The University of Texas at Arlington
Office of Public Affairs

Sue Stevens
Senior Media Relations Officer
sstevens@uta.edu
817.272.3317

An alumna (B.A., political science, Magna Cum Laude, 1980), Sue entered graduate school in the School of Urban and Public Affairs in the early '90's. She was a writer-researcher for "Privatizing Public Education: the Texas Experience," published by the Center for Economic Development Research and Service, The University of Texas at Arlington in 1994 and earned SUPA's first Graduate Certificate in Urban Journalism in May, 2004. Her career includes magazine writing, 15 years as a lifestyle editor and feature writer-columnist for the Star-Telegram and for Belo suburban papers and winning five statewide writing awards in one 18-month period. Sue also worked for the City of Arlington, where she created the city's national award-winning newsletter, as well as an emergency press kit that was adopted internationally. She has anchored two cable television news shows and directed public relations for a nonprofit agency. She lives in Arlington, where she has served on numerous charity and arts boards of directors.

• College of Liberal Arts: Art & Art History, The Gallery at UTA, Communication, Criminology & Criminal Justice, English, History, Language Acquisition Center, Linguistics & TESOL, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy & Humanities, Classics Program, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Theatre Arts, Women's Studies
• College of Science: Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Earth & Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics, The Planetarium at UT Arlington, Psychology
• Science Education and Career Center
• School of Urban and Public Affairs: Urban Studies Institute, Interdisciplinary Studies
• Administration

Cindy Allen
Administrative Assistant
cwallen@uta.edu
817.272.2761

An alumna (B.A., English, 1971), Cindy came to UT Arlington with broad experience in public education and public service after having worked in the superintendent/board of education office of the Dallas Independent School District, the regional human resources office at the Texas Department of Human Services, and special education department at the Irving Independent School District. Prior to joining the Office of Public Affairs, she worked in the Dean's Office at the UT Arlington School of Social Work. Cindy resides in Arlington and enjoys time with family and friends.

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Herb Booth
Media Relations Officer
hbooth@uta.edu
817.272.7075

Prior to joining UT Arlington, Herb was a senior reporter for The Dallas Morning News and its subsidiaries. He has reported or edited coverage about various cities, school districts, elections, businesses, sports and general interest for The Dallas Morning News, Arlington Morning News, Grand Prairie News, Garland News and Richardson News. While at the News, he and two other reporters earned the 2004 Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting. He still writes a general interest, Sunday column about Grand Prairie for the News. Before the News, Herb served in various capacities for the Herald-News, a suburban weekly for communities near San Antonio. He also has worked in technology for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. He received a bachelor of journalism degree from The University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Grand Prairie.

• School of Architecture: Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture
• College of Business Administration: Accounting, Economics, Finance and Real Estate, Information Systems and Operations Management, Management, Marketing
• Goolsby Leadership Academy
• College of Engineering: Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental, Computer Science, Electrical, Industrial, Materials Science, Mechanical and Aerospace
• Automation & Robotics Research Institute (ARRI)
• School of Social Work
• UT Arlington Fort Worth Center
• Arlington Technology Incubator