UTSA 2021-22 New Faculty
Alvarez College of Business
Jonathan Moreno-Medina
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Duke University
Xiaohong (Violet) Xu
Assistant Professor, Management
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Peng Zhao
Assistant Professor, Management
Ph.D., Indiana University
College of Education and Human Development
Matias de Paula
Lecturer, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
M.A., West Virginia University
John Harrichand
Assistant Professor, Counseling
Ph.D., Liberty University
Marie Kirkpatrick
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Ph.D., Baylor University
Yi-Fan Li
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia
Associate Professor, Bicultural-Bilingual Studies/Biomedical Engineering (with focus on Engineering Education)
Ph.D., Utah State University
Jasmine Harris
Associate Professor, Race, Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Gabriela Ciocarlie
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ph.D., Columbia University
Alifer Crom
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Esteban López Ochoa
Assistant Professor, Architecture
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Araceli Martinez Ortiz
Microsoft President’s Endowed Professor in Engineering Education, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., Tufts University
Shrihari Sankarasubramanian
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology
College for Health, Community and Policy
Marina Armendariz
Post Doctoral Fellow, Public Health
Ph.D., Penn State
Ganesh Baniya
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Public Health
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Mike Davis
Assistant Professor of Practice, Criminology & Criminal Justice
M.S., Texas State University
Sandor Dorgo
Professor & Department Chair, Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Ryan Hill
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., Florida International University
Jusung Lee
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Alan Meca
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ph.D., Florida International University
Coralia Vázquez-Otero
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Ph.D., University of South Florida
College of Liberal and Fine Arts
Jessica Eise
Assistant Professor, Communication
Ph.D., Purdue University
Abraham Gibson
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., Florida State University
Valeria Meiller
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages & Literatures
Ph.D., Georgetown University
College of Sciences
Richard Anantua
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy (begins spring 2022)
Ph.D., Stanford University
Brian Brigham
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Gerardo Elguézabal
Senior Lecturer, Chemistry
Ph.D., Baylor University
Linda Rutherford
Assistant Professor of Practice, Computer Science
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio
Juan Valadez
Assistant Professor of Practice, Computer Science
M.S., St. Mary's University
Aanuoluwa Adelani
Lecturer, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Matta Akanksha
Senior Lecturer, Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Delhi, India
Byron Long
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Computer Science
Ph.D., Indiana University
University College
LTC Tim Ball
Professor of Military Science, Army ROTC
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School
Karen Engates
Associate Professor of Instruction, Academic Inquiry & Scholarship/Honors College
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Alberto Vasquez
Associate Professor of Practice, Academic Inquiry & Scholarship
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio
