UTSA 2025-26 New Faculty
Alvarez College of Business

Katherine Adams, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Operations & Analytics
University of Wisconsin-Madison

William Anding, PhD
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Florida State University

Yuxi (Lance) Cheng, PhD
Assistant Professor, Management
George Washington University

Daeyoung Ham, PhD
Assistant Professor, Management Science & Statistics
University of Minnesota

Jamie Humphries
Associate Professor of Practice, Operations & Analytics
Georgia State University

Qinyou Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Economics
Rice University

Moazzam Khoja, PhD
Visiting Professor, Finance
University of Houston

Manisha Vaswani, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Management
University of Texas at Arlington
Matthew Flores
Assistant Professor of Practice, Marketing
Teena Philip, PhD
Assistant Professor, Accounting
University of Texas at San Antonio
David Stroud
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Texas A&M University
Curtis L. Wesley II, PhD
Associate Professor, Management
Texas A&M University
College of AI, Cyber and Computing

Ira Parker, JD
Lecturer, Information Systems & Cybersecurity
Emory University

Kyrie Zhou, PhD
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Cybersecurity
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Elmar Bergler
Associate Professor of Instruction, Statistics and Data Science
College of Education and Human Development

Crystal Hahn, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Counseling
University of Texas at San Antonio

Endia Hayes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies / History
Rutgers University

Russell (Russ) Lang, PhD
Professor, Educational Pyschology
University of Texas at Austin

José Martínez Hinestroza, PhD
Associate Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies/Mathematics
Michigan State University

Isabel Martinez, PhD
Associate Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies/Interdiscipliary School of Engagement
Columbia University

Jordan Morgan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Educational Psychology
Texas Tech University

Cameron Ortega, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice, Counseling
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Jessica Rivera, PhD
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Ohio State University
Katherine (Katie) McCance, PhD
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
North Carolina State University
Humberto Pena Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Texas A&M University
Halee Robinson
Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Princeton University
Gabriella V. Sanchez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Texas Woman's University
Marcy Wilburn
Assistant Professor of Practice, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design

Sara Abu-Aridah, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Mechanical, Aerospace & Industrial Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Serge Ambrose, MArch
Assistant Professor, Architecture & Planning
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tianzhi He, PhD
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Kunal Kate, PhD
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace & Industrial Engineering
Oregon State University

Opeyemi Oyeyipo, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management
Covenant University

Thomas Pressly, PhD
Professor of Instruction, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Michelangelo Sabatino, PhD
Professor & Director, Architecture & Planning
University of Toronto, Canada

William Severa, PhD
Associate Professor, Computer Science/Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida

Qiwei Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Tennessee

Jie Zheng, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering
University of Washington
Maryam Meshkinkiya, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Architecture & Planning
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
College for Health, Community and Policy

Jesse Barnes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Patrick Cereceres, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Kinesiology
University of Texas at El Paso

Saralyn Foster, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Nutrition & Dietetics
University of Texas at Austin

Alyse Freeman, MS
Lecturer, Kinesiology
California State University Long Beach

Lingyue Li
Assistant Professor, Psychology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Pranjali Sathe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice
University of Cincinnati

Andrew Shibata
Assistant Professor of Practice, Kinesiology
A.T. Still University

Casey Straud, PsyD
Associate Professor, Psychology
Nova Southeastern University
Natalie Bradford, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
Adolph (AJ) Delgado, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Public Health
University of Texas San Antonio
Randi Saunders
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Sociology & Demography
College of Liberal and Fine Arts

Karlee Bergendorff, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, School of Art
Duke University

Marina Fontolan, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Communication
University of Campinas

Endia Hayes, PhD
Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies / History
Rutgers University

Paul Hunt
Assistant Professor of Practice, Music
Indiana University

Asieh Mahyar
Assistant Professor, Music
Michigan State University

Mary Mathie, PhD
Assistant Professor, Political Science & Geography
Baylor University

Jim Mendiola
Associate Professor of Practice, Interdisciplinary School for Engagement

Emily Moes, PhD
Postdoc Fellow, Anthropology
University of New Mexico

Christopher Stephan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Engagement
University of California, Los Angeles

Anna Stypko, MFA
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Engagement
New York University
Aidee Larios Palomera
Senior Lecturer, Modern Languages & Literatures
Priscilla Martínez, PhD
Assistant Professor, History
University of California, Santa Cruz
Mark Menjivar, PhD
Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Engagement
Portland State University
Natalie Rangel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages & Literatures
University of Texas at Austin
Lida Sarafrazarpataphe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Engagement
University of Utah
College of Sciences

Olabayo Ajetunmobi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
University of Texas at San Antonio

Alyas Almaawi, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Computer Science
University of Texas at Austin

Elizabeth Bailey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology

Megan Kempher, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Charles Markus, PhD
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

José Martínez Hinestroza, PhD
Associate Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies/Mathematics
Michigan State University

Susana Padilla
Lecturer, Biology, Health & the Environment

William Severa, PhD
Associate Professor, Computer Science/Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Florida

Kyle Shaney, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biology, Health, and the Environment
University of Texas at Arlington

Ruxin Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science/Electrical & Computer Engineering
Southern Methodist University
Damayanti Chakraborty, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Aritra Chattacharjee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Nahida Seema
Lecturer, Biology, Health & the Environment
University College

Col. Kevin Parsons
Commander, Detachment 842, Air Force ROTC
Debbi Furr
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Academic Introduction & Strategies
Maj. Jose Machuca
Specialist, Air Force ROTC
Aubany Moon
Assistant Professor of Practice, Academic Introduction & Strategies
Carlos Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Practice, Writing Program