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Richard G. LeBaron, assistant professor of cell and molecular biology
Topics: Cell adhesion, extracellular matrix, multiple sclerosis
Knowledge of tissue engineering, extracellular matrix biology, cell-substrate
adhesion and cell-cell adhesion phenomena.
Work phone: (210) 458-4458
e-mail: rlebaron@utsa.edu
H. Paul LeBlanc III, assistant professor of communication
Topics: Communication (interpersonal and family)
Conducts research on parent-adolescent interaction; marital and relational
communication; interpersonal communication within small groups, organizations
and professional settings.
Conducts workshops on personal relationships and communication research
design.
Work phone: (210) 458-7724
e-mail: pleblanc@utsa.edu
Web site: www.hpleblanc.com
Steven Levitt, associate professor of communication
Topics: Telecommunications, organizational change and development,
conflict resolution and mediation
Conducts research on implementation of telecommunications technology in
organizations, social issues of information technology development and use;
conducts seminars and workshops on organizational communication, gender
communication, international team working and hybrid team cultures.
Work phone: (210) 458-5338
Home phone: (210) 545-0253
e-mail: slevitt@utsa.edu
Joe L. Martinez Jr., chair of biology, Ewing Halsell Chair in Biology
Topics: Neurobiology of learning and memory, psychobiology, psychopharmacology
Work phone: (210) 458-4457
e-mail: jmartinez@utsa.edu
Dennis Medina, special collections librarian
Topics: Books (antiquarian and rare); gay and lesbian history in Texas (Chicano/a, Latino/a); historical documents and manuscripts, special collections; history (Texas).
Work phone: (210) 458-5988
e-mail: dmedina@utsa.edu
Nancy Membrez, associate professor of Spanish
Topic: Spanish culture and film
Conducts research on culture and civilization of Spain, Spanish theater,
modern Spanish and Hispanic women’s literature, Spanish and Latin-American
film. Fluent in Spanish.
Work phone: (210) 458-5217
Home phone: (210) 684-1988
e-mail: nmembrez@utsa.edu
John D. Merrifield, professor of economics
Topics: Environment, natural resources, international trade, K-12
school reform
Conducts policy research on air and water pollution; endangered species and
common property resources; author of the recently published book "The School
Choice Wars."
Work phone: (210) 458-2519
Home phone: (210) 733-5867
e-mail: jmerrifield@utsa.edu
Gregg L. Michel, assistant professor of history
Topics: U.S. South, civil rights, race relations, social activism
Conducts research on social activism in the 1960s South, escpecially the civil
rights activism of white college students. Also works on issues related to
school desegregation in southern communities.
Work phone: (210) 458-5701
e-mail: gmichel@utsa.edu
Robert D. Milk, director of Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, professor of bicultural-bilingual studies
Topics: Bilingual education, English as a second language
Directs bilingual education teacher training programs funded by the U.S.
Department of Education and Kellogg Foundation; has published articles on
language and cultural issues related to preparation of teachers in bilingual
communities; senior Fulbright scholar in Peru. Fluent in Spanish.
Work phone: (210) 458-4426
e-mail: rmilk@utsa.edu
Michael V. Miller, associate professor of sociology
Topics: Job termination, unemployment
Conducts and publishes research on psychosocial effects of job termination and
unemployment.
Work phone: (210) 458-5619
Jeffrey W. Noyes, chief information officer and associate vice president for information technology
Topics: Information technology, ERP systems, computer networking, distance learning, Internet, application and use of computers and information technology in higher education
Work phone: (210) 458-4684
R. Marita Nummikoski, associate professor of Russian
Topics: Foreign language education, multimedia applications in
foreign languages
Conducts research on foreign language education, culture and civilization of
Russia, and multimedia applications; has developed computer program to teach
Russian. Fluent in Russian.
Work phone: (210) 458-5772
Home phone: (210) 490-4710
Nelda K. Pisors, lecturer in speech communication
Topics: Interpersonal communication, public speaking, management
training
Has consulted with such companies as Bank of America, Campbell Soup Company
and Pacific Telephone.
Work phone: (210) 458-7747
Home phone: (210) 493-8389
e-mail: xzvn8ta@prodigy.com
G.V.S. Raju, professor of engineering
Topics: Intelligent systems, robotics, fuzzy logic automation, intelligence, fuzzy and adaptive control, intelligent networks.
Work phone: (210) 458-5599
e-mail: graju@utsa.edu
Jeanne Campbell Reesman, professor of English, Ashbel Smith Professor of Comparative Literature
Topic: American literature, American women writers and feminism
Conducts research and writes on 19th- and 20th-century American literature;
has published books and numerous articles on Henry James, Jack London, and
William Faulkner.
Work phone: (210) 458-4330
Home phone: (210) 826-8613
e-mail: jreesman@utsa.edu
Thomas K. Ricento, associate professor of applied linguistics
Topics: Language policy, applied linguistics
Conducts research in language policy, second language learning and discourse
analysis; published “Ideology, Politics and Language Policies: Focus on
English”; Fulbright scholar in Costa Rica; founding editor of the Journal of Language, Identity and Education; former director of English
language programs at Japan Center for Michigan Universities. Fluent in Spanish
and Italian, some Japanese.
