Eunhee Chung

Assistant Professor
Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition
Hometown: Kosung, Kyungnam, South Korea
Education: PhD. in Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research area: The effects of maternal obesity on cardiometabolic health of offspring; the effects of maternal exercise before and during pregnancy on cardiometabolic dysfunction of offspring born from an obese mother

Favorite thing to do in S.A.? My favorite things to do are to visit the zoo with my family and watch the Spurs NBA games.

Timothy Grigsby

Assistant Professor
Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition
Hometown: Riverside, CA
Education: Ph.D. in Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

Research areas: Substance misuse and related negative behaviors, health communication, and research methodology
critical race theory, and P-20 equity issues

Favorite thing to do in S.A.? I enjoy being outdoors and have been to the Guadalupe State Park to float the river with my wife and three children. I enjoy visiting the downtown area and frequenting the diverse collection of restaurants and historical sites.

Liset Leal Vasquez

Senior Lecturer & Director, Coordinated Program in Dietetics Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition
Hometown: Harlingen, TX
Education: Ph.D. in Health Studies, Texas Women’s University

Research area: Health literacy, poverty, food insecurity, childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes among Hispanic women and children

Favorite thing to do in S.A.? I enjoy the Helotes Market days and finding new farmer’s markets around San Antonio. I also enjoy taking long walks with my husband and kids.

Masataka Umeda

Research Assistant Professor Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition
Hometown: Nagoya, Japan
Education: Ph.D. in Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research areas: Endogenous pain modulation within the central nervous system, and the influence of regular physical activity on it; research expertise is used to better understand individual differences in pain sensitivity as determined by several factors such as gender, race/ethnicity, and health status

Favorite thing to do in S.A.? We enjoy doing many kinds of family activities here, like going to the zoo, to the museums, cycling, and fishing.

Guan Saw

Assistant Professor Educational Psychology
Hometown: Penang, Malaysia
Education: Ph.D. in Measurement and Quantitative Methods, Michigan State University

Research area: Educational equity, school-to-work transitions, social contexts in education, STEM education and workforce, causal inference methods

Favorite thing to do in S.A.? My favorite thing to do in San Antonio is going out for a run on river and greenway trails. River Walk Mission Reach, Salado Creek Greenway, and Leon Creek Greenway are some of my favorite trails to do a long run. I am training for the upcoming Austin marathon race in February 2017.

Carmen Tafolla

Professor Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Education: Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education and Bilingual Education, The University of Texas at Austin

Research areas: Latino & Multicultural Childrens Literature, Creative Writing in the Classroom, Chicano Poetry, San Antonio Mexican-American History 1845-1917, and the Life & Work of Civil Rights Activist & Labor Organizer Emma Tenayuca

Favorite thing to do in S.A.? I love spending time at the parks, missions, or San Antonio River, because when I’m there, I can hear the centuries of history of this special place singing loud and clear.