UTSA 2023-24 New Faculty
Alvarez College of Business
Brent Bloodworth
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Thomas Ervin
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
M.S., North Carolina A&T State University
Yasmin Gulzar
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Ed.D., Capella University
Stephen He
Assistant Professor , Marketing
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Dan Karam
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio
Eunho Park
Assistant Professor , Marketing
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Hilal Pataci
Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Andres Romero-Sanchez
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
M.S., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stephen Schwab
Assistant Professor, Management
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Rodrigo Velez
Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Rochester
Dengdeng Yu
Assistant Professor, Management Science and Statistics
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada
Chanyuan (Abigail) Zhang
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Tim Zhang
Assistant Professor , Finance
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Tianhai Zu
Assistant Professor, Management Science and Statistics
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Joseph Broschak
Professor & Department Chair, Management
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Angelica Collazo
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Jimmie Flores
Associate Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Mila Paul
Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Teena Philip
Postdoc Fellow, Accounting
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Frank Rosinia
Professor of Practice, Management
Anthony Smith
Professor of Practice, Management
Anastasia Zervou
Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
College of Education and Human Development
Jennifer Cook
Associate Professor , Counseling
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Mackenzie Hart
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Victoria Kim
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Donghun Lee
Assistant Professor, Counseling
Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Luis Esparza
Lecturer, Counseling
Laurel Jackson-Cook
Lecturer, Counseling
Jana McLain
Lecturer, Counseling
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
Dharanidhar (DD) Dang
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Farzad Hashemi
Assistant Professor, Architecture and Planning
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Joo eun Hong
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Kristin Lee
Professor of Instruction, Architecture and Planning
M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chen Pan
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Camilah Powell
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., Rice University
Cetin Ilayda
Associate Professor of Instruction, Architecture and Planning
Fazel Khayatian
Assistant Professor, Architecture and Planning
Ph.D., Politencino di Malino, Italy
College for Health, Community and Policy
John Bricout
Professor & Department Chair, Social Work
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Chia (George) Hsu
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Ian Johnson
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Ph.D., University of Washington
Yongjae (David) Nam
Assistant Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Gregory Orewa
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robyn Stassen
Senior Lecturer, Public Health
DrPH, UT Houston Health Science Center
Summer Wilmoth
Postdoc Fellow, Public Health
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Natalie Bradford
Postdoc Fellow, Public Health
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Nancy Cheak-Zamora
Professor & Department Chair, Public Health
Ph.D., St. Louis University
Qiliang He
Assistant Professor, Psychology (starting Spring 2024)
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Rebecca Juarez
Assistant Professor of Practice, Social Work
John Tiemann
Lecturer, Public Administration
College of Liberal and Fine Arts
Michael Acevedo
Associate Professor of Practice, Music
M.M., University of Texas at Austin
Pedro Cabrera
Lecturer, Communication
Ed.D., Walden University
Miles Friday
Assistant Professor, Music
D.M.A., Cornell University
Hector Garcia
Lecturer, Music
M.M., University of Texas at San Antonio
Ragan Glover
Assistant Professor, Communication
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Katy McCarthy
Assistant Professor, Art and Art History
M.F.A., Hunter College
Natalie Rangel
Postdoc Fellow, Modern Languages and Literatures
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Lida Sarafrazarpatapeh
Postdoc Fellow, Interdisciplinary School for Engagement in Humanities & Social Sciences Medical Humanities Program
Ph.D., University of Utah
Andrew Smith
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Music
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Rachel Woolf
Assistant Professor, Music
D.M.A., University of North Texas
Brooke Armstrong
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Art and Art History
Chin Jou
Associate Professor , Modern Languages and Literatures
Ph.D., Princeton University
Xiaolong Lu
Senior Lecturer, Modern Languages and Literatures
Melissa Manus
Assistant Professor, Anthropology (starting Spring 2024)
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Pricilla Martinez
Postdoc Fellow, History
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
John Philip Santos
Professor, Interdisciplinary School for Engagement in Humanities
Ph.D., Yale University
College of Sciences
Samuel Ang
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Shaun Buckley
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio
Erika Tatiana Camacho
Professor, Mathematics & Neuroscience, Development and Regenerative Biology
Ph.D., Cornell University
Stephen Lee
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio
Fred Martin
Professor & Department Chair, Computer Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kaushik Mitra
Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Fatima Mustafa
Lecturer, Chemistry
Ph.D., Clarkson University
Mohammad Osama
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Chemistry
Ph.D., Ohio University
Philipp Schmidpeter
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Bayreuth, Germany
Mary Sears
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio
Lisa Marie Treviño
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
M.S., University of Texas at San Antonio
Syed Muhammad Usama
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Patrick Warren
Assistant Professor of Research, Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D., Purdue University
Kirsten Webb
Associate Professor of Instruction, Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Stephen Wirkus
Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., Cornell University
Marilyn Wooten
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
Ke Yang
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Ph.D., New York University
Zijie Zhang
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Ph.D., Auburn University
Ana Chamoun-Emanuelli
Lecturer, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Henry Chimal-Dzul
Assistant Professor, Mathematics (starting Fall 2024)
Ph.D., Ohio University
Nandeo Choony
Lecturer, Chemistry
Andrew Foster
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
Maryam Gholamalitabarfirouzjaei
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
ABD, Pennsylvania State University
Afra Mahsa
Lecturer, Earth and Planetary Sciences
M.S., University of South Florida
Benjamin Sencindiver
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Mathematics
Marina Silveira
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Development and Regenerative Biology (starting Spring 2024)
Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo
Stephani Slowik
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
Eugene Sprague
Lecturer, Integrative Biology
Jeffrey Vedanayagam
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Development and Regenerative Biology
Ph.D., University of Rochester
University College
Chris Guzman
Assistant Professor of Practice, Writing Core Program
M.F.A., Queens College CUNY
Col. Gregory Cyrus
Professor of Military Science, Air Force ROTC
