UTSA 2026-27 New Faculty
Alvarez College of Business
Elena Andreyeva, PhD
Associate Professor, Economics
Jacob Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor, Management
Bojan Ilievski, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice, Finance
James Scott Kruse, MAcc
Assistant Professor of Practice, Accounting
Benjamin Ukert, PhD
Associate Professor, Economics
LesLeigh Ring, MA
Assistant Professor of Practice, Management
College of AI, Cyber and Computing
Ruvini Jayamaha, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Statistics & Data Science
Dung Nguyen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Computer Science (starts Jan. 2027)
Yingnan Zhao
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering
College of Education and Human Development
Andrea Almaguer-Botero, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice, Counseling
Michael Bosley, EdD
Professor of Practice, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Ruby Mannankara-Cabrera, EdD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Educational Psychology
Chunling Niu, PhD
Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching / Data Science
Deepti Tagare, PhD
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Rebecca Jane Barall, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Educational Psychology
Imogen Herrick, PhD
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology (starts Jan. 2027)
Elena Novak, PhD
Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching / Computer Science (starts Jan. 2027)
Halee Robinson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies/Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Juliana Byzyka, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
Tamra Collins, MArch
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Architecture & Planning
Zenia Hernandez, MS
Professor of Practice, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
Praveen Kumar Ranjan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Electrical Engineering
Juan Sebastian Rincon Tabares, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
Olga Bannova, PhD
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction Management
Timothy Chung, PhD
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace & Industrial Engineering
Rahim Esfandyarpour, PhD
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering (starts Jan. 2027)
Diane Hays, MArch
Professor of Practice, Architecture & Planning
Paul Kapp, MS
Professor, Architecture & Planning (starts Jan. 2027)
Xianyou Liu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
Luis Montero Moguel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering
Merjulah Roby, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Mechanical, Aerospace & Industrial Engineering
Karthik Vasudeva
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Engineering Education
College for Health, Community and Policy
Taylor Cook, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Public Administration
Frederic Courtois, MSW, MSHA
Assistant Professor of Practice, Social Work
Kenneth E. Evans, MPA
Assistant Professor of Practice, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Natalie Holzhauer, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Nutrition & Dietetics
Melissa Johnson, MSW, MPPA
Assistant Professor of Practice, Social Work
Laura J. Long, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Monica Molina-Rodriguez, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Jennifer Montes, MSW
Assistant Professor of Practice, Social Work
Corey Sparks, PhD
Professor, Sociology & Demography
Angelique Blackburn, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Psychology
Adolph (AJ) Delgado, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Han Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sociology & Demography
College of Liberal and Fine Arts
Megan Ankuda, PhD
Assistant Professor, Music
Hyejung Choi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Modern Languages & Literatures
Sophia Dove, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Communication
Jacob Eichhorn, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Music
Heidi Furey, PhD
Associate Professor, Philosophy & Classics
Carolina Hinojosa, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, English
Paul Hunt
Assistant Professor, Music
Breahna Luera-Peck, MA
Assistant Professor of Practice, History
James Nealy, PhD
Assistant Professor, History
Willie Schaefer, MFA
Professor of Instruction, Communication
Victor Trevino, MFA
Professor of Practice, Dramatic Arts
Sonia Vargas, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Political Science & Geography
Hannah Venable, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Philosophy & Classics
Leon Wash, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Philosophy & Classics
Tamanda Chabvuta, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Communication
Connor Dye, PhD
Assistant Professor, Political Science & Geography
College of Sciences
Sevan Alwan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Aritra Bhattacherjee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
Damayanti Chakraborty, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
Luca De Angelis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Chemistry
Ahmed El Belasy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Earth & Planetary Sciences
Eres Gomez, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Biology, Health & the Environment
Ricardo Gomez, MS, MPH
Associate Professor of Practice, Biology, Health & the Environment
Andleeb Irfan, MS
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Courtney Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Chemistry
Deborah Kuhn, PhD
Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Katrin Gaardbo Kuhn, PhD
Dept. Chair & Professor, Biology, Health & the Environment
Jingbo Liu, PhD
Visiting Professor, Mathematics
Yuk Tung Liu, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Physics & Astronomy
Kelly Lozano Ortiz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Biology, Health & the Environment
John McMurray, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Katherine Moore, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Jessica O'Berry, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Joseph Ruesch, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Chemistry
Mark Shepherd, PhD
Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Brooke Torjman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
Patrick Warren, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy / Mechanical Engineering
Ibrahim Yildiz, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Chemistry
Kelly Hernandez
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology, Health & the Environment
University College
Christian Amos, MS
Assistant Professor of Practice, Academic Introduction & Strategies
Alyssa Cortes-Kennedy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Academic Introduction & Strategies
Genavieve Franke, MA
Assistant Professor of Practice, Writing Program
Chase Fredrickson, MA
Specialist, Air Force ROTC
Katy Glass, MFA
Assistant Professor of Practice, Writing Program
Talia Howard Hanna, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice, Writing Program
Tucker Johnson, MHA
Professor of Practice, Multidisciplinary Studies
Bobby Malesra, MA
Specialist, Air Force ROTC
Matthew Miller, PhD
Associate Professor of Instruction, Multidisciplinary Studies
Michael Witten
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Writing Program
