UTSA 2024-25 New Faculty
Alvarez College of Business
Hunter Aku
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Peter Amah
Associate Professor of Practice, Management
Ph.D., Gonzaga University
Emadeldin Elgamal
Associate Professor of Practice, Information Systems & Cyber Security
Ph.D., Old Dominion University
Nicholas Granado
Associate Professor of Practice, Accounting
J.D., George Washington University Law School
Frankie Grullon
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems & Cyber Security
Ph.D., University of Fairfax
Mark Johlke
Professor of Practice, Marketing
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Jeffrey Kropp
Assistant Professor of Practice, Management
M.S., University of Wisconsin
Rodney Lacey
Professor of Practice, Management
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Fangyu Lin
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Cyber Security
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Akalanka Bandara Mailewa
Associate Professor of Practice, Information Systems & Cyber Security
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Saidat Abidemi Sanni
Assistant Professor, Management Science & Statistics
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Nehir Tanyel
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Cyber Security
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Steven Ullman
Assistant Professor, Information Systems & Cyber Security
Ph.D., The University of Arizona
Müge Yayla-Küllü
Associate Professor, Management Science & Statistics
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MD Shahedur Chowdhury
Assistant Professor of Practice, Finance
Qinyou Hu
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Rice University
Larisa Kovalenko
Assistant Professor, Marketing
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
College of Education and Human Development
Carolina Arango-Vargas
Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Interdisciplinary School for Engagement
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Malvika Behl
Assistant Professor, Counseling
Ph.D., University of Toledo
Peggy Ceballos
Professor, Counseling
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Michael Denton
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Ph.D., Miami University of Ohio
Kevin Hirschi
Assistant Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Ph.D., Northern Arizona University
Hyejeong Lee
Assistant Professor, Interdiscplinary Learning & Teaching
Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Idalia Nuñez
Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Janet Solis-Rodriguez
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Deepti Tagare
Postdoctoral Fellow, Interdiscplinary Learning & Teaching
Ph.D., Purdue University
Madelyn Duffey
Lecturer, Counseling
Jessica Rivera
Postdoctoral Fellow, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies and ConTex
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Lana Trotter
Lecturer, Counseling
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Andres Aguirre Mesa
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio
Garet Ammerman
Associate Professor of Instruction, Architecture & Planning
M.Arch, Southern California Institute of Architecture
Maitreya Dutta
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Yuxuan Du
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Binghan He
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Shalinee Kavadiya
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Christopher Michael
Associate Professor of Practice, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Herta Montoya
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., Purdue University
Xueyin Bai
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Architecture & Planning
College for Health, Community and Policy
Nora Charles
Associate Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Forrest Daniels
Associate Professor of Practice, Public Health
D.Sc, University of Alabama Birmingham
Han Liu
Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology & Demography
Ph.D., University at Albany, State of University of New York
Adam O'Riordan
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., University of Limerick, Ireland
Vivian Ta-Johnson
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Arlington
College of Liberal and Fine Arts
Emilie Amrein
Professor, Associate Dean, Interdisciplinary School for Engagement & Founding Executive Director of UTSA Arts
D.M.A., University of Minnesota
Carolina Arango-Vargas
Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies and Interdisciplinary School for Engagement
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Myat Thinzar Aung
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Connor Dye
Postdoctoral Fellow, Political Science & Geography
ABD, The University of Texas at Austin
Amy Frishkey
Assistant Professor, Music
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Bobbi Kindred
Assistant Professor, English
Ph.D., University of Washington
Zhiying Lu
Professor of Instruction, Modern Languages & Literatures
Ph.D., Renmin University of China
Joseph Martinez
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Philosophy & Classics
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth Schultz
Associate Professor of Instruction, Music
Ph.D., University of Florida
Jennifer Smith
Professor of Instruction, Interdisciplinary School for Engagement
M.F.A., Columbia University
Dominique Vargas
Assistant Professor, English
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Christopher Stephen
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary School for Engagement
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
College of Sciences
Taslima Akter
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
Ann-Geneve Asis
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
M.Sc., University of Santo Tomas, Phillipines
Carlos Bassetto
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Ph.D., Sao Paulo State University, Brazil
Yuriy Bulka
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Henry Chimal-Dzul
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., Ohio University
Taylor Clanton
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
M.S., Tarleton State University
Izaak De Leon
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
M.S., Texas State University
Quichen Hai
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S., Michigan Tech University
Christopher Johnson
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Integrative Biology
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Floran Kacaku
Lecturer, Mathematics
Ph.D., Northeastern University
Bijal Karia
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Integrative Biology
Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Massy Khoshbin
Lecturer, Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ziad Najem
Professor of Instruction, Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cody Olsen
Lecturer, Mathematics
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Jose Palacios
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S., The University of Texas at San Antonio
Emily Pavlik
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
M.S., The University of Texas at San Antonio
Ivan Toledo
Lecturer, Mathematics
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Arlington
Jonathan Velasco
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Luan Vu
Assistant Professor, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Ph.D., University of Sydney, Australia
Barbara Williams
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S., Texas A&M University
Subhasish Das
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Computer Science
Jacquelyne Read
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D., New York University
Chris Sandford
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Benjamin Sencindiver
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., Colorado State University
University College
Dustin Anderson
Senior Military Science Instructor, Army ROTC
Rita Anderson
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Academic Introduction & Strategies
Ed.D., University of Hawaii
Robert Brownlee
Assistant Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC
Jonathan Caraballo
Assistant Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC
Quintin Coleman
Assistant Professor of Practice, Writing Program
M.A., University of Houston Downtown
Jonathan Gutierrez
Assistant Professor of Practice, Multidisciplinary Studies
M.A., The University of Texas at San Antonio
Michael Hill
Assistant Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC
Gilberto Malavé
Department Chair, Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC
Javier Morales
Military Science Instructor, Army ROTC
Bilal Siddiqui
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Multidisciplinary Studies
Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio
Stephanie Dorsey-Boatman
Assistant Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC
