peter.tanksley@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Interests: Biopsychosocial criminology, social science genomics, health criminology.
Project and Research Staff
Melissa Baumann Estrada
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate - JUNTOS Lab
Rebecca Boylan
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate - National Study of Learning Mindsets
Jenny Buontempo
Senior Database Administrator - National Study of Learning Mindsets
Education: M.A., Santa Clara University (Education); University of Kansas (Mathematics)
Oskar Burger
Research Associate - Evolution, Variation, and Ontogeny of Learning Lab
Jamie M. Carroll
Associate Project Director - Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute
jmcarroll@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.408K
Education: Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Margarett Clapper
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate - National Study of Learning Mindsets
Asha Dane'el
Director of Community Engagement - Texas Policy Evaluation Project
Danielle Himendigger
Administrative Associate - National Study of Learning Mindsets
Elizabeth Johnson
Senior Research Program Coordinator - National Study of Learning Mindsets
Meghann Johnson
Director of Behavioral Intervention Design and User Experience - Texas Behavioral Science & Policy Institute
Michaela Jones
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate - National Study of Learning Mindsets
Pratik Mhatre
Study Director – National Study of Learning Mindsets, Scientific Director – Texas Behavioral Science & Policy Institute
Matthew Philbrook
Senior Research Program Coordinator - National Study of Learning Mindsets
Juan Robayo Jimenez
Social Science/Humanities Research Associate - MAGIC Study