Work phone: (210) 458-5571
Home phone: (210) 696-5136
Kent T. Rush, professor of art
Topics: Printmaking techniques, contemporary art, art issues
Produces large-scale photographs and medium-scale photographic prints; has
exhibited work in museums, university galleries, art spaces and commercial
galleries.
Work phone: (210) 458-4352
Home phone: (210) 826-5863
e-mail: krush@utsa.edu
Ron Rutherford, professor of finance, Elmo Burke Jr. Chair in Construction Management
Topics: Real estate finance, corporate finance, real estate
investment, corporate valuation
Conducts research on corporate finance, corporate real estate, development
impact fees; has published papers on IPO failure, integration of mortgage and
capital markets, real estate mutual funds, housing valuation and markets.
Currently working in the areas of housing markets, impact fees and agency
issues.
Work phone: (210) 458-5397
e-mail: rrutherford@utsa.edu
Joel G. Saegert, professor of marketing
Topics: Marketing, consumer behavior
Conducts research on marketing, consumer behavior and international marketing;
has published papers on global marketing, brand attitudes, ethnic group
marketing and subliminal advertising.
Work phone: (210) 458-5375
Home phone: (210) 609-2803
e-mail: jsaegert@utsa.edu
Rudy Sandoval, associate vice president for administration, associate professor of law
Topics: NAFTA, international business, Mexican business and
international exchange programs
Former president and executive director of Mexican Chamber of Commerce; has
written, taught and lectured extensively on NAFTA, international law and
international education.
Work phone: (210) 458-4132
Home phone: (210) 479-0194
e-mail: rosandoval@utsa.edu
Gerrianne Schaad, UTSA Archivist
Topics: Archives (UTSA)
Projects: letters from World War II, special collections, antique cookbook
collection, Canary Islands descendants, local African American history.
Work phone: (210) 458-2385
e-mail: gschaad@utsa.edu
Linda Schott, associate professor of history and American studies
Topics: Women’s issues, history of women in U.S.
Has researched women’s involvement in peace movement in United States and
voluntary associations in Texas; directs the solicitation of materials for
Archive for Research on Women and Gender.
Work phone: (210) 458-4876
Home phone: (830) 612-3080
e-mail: lschott@utsa.edu
William E. Spruce, lecturer in management and marketing
Topics: International business and economics, East Asia, Western
Europe
Retired from the Senior Foreign Service of United States, with service in
Great Britain, Burma, Switzerland, Singapore and Mexico; specialist on these
countries; has published on Japanese trade policy.
Work phone: (210) 458-5241
Home phone: (210) 490-8792
e-mail: wspruce@utsa.edu
Susan Strecker , associate professor of applied linguistics
Topics: Early literacy acquisition, reading/writing instruction, home
schooling literacy connections
Research areas include early literacy assessment and the importance of family
in early literacy learning.
Work phone: (210) 458-2607
Home phone: (830) 379-4904
e-mail: sstrecker@utsa.edu
Eric R. Swanson, professor of geology
Topics: Volcanoes, geology of Mexico and Texas
Conducts research on volcanic rocks of Mexico; has published papers on
research; author of “Geo-Texas,” a popular account of Texas earth
science.
Work phone: (210) 458-5456
Home phone: (210) 695-2423
e-mail: eswanson@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu
Dale B. Truett, Ashbel Smith professor of economics
Topic: International economics
Conducts research on international trade and industrial development and on
economic theory; published articles and textbooks in economics.
Work phone: (210) 458-5313
e-mail: dtruett@utsa.edu
Gwen Wilkinson, lecturer III in English
Topic: English
Persuasive and informative writing in conjunction with the study of
literature; in process of completing first novel.
Work phone: (210) 458-7723
Home phone: (210) 625-3675
e-mail: gwilkins@compuvision.net
Kenton Wilkinson, associate professor of communication
Topics: international communication, Spanish-language media in the
U.S., mass communication
Conducts research on international media markets and the historical
development of Spanish-language broadcasting in the U.S. Recent research
emphasizes the impacts of language difference on political, economic and
technological aspects of transnational media.
Phone: (210) 458-5365
e-mail: kwilkinson@utsa.edu
Suzanne M. Winter, associate professor of early childhood education
Topics: Early childhood education, early childhood special education
Conducts research on programs for young children and families. Publishes books
and journal articles on the design, implementation and evaluation of programs
that include children with disabilities in culturally and linguistically
diverse settings.
Work phone: (210) 458-5423
Home phone: (210) 523-0086
e-mail: swinter@utsa.edu
Linda Woodson, chair of Department of English, Classics and Philosophy, professor of English
Topics: Rhetorical history and theory, composition and teaching or writing, Cormac McCarthy, literature of Texas and Southwest, proposed Ph.D. in English.
Work phone: (210) 458-4374
e-mail: lwoodson@utsa.edu
Kenneth W. Wunderlich, associate professor of education
Topics: Research and evaluation methodology, mathematics education
Conducts evaluations of educational programs; consults on research design and
statistical analyses; examines study behaviors and remediation efforts in
mathematics learning.
Work phone: (210) 458-5640
Home phone: (830) 609-4016
Jesse T. Zapata, vice provost for UTSA's Downtown Campus, dean of the College of Public Policy, professor of educational psychology/counseling and guidance
Topics: Counseling, substance use research
Conducts research on substance use among school-age children and youth; has
published papers on research.
Work phone: (210) 458-2700
e-mail: jzapata@utsa.edu