University of Texas Arlington

Thomas Marshall
Professor, Political Science

817-272-2991
tmarshall@uta.edu

Dr. Thomas Marshall, professor of political science, is an expert in public opinion, campaigns and elections and political methodology. He is available to talk about the 2012 presidential campaign.

Pat D. Taylor
Director of Landscape Architecture Program, Associate Professor

817-272-2801
pdt@uta.edu

Expertise:  landscape architecture, urban design, countryside planning/design, research in landscape architecture, landscape architecture education

Michelle Murillo
Assistant Professor

817-272-3441
mmurillo@uta.edu

Expertise:  painting, drawing, printmaking including woodcut, silkscreen, lithography, intaglio, digital media

Marilyn Jolly
Associate Professor

817-272-2820
mjolly@uta.edu

Expertise:  painting, two-dimensional art (drawing, printmaking), organic gardening, garden design

Rebecca Neilson
Lecturer and Adviser, Masters of Science in Human Resource Management Program

817-272-3865
rneilson@uta.edu

Expertise:  human resources, active Army reservist

James C. Quick
John and Judy Goolsby Distinguished Professor, Professor of Organizational Behavior

817-272-3869
jquick@uta.edu

Expertise:  leadership, executive management, workplace stress, business ethics, military, psychology

Denise Collins
Clinical Assistant Professor

817-272-5325
dacollins@uta.edu

Expertise:  child growth and development, parenting

Lael Morgan
Adjunct

817-272-2163
morgan03@uta.edu

Expertise:  writing/publishing, frontier history, Alaska, Texas, Montana, Maine, South Seas, benefits of high school journalism for disadvantaged students, distance education

Sasha Grant
Assistant Professor

817-272-0733
sgrant@uta.edu

Expertise:  corporate/organizational identity, internal and external organizational communication, corporate/managerial communication, organizational storytelling, corporate ethics and values

Fillia Makedon
Professor

817-272-3605
makedon@uta.edu

Expertise:  biomedical informatics, pervasive technologies, assistive environments, bioinformatics, knowledge management, e-health, security, privacy, database applications

Hao Che
Assistant Professor

817-272-3631
hche@uta.edu

Expertise:  network architecture and design, network resource management, multi-service switching architecture, network processor design

Gergely Zaruba
Associate Professor

817-272-3602
zaruba@uta.edu

Expertise:  wireless networking technologies, optical networking technologies, next generation wireless networks, localization technologies, network simulation

Mohan Kumar
Professor

817-272-3610
mkumar@uta.edu

Expertise:  pervasive computing, opportunistic networks and computing, wireless networks and mobility, mobile agents, distributed computing

Roger Walker
Professor

817-272-2203
walker@cse.uta.edu

Expertise:  microcomputer systems, lasers and optic systems, signal processing, road roughness, embedded real-time instrumentation and control systems

Rhonda R. Dobbs
Assistant Professor

817-272-3499
rdobbs@uta.edu

Expertise:  gender and crime, theories of crime, victimization, fear of crime

Randall Butler
Visiting Assistant Professor

817-272-3318
rbutler@uta.edu

Expertise:  Native American policing, restorative justice, criminal procedure, police training, Navajo juvenile delinquency

Alejandro "Alex" del Carmen
Criminology and Criminal Justice Chair, Associate Professor

817-272-2498
adelcarmen@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  racial profiling, use of force, policing, immigration issues related to crime, crime patterns

John J. Rodriguez
Assistant Professor

817-272-0742
JJRodriguez@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  gangs, transnationalism, immigration, human trafficking

Karel Carpenter
Lecturer and Academic Advisor

817-272-3318
kcarpenter@uta.edu

Expertise:  terrorism-bioterrorism, epidemiological investigation, domestic preparedness, terrorism response, emergency response certification

Shannon K. Fowler
Assistant Professor

817-272-2514
sfowler@uta.edu

Expertise:  prison sexual assault, community violence

John Stickels
Assistant Professor

817-272-3750
jstickels@uta.edu

Expertise:  University of Arlington Innocence Network, criminal law, prosecution, defense

Joohi Lee
Assistant Professor

817-272-1578
joohilee@uta.edu

Expertise:  early mathematics, school achievement of children of immigrants

Glen Mattioli
Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences

817-272-2987
gmattioli@uta.edu

Expertise:  neotectonic and volcanic processes

Michael R. Ward
Associate Professor

817-272-3090
mikeward@uta.edu

Expertise:  economics of regulation and policy, anti-trust, utility regulation, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals

