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Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
+1 512 471 7531, +1 512 471 3550
Expertise: Gender; health; development; labor history; political movements (including Islamic groups); Political Economy; post-colonialism; urban social histories, popular culture; historiography; memory; liberalism; Middle East; South Asia
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
+1 512 471 4535
Expertise: Activity and travel behavior analysis; Travel demand modeling; Application of econometric, discrete choice and market research techniques in transportation planning; Logistics and freight modeling; Transportation energy and transportation air quality analysis; Urban form and spatial data modeling
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
+1 512 471 0279
Expertise: Dr. Carter's research interests are reflected in her work in local schools. In the past, she developed and oversaw a school-wide social emotional learning curriculum, as well as the Response to Intervention three tier model for academic and behavioral issues, at a local elementary school. Dr. Carter has also coordinated a school-based intervention research project examining the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent girls with clinical depression.
Professor, Also director of UT Austin's Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis and a Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts' Dept of African and African American Diaspora Studies, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education
+1 512 471 7498
Expertise: Racial and ethnic identity development; factors that impact academic achievement of African American students; academic self-concept; academic motivation; multicultural psychology and issues of race, ethnicity and culture; Afrocentric/African-centered psychology; impact of religiosity and spirituality on various psychological outcomes; multicultural counseling
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education
Expertise: Dr. Green's research focuses on the nexus of urban school reform and socially just community development. Additionally, his research interests include ways that urban policy can be leveraged to improve educational outcomes and community development in low-income neighborhoods of color. Op-ed: <a href="http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/07/17/detroit-schools-segregation/30322513/" target="_blank">http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/readers/2015/07/17/detroit-schools-segregation/30322513/</a> UT College of Education Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrF2ZW9Cbv4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrF2ZW9Cbv4</a> Texas Tribune Interview: <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/plus/edu/vol-3/no-2/q-terrance-green/" target="_blank">http://www.texastribune.org/plus/edu/vol-3/no-2/q-terrance-green/</a>
Professor and Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professorship in Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
+1 512 471 4541, +1 512 232 3100
Expertise: Transportation system operational analysis and design software development; Transport system demand estimation
Professor, School of Architecture
+1 512 471 0182
Expertise: In his teaching, practice and research, Miro explores the role of the architectural profession in civic life, the relationship between the manmade and Nature, and the relevance of history for designers. Miró was named a Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is also a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers of the University of Texas at Austin. Other teaching awards include the Texas Excellence in Teaching Award and the ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award.
Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education
+1 512 475 8572
Expertise: Barbara Pazey's research interests focus on the development of socially just administrator and teacher leadership preparation programs in the context of meeting the academic, social, and emotional needs of special population students; ethical leadership and decision making processes applied to special education law and policy; and the analysis of P-12 education programs within urban and/or turnaround school settings that empower student voice, recognize and foster the growth of special population students' 21st century skills such as creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking, and provide the prerequisite knowledge, skills, and dispositions that enable them to graduate from high school, ready for college and/or a career. She has presented in these areas at international, national, state, and local conferences. Pazey's teaching interests encompass the preparation of general and special education administrator and teacher leaders in the context of meeting the intellectual, social, cultural, emotional, physical, and aesthetic needs of special population students; trends and issues that impact the future of special education and educational leadership; ethical approaches to leadership, decision making, and practice; and special education law and disability policy.
Carlton Professor of Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
+1 512 471 3317
Expertise: Hyrdogeology; flow in fractured rocks; thermohaline free convection; fracture skin effects; regional flow in carbonate rocks; hydrology of arid and semi-arid zones; subsidence and coastal land loss; effects of urbanization; alluvial aquifers; hydrogeology of sedimentary basins;hydrological processes in ore deposit formation; and hydrogeophysics.
Associate Dean of Students for Research, Office of the Dean of Students
+1 512 471 5017, +1 512 475 6547
Expertise: Disproportionality in special education Students with autism spectrum disorders Student Veterans in higher education, with PTSD, TBI and substance use problems Postsecondary students with disabilities College student development and engagement, transfer and first generation students Assessment in higher education
Assistant Professor and Fellow, Lee Hage Jamail Regents Chair in Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
Expertise: Methodologies and Educational Research; Citizenship and Social Studies Education; Migration; Cultural Pedagogies in Education
Professor and Mike Hogg Professor in Urban Policy, Department of Geography and the Environment, College of Liberal Arts
+1 512 471 8947
Expertise: Urban and regional economic development; urban policy; technology policy; telecommunications policy; urban governance in developmenting countries