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Nine new faculty join UTSA in education and public policy colleges

(Nov. 7, 2001)--Five new tenure-track faculty joined UTSA this fall in the College of Education and Human Development and four new faculty joined the College of Public Policy.

In the College of Education and Human Development, new faculty are Page Smith, assistant professor in educational leadership and policy studies; Michael Karcher, assistant professor in counseling (arriving fall 2002); Albert Valadez, also an assistant professor in the counseling department; Marie Antonietta "Keta" Miranda, assistant professor in Mexican American Studies; and Elizabeth de la Portilla, instructor with a joint appointment in Mexican American Studies and Anthropology.

The College of Education and Human Development offers undergraduate degrees in English as a second language, health, interdisciplinary studies, kinesiology and Mexican American studies. Also available are master’s degree programs in counseling, bicultural-bilingual studies, bilingual education and education, as well as doctoral programs in culture, literacy and language and one in educational leadership.

For more information about the College of Education and Human Development, call (210) 458-4370.

New tenure-track faculty in the College of Public Policy are, in the criminal justice department, Jeffery Cancino, instructor; Catrin Smith, assistant professor (arriving in January 2002); and Olivia Yu, assistant professor; and in the public administration department, Christopher Reddick, assistant professor.

The UTSA College of Public Policy, formerly the College of Urban and Professional Programs, offers master's-level degree programs in public administration and justice policy plus a baccalaureate in criminal justice.

For more information about the UTSA College of Public Policy, call (210) 458-2700.

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