C.Y. Choi
Assistant Professor

817-272-3860
cychoi@uta.edu

Expertise:  open economy macroeconomics (monetary policy), international finance (exchange rate movements), time series econometrics

Jeffrey S. DeSimone
UTA and Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research; Assistant Professor

817-272-3286
jdesimone@uta.edu

Expertise:  education, health, labor, politics in economics

Roger Meiners
Goolsby Distinguished Professor of Economics and Law; Chairman, Economics Department

817-272-3116
meiners@uta.edu

Expertise:  legal and economic aspects of environmental policy, economic analysis

Joy L. Wiggins
Assistant Professor

817-272-0988
jwiggins@uta.edu

Expertise:  feminist theory in qualitative research in mostly narrative and poetic transcription of data, multicultural education and multicultural children's literature, using technology in higher education classroom including blogging and online distance education/learning, social action in K-12 classroom, preservice teacher education, English/language arts teaching in middle schools

R. Jon Leffingwell
Associate Professor

817-272-2274
leffingwell@uta.edu

Expertise:  stress management, reduction of anxiety, increasing pro-social behavior in schools

Ronald Caloss
Director, Superintendent Certification Program

817-272-8045
rcaloss@uta.edu

Expertise:  public school finance, bond elections, dressing for the interview, resumes and interviewing, dealing with the media, unwritten rules for leadership, reaching out and making a difference

Nancy L. Hadaway
Professor

817-272-2240
hadaway@uta.edu

Expertise:  adolescent literacy, children's and young adult literature, English as a second language, online instruction

Ann Cavallo
Associate Professor

817-272-1264
cavallo@uta.edu

Expertise:  science teaching and learning at all levels, impact of science learning on underserved or underrepresented groups (minorities, women), impact of technology on students' science learning, psychological aspects of student learning, examining students' scientific reasoning abilities

Peggy Semingson
Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies

817-272-7568
Email

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  Literacy instruction for elementary students, parent participation in their children’s literacy learning, family and community literacy, narrative research, K-12 students with challenges in reading, bilingual education

Adrienne E. Hyle
Chair and Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

817-272-0149
ahyle@uta.edu

Expertise:  leadership, organizational change, K-12 and higher education faculty and gender issues

Rhonda L. McClellan
Associate Professor, Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies

817-272-2841
rmcclellan@uta.edu

Expertise:  educational and school board leadership

Liping Tang
Professor

817-272-6075
ltang@uta.edu

Expertise:  tissue engineering, biomaterial, biocompatibility, stem cells, drug delivery

Hanli Liu
Professor

817-272-2054
hanli@uta.edu

Expertise:  medical instrumentation and imaging, minimally-invasive and non-invasive spectroscopy and imaging of tissue, optical diffuse imaging for cancer prognosis and brain activities

Khosrow Behbehani
Professor

817-272-2249
kb@uta.edu

Expertise:  respiratory and anesthesia device design and analysis, microprocessor-based control design for biomedical systems, computer modeling of biomedical systems, modern control theory applications in biomedical engineering, stochastic and deterministic systems

Nur Yazdani
Chairman and Professor, Civil Engineering Department

817-272-5055
yazdani@uta.edu

Expertise:  structural engineering, concrete/timber bridge design, evaluation and rehabilitation; infrastructure disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; concrete properties, coastal infrastructure and building codes; and engineering education

DJ Seo
Assistant Professor

817-272-2201
djseo@uta.edu

Expertise:  hydrology, hydraulics, water resources, river flow, flood mitigation, flood plain management, contaminant, transport in streams, numerical and physical modeling of fluid flow, applied fluid mechanics, water distribution

Mohammad Najafi
Assistant Professor

817-272-0507
najafi@uta.edu

Expertise:  onstruction management, asset management, construction and renewal of infrastructures (pipeline construction, pipeline renewal), trenchless technology

Anand Puppala
Professor, Professional Engineer

817-272-5821
anand@uta.edu

Expertise:  soil stabilization, soil reinforcement, pavement materials characterization, instrumentation and data acquisition

James C. Williams
Professor, Professional Engineer

817-272-2894
jimwilliams@uta.edu

Expertise:  traffic flow theory, traffic engineering, operation of traffic signal systems, highway and street capacity analysis, freeway operations analysis, transportation systems analysis

Wei-Jen Lee
Professor

817-272-5046
wlee@uta.edu

Expertise:  utility deregulation, renewable energy, load forecasting, power quality, distribution automation and demand side management, power systems analysis, online real time equipment diagnostic and prognostic system, microcomputer based instrument for power systems monitoring, measurement, control, protection

J.C. Chiao
Professor

817-272-1337
jcchiao@uta.edu

Expertise:  medical devices, microelectromechanical system (MEMS), optics, optical networks, pain management, radio frequency identification (RFID), medical implants, microfluidics, wireless, microwaves and millimeterwaves, quasi-optics

Jonathan Bredow
Professor

817-272-3497
jbredow@uta.edu

Expertise:  remote sensing, RADAR, microwave circuits, antennas, electromagnetics, digital signal processing, digital systems

Frank L. Lewis
Professor, Professional Engineer

817-272-5972
lewis@uta.edu

Expertise:  feedback control systems, neural networks for control, discrete event systems, robotics, adaptive systems

Weidong Zhou
Assistant Professor

817-272-1227
wzhou@uta.edu

Expertise:  optoelectronic materials and devices, photonic crystal-based semiconductor lasers and detectors, nanophotonics

Andrew Kruzic
Professional Engineer, Associate Professor

817-272-3822
kruzic@uta.edu

Expertise:  environmental engineering, wastewater treatment

Melanie Sattler
Assistant Professor, Professional Engineer

817-272-5410
sattler@uta.edu

Expertise:  emissions measurement, air quality modeling, air pollution control technologies

John W. Priest
Professor

817-272-3092
Jpriest@uta.edu

Expertise:  product development, manufacturing, knowledge engineering and management, design for manufacturing, micro fabrication, meso fabrication, process development

Brian Huff
Associate Professor

817-272-3053
bhuff@uta.edu

Expertise:  robotics and automation, autonomous systems, systems modeling, discrete event simulation, enterprise analysis and design, time-based competition

Victoria Chen
Associate Professor

817-272-2342
vchen@uta.edu

Expertise:  engineering statistics, design of experiments, statistical modeling, dynamic programming

H.W. Corley
Professor

817-272-3159
corley@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  mathematics, modeling, statistics, optimization

S.M. You
Professor

817-272-5635
you@uta.edu

Expertise:  boiling heat transfer, thermal management of microelectronics

Frank K. Lu
Professor

817-272-2083
franklu@uta.edu

Expertise:  gasdynamics, aerodynamics, propulsion, detonation, combustion, shock waves, blast waves, aerospace engineering, energy conversion

Hyejin Moon
Assistant Professor

817-272-2017
hyejin.moon@uta.edu

Expertise:  micro and nanofluidics, biomems and bionems, surface and interfacial phenomena, micro-medical devices, micro and nano manufacturing

Wen S. Chan
Professor

817-272-5638
chan@uta.edu

Expertise:  mechanics of composite structures, fracture mechanics, damage tolerance and durability analysis, structural analysis, finite element analysis, structural design, aerospace structures

Atilla Dogan
Assistant Professor

817-272-3744
dogan@uta.edu

Expertise:  flight dynamics and control, nonlinear flight simulation, aircraft escape maneuvers in microburst with turbulence, automatic transmission modeling and control, unmanned aerial vehicles, vortex effect modeling, modeling and control of formation flight, probabilistic path planning, modeling and control of aerial refueling for UAVs, human factor modeling

Haiying Huang
Assistant Professor

817-272-0563
huang@uta.edu

Expertise:  structural health monitoring, sensor technologies

Neill Matheson
Assistant Professor

817-272-2582
matheson@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  nineteenth-century American literature, American fiction

Wendy B. Faris
Professor and Chair

817-272-5484
wbfaris@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  modern and contemporary British, French, and Latin American fiction; modern literature and painting; magical realism; the Bloomsbury Group; Carlos Fuentes

Stacy Alaimo
Associate Professor of English

817-272-1043
stacya@uta.edu

Expertise:  multicultural literatures, 20th century literature of the U.S., environment literature, environmental health, environmental justice

Dennis M. Maher
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

817-272-5708
dmmaher@uta.edu

Expertise:  The Society for American Baseball Researchers, player salaries issues, MLB Hall of Fame

Peggy E. Swanson
John and Judy Goolsby Distinguished Professor and Professor of Finance

817-272-3841
swanson@uta.edu

Expertise:  foreign exchange markets, iShares and country funds, international portfolio diversification

Steve E. Isbell
Lecturer

817-272-4245
sisbell@uta.edu

Expertise:  real estate developer

Darren K. Hayunga
Assistant Professor

817-272-0518
hayunga@uta.edu

Expertise:  real estate, spatial statistics

Cynthia A. Trowbridge
Assistant Professor and Clinical Education Coordinator, Athletic Training Education Program

817-272-3134
ctrowbridge@uta.edu

Expertise:  physical medicine and rehabilitation of orthopedic injuries, athletic training, treatment of acute and chronic injuries, strength and conditioning

Beth S. Wright
Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Professor

817-272-3291
bwright@exchange.uta.edu

Expertise:  French paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries, novels of Sir Walter Scott, art

John Buckwalter
Professor and Chair

817-272-0219
buckwalter@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  kinesiology, youth sports, exercise science, fitness, cardiovascular physiology, blood pressure control, autonomic nervous system

Siamak "Sia" Ardekani
Professor, Professional Engineer

817-272-3762
ardekani@uta.edu

Expertise:  traffic flow theory, public transportation design, emergency transportation management (e.g. detours, evacuations, and management of post-disaster operations)

M.K. Raja
Professor

817-272-3540
raja@uta.edu

Expertise:  information technology, information systems, software engineering, systems design, information security, computer forensics, cyber crime

Greg Frazier
Associate Professor

817-272-3559
frazier@uta.edu

Expertise:  operations management, inventory management, project management

Mark Eakin
Associate Professor

817-272-3529
eakin@uta.edu

Expertise:  general statistical methodology, visual basic for applications

R.C. Baker
Professor, Chair of Department of Information Systems and Operations Management

817-272-3547
rcbaker@uta.edu

Expertise:  quality control

Larry Nelson
Assistant Professor

817-272-1102
lnelson@uta.edu

Expertise:  physical education, dance education, service-learning in teacher education, resiliency and at-risk youth, adventure and outdoor education

John V. Dowdy
Attorney at Law; Senior Lecturer in Business Law

817-272-3705
john@dowdylawfirm.com

Expertise:  probate and wills, mediation

Sudha Mani
Assistant Professor

817-272-0151
smani@uta.edu

Expertise:  alliances and networks, new product development, international market entry

Elten Briggs
Assistant Professor

817-272-0532
ebriggs@uta.edu

Expertise:  services marketing

Gary Lacefield
Senior Lecturer

817-272-3016
garylacefield@uta.edu

Expertise:  mortgage compliance, business finance, conflict resolution and mediation

Ritesh Saini
Assistant Professor

817-272-0221
saini@uta.edu

Expertise:  consumer psychology and behavior, retail sales, pricing

Choong-Un Kim
Associate Professor

817-272-5497
choongun@uta.edu

Expertise:  microelectronic devices and processing, thin film materials, physical metallurgy, failure analysis and reliability assessments

Michael Jin
Assistant Professor

817-272-0759
mjin@uta.edu

Expertise:  solar energy, solar cell materials and devices, renewable energy

Stathis Meletis
Professor

817-272-2559
meletis@uta.edu

Expertise:  surface engineering, multifunctional thin films, small-scale materials, material-environment interactions, plasma treatments for surface hardening

Seung Jin Koh
Assistant Professor

817-272-1223
skoh@uta.edu

Expertise:  single-electron devices, sensors for molecular-level detection, surface science

Roberto R. Trevino
Associate Professor of History, Assistant Director, Center for Mexican American Studies

817-272-5180
trevino@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  Mexican American History, Latino religious history

Daniel Cavanagh
Assistant Professor

817-272-1107
cavanagh@uta.edu

Expertise:  jazz studies, composition, improvisation, jazz ensemble direction

Sergio Espinosa
Associate Professor

817-272-2445
espinosa@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  string education, orchestra conductor, International Baccalaureate Organization Music Chief Examiner 2001-06

Clifton Evans
Director of Orchestra

817-272-5027
cevans@uta.edu

Expertise:  orchestra, conducting, orchestral literature

Diane Snow
Clinical Professor and Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Practitioner Program Co-Director

817-272-7087
snow@uta.edu

Expertise:  addictions, co-occurring disorders, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder/PTSD, adult ADHD, neurobiology, genetics of addiction, bipolar disorder

Donelle Barnes
Associate Professor

817-272-2776
donelle@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  refugees, especially Cuban and Bosnian refugees, Hispanic populations and health disparities

Kathryn M. Daniel
Clinical Instructor, Interim Director Adult and Gerontologic Nurse Practitioner Program

817-272-0175
kdaniel@uta.edu

Expertise:  nurse practitioner practice in long term care, care of the frail elderly, estimation of renal function in the ambulatory elderly

Joy D. Baker
Associate Clinical Professor

817-272-2776
jdbaker@uta.edu

Expertise:  nursing administration and leadership, perioperative nursing, meaning-making relative to relocation transitions in life

Patricia Newcomb
Assistant Professor

817-272-2776
pnewcomb@uta.edu

Expertise:  general pediatrics, childhood health promotion, childhood asthma, childhood immunizations, pediatric primary care, genomics in patient care

Sharolyn Dihigo
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

817-272-2776
sdihigo@uta.edu

Expertise:  colicky babies, learning disabilities

Cheryl Anderson
RN, Ph.D., CNS

817-272-2776
c.anderson@uta.edu

Expertise:  family violence, workplace violence, teen pregnancy, maternal-child health

Linda Marshall
Clinical Instructor

817-272-7086
lindajm@uta.edu

Expertise:  microbiology

Bethany McClean
Clinical Instructor

817-272-2776
mcclean@uta.edu

Expertise:  school health

Judy LeFlore
Associate Professor, Director of Pediatric, Acute Care Pediatric and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program

817-272-2776
jleflore@uta.edu

Expertise:  pediatric and neonatal advanced practice nursing, technology in the classroom, developing and implementing simulation as a formative and summative tool

Harry P. Reeder
Associate Professor

817-272-2764
reeder@uta.edu

Available to interview in Spanish.

Expertise:  phenomenology, critical thinking, modern philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of language

Charles C. Chiasson
Associate Professor

817-272-3216
chiasson@uta.edu

Expertise:  Ancient Greek language and literature, including mythology

Brent E. Sasley
Assistant Professor

817-272-3980
bsasley@uta.edu

Expertise:  Middle East politics, Israeli and Turkey politics and foreign policy, foreign policy analysis, international security and conflict, Caspian Sea energy politics

Roslyn Simowitz
Associate Professor

817-272-3965
simowitz@uta.edu

Expertise:  international politics, quantitative studies of international politics, philosophy of science

Allan Saxe
Associate Professor

817-272-3992
saxe@uta.edu

Expertise:  state and local government, American national government, civil liberties, politics and cinema, Arlington city politics

Jill Clark
Associate Professor

817-272-3979
jclark@uta.edu

Expertise:  horizontal federalism, policy diffusion and re-invention

Victoria Farrar-Myers
Professor

817-272-5265
victoria@uta.edu

Expertise:  American politics, U.S. presidency, U.S. congress, campaign finance, presidential campaigns, American foreign policy, political leadership

Thomas Marshall
Professor, Political Science

817-272-2991
tmarshall@uta.edu

Expertise:  Public opinion, campaigns and elections, political methodology

Dennis M. Maher
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

817-272-5708
dmmaher@uta.edu

Expertise:  The Society for American Baseball Researchers, player salaries issues, MLB Hall of Fame

Richard D. Schoech
Professor

817-272-3964
schoech@uta.edu

Expertise:  human services administration, community practice and technology, social work administration, community practice and technology

Ski Hunter
Professor

817-272-3948
ski@uta.edu

Expertise:  lesbian and gay issues

Jaimie Page-Brill
Assistant Professor

817-272-1106
jlpage@uta.edu

Expertise:  social welfare policy, homelessness, exoneree project

Alexa Smith-Osborne
Assistant Professor

817-272-0542
alexaso@uta.edu

Expertise:  veterans health and services, child and adolescent mental health, maternal and child health

Robert Kunovich
Assistant Professor of Sociology

817-272-3796
kunovich@uta.edu

Expertise:  national identity and nationalism, prejudice, statistics

Mark D. Ricard
Associate Professor

817-272-0764
ricard@uta.edu

Expertise:  applied sport biomechanics, biomechanics of injury and rehabilitation, EMG force-fatigue relationship

Jacob Resch
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology

817-272-1402
resch@uta.edu

Expertise:  brain injuries, concussions, heat illnesses, athletic training education

Brandi Andrade
Adjunct Instructor

214-566-0462
brandrade@uta.edu

Expertise:  American women's history, theatre history, feminist theatre, acting, producing, dramaturgy

Andrew C. Gaupp
Professor

817-272-3141
gaupp@uta.edu

Expertise:  nonprofit arts management, acting, directing

Joe Chapa
Associate Professor

817-272-2567
jchapa@uta.edu

Expertise:  theatrical combat, children's theatre, children's literature

Michelle Harvey
Specialist

817-272-0453
harveymd@uta.edu

Expertise:  scene design, painting, properties, photography, art and rendering, computer graphics and drafting, hand drafting

Barbara Becker
Dean, School of Urban and Public Affairs

817-272-3301
bbecker@uta.edu

Expertise:  city planning, land use and growth control, comprehensive and strategic planning

Richard Cole
Professor

817-272-3071
cole@uta.edu

Expertise:  intergovernmental relations, public policy, urban politics