Faculty
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Education: PhD, Religious Studies, Columbia University
Research areas: Religion, social change
Program: Sociology
Research areas: Religion, social change
Program: Sociology
Education: PhD, Economics, University of Michigan
Research areas: Economics of education, labor economics, public finance, applied microeconometrics
Program: Economics
Research areas: Economics of education, labor economics, public finance, applied microeconometrics
Program: Economics
Education: PhD, American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania
Research areas: Policy analysis, presidential decision-making, administrative rulemaking
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: Policy analysis, presidential decision-making, administrative rulemaking
Program: Public Affairs
Daniel G. Arce M.
Professor of Economics,
Associate of the Center for Global Collective Action,
Editor - Defense and Peace Economics
Professor of Economics,
Associate of the Center for Global Collective Action,
Editor - Defense and Peace Economics
Education: PhD, Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research areas: Business ethics, collective action, conflict, terrorism, Latin American economies
Program: Economics
Research areas: Business ethics, collective action, conflict, terrorism, Latin American economies
Program: Economics
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Education: PhD, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Research areas: Biosocial factors that influence antisocial behaviors
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Biosocial factors that influence antisocial behaviors
Program: Criminology
Paul Battaglio
Associate Professor of Public Affairs,
Managing Editor of Review of Public Personnel Administration
Associate Professor of Public Affairs,
Managing Editor of Review of Public Personnel Administration
Education: PhD, Public Administration, University of Georgia
Research areas: Comparative policy and administration, public human resource management, comparative political attitudes
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: Comparative policy and administration, public human resource management, comparative political attitudes
Program: Public Affairs
Education:
Research areas: Intersection of republicanism and liberalism in American founding thought
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Intersection of republicanism and liberalism in American founding thought
Program: Political Science
Teodoro J. Benavides
Executive in Residence
Member of National Academy of Public Administration
Executive in Residence
Member of National Academy of Public Administration
Education:
Research areas: City management, financial management and budgeting, leadership and community planning
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: City management, financial management and budgeting, leadership and community planning
Program: Public Affairs
Education: PhD, Economics, University of Kansas
Research areas: Behavioral economics, economic demography
Program: Economics
Research areas: Behavioral economics, economic demography
Program: Economics
Kurt J. Beron
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Director, Certificate in Economic and Demographic Data Analysis Program
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Director, Certificate in Economic and Demographic Data Analysis Program
Education: PhD, Economics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Research areas: Cross-disciplinary applications of quantitative methodology
Program: Economics
Research areas: Cross-disciplinary applications of quantitative methodology
Program: Economics
Brian J.L. Berry
Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor
Member of National Academy of Sciences
Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor
Member of National Academy of Sciences
Education: PhD, University of Washington
Research areas: Urban and regional development, spatial analysis, long-term macroeconomic/political relationships
Programs: Geographic Information Sciences, Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Urban and regional development, spatial analysis, long-term macroeconomic/political relationships
Programs: Geographic Information Sciences, Public Policy & Political Economy
Education: PhD, Criminology, University of South Florida
Research areas: Homicide and violence
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Homicide and violence
Program: Criminology
Education: PhD, Political Science, Indiana University
Research areas: political conflict, political economy, political processes
Program: Political Science
Research areas: political conflict, political economy, political processes
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Research areas: Community, social bonds, community development, determinants of quality of life
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Community, social bonds, community development, determinants of quality of life
Program: Criminology
Education: PhD, Geography, Ohio State University
Research areas: Geographic information systems
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Research areas: Geographic information systems
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Thomas L. Brunell
Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Education: PhD, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Research areas: Elections, representation
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Elections, representation
Program: Political Science
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Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Illinois
Research areas: Judicial politics, Congressional history
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Judicial politics, Congressional history
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Geography, Ohio State University
Research areas: Geographic information systems, spatial analysis and modeling, spatial statistics
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Research areas: Geographic information systems, spatial analysis and modeling, spatial statistics
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Education: PhD, Political Science, Duke University
Research areas: Political economy of public support, survey research methodology, time series analysis
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Political economy of public support, survey research methodology, time series analysis
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland at College Park
Research areas: Juvenile Delinquency, School Based Violence Prevention, Program Evaluation
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Juvenile Delinquency, School Based Violence Prevention, Program Evaluation
Program: Criminology
Education: PhD, Political Science, Michigan State University
Research areas: American Politics, Congress, Political Geography
Program: Political Science
Research areas: American Politics, Congress, Political Geography
Program: Political Science
Rachel T. A. Croson
Professor of Economics in EPPS and
Professor of Organizations, Strategy and International Management in SOM
Director, The Negotiations Center
Professor of Economics in EPPS and
Professor of Organizations, Strategy and International Management in SOM
Director, The Negotiations Center
Education: PhD, Economics, Harvard University
Research areas: Bargaining and negotiation, experimental economics and judgment, decision making
Program: Economics
Research areas: Bargaining and negotiation, experimental economics and judgment, decision making
Program: Economics
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Denis J. Dean
Dean, Professor and
Program Head of Geospatial Information Sciences
Dean, Professor and
Program Head of Geospatial Information Sciences
Education: PhD, Computer Applications in Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research areas: Artificial intelligence for geospatial investigation, spatial optimization, spatial analysis and modeling
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Research areas: Artificial intelligence for geospatial investigation, spatial optimization, spatial analysis and modeling
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Education: PhD, Economics, University of California Berkeley
Research areas: Economics of crime, risky behaviors, labor economics, applied micro econometrics.
Program: Economics
Research areas: Economics of crime, risky behaviors, labor economics, applied micro econometrics.
Program: Economics
Education: PhD, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Research areas: Public law, legal theory and history, American politics
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Public law, legal theory and history, American politics
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Economics, Columbia University
Research areas: Economics, engineering, sociology, history, public policy, military studies, peace science
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Economics, engineering, sociology, history, public policy, military studies, peace science
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
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Euel W. Elliott
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy
Education: PhD, Political Science, Duke University
Research areas: U.S. public policy, political institutions
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: U.S. public policy, political institutions
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
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Education: PhD, Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles
Research areas: Program design, evaluation
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Program design, evaluation
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
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Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Utah
Research areas: At-will employment, public human resource management reforms, public sector retirement benefits
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: At-will employment, public human resource management reforms, public sector retirement benefits
Program: Public Affairs
Daniel A. Griffith
Ashbel Smith Professor,
Professor of Geospatial Analysis, Ph.D Advisor,
Editor - Geographical Analysis
Ashbel Smith Professor,
Professor of Geospatial Analysis, Ph.D Advisor,
Editor - Geographical Analysis
Education: PhD, Geography, University of Toronto
Research areas: Spatial statistics; quantitative urban, economic, and agricultural geography
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Research areas: Spatial statistics; quantitative urban, economic, and agricultural geography
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
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Royce Hanson
Professor Emeritus
Member of National Academy of Public Administration
Professor Emeritus
Member of National Academy of Public Administration
Education:
Research areas: Urban policy and politics
Program:
Research areas: Urban policy and politics
Program:
Edward J. Harpham
Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Director, UTD's Collegium V Honors Program
Professor of Political Science
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
Director, UTD's Collegium V Honors Program
Education: PhD, Government, Cornell University
Research areas: Political Theory, American Politics, Texas Politics.
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Political Theory, American Politics, Texas Politics.
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Economics, University of Texas at Austin
Research areas: Asset markets, auctions, virtual worlds, bargaining
Program: Economics
Research areas: Asset markets, auctions, virtual worlds, bargaining
Program: Economics
Rodolfo Hernandez Guerrero
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of the UTD Office of International Education and of the Center for US-Mexican Studies
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of the UTD Office of International Education and of the Center for US-Mexican Studies
Education: PhD, Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas
Research areas: U.S.- Mexico relations, Mexican politics, demographic transition in Latin American countries
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: U.S.- Mexico relations, Mexican politics, demographic transition in Latin American countries
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Donald A. Hicks
Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy
Special Assistant to President David Daniel
Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy
Special Assistant to President David Daniel
Education: PhD, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Research areas: Technology innovation, processes of emerging technologies and industries
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Technology innovation, processes of emerging technologies and industries
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Education: PhD, Political Science, University of North Texas
Research areas: Comparative politics, democratization and peace process, elections and politics in East Asia
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Comparative politics, democratization and peace process, elections and politics in East Asia
Program: Political Science
Irving J. Hoch
Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus
Education:
Research areas: Natural resource economics, urban and regional economics, health economics
Program: Economics
Research areas: Natural resource economics, urban and regional economics, health economics
Program: Economics
Jennifer S. Holmes
Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science
Department Head of Public Policy and Political Economy
Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science
Department Head of Public Policy and Political Economy
Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Minnesota
Research areas: Political violence, terrorism, political development
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Political Science
Research areas: Political violence, terrorism, political development
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Political Science
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Education: PhD, Sociology, University of Southern California
Research areas: Decision-making processes of active street offenders
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Decision-making processes of active street offenders
Program: Criminology
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Education: PhD, Political Science, University of North Texas
Research areas: International Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Public Law: Comparative (Cross-National) and U.S.
Program: Political Science
Research areas: International Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Public Law: Comparative (Cross-National) and U.S.
Program: Political Science
Education: Masters of Science, Economics, City University of New York - Hunter College
Research areas: Health economics
Program: Economics
Research areas: Health economics
Program: Economics
Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Oklahoma
Research areas: Public management, leadership, organizational change
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: Public management, leadership, organizational change
Program: Public Affairs
Education: PhD, Political Science, Yale University
Research areas: International conflict, social networks
Program: Political Science
Research areas: International conflict, social networks
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Research areas: Gun control, deterrence, incapacitation, crime control, structural correlates of violence
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Gun control, deterrence, incapacitation, crime control, structural correlates of violence
Program: Criminology
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Carol Lanham
Interim Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Senior Lecturer of Sociology
Interim Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Senior Lecturer of Sociology
Education:
Research areas:
Program: Sociology
Research areas:
Program: Sociology
Education: PhD, Social Anthropology, University of Chicago
Research areas: Legal philosophy, South Asia, socio-economic development, fundamental sociocultural theory
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Legal philosophy, South Asia, socio-economic development, fundamental sociocultural theory
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Education: PhD, Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia
Research areas: Nonprofit organizations, governance, volunteerism, gender equity, human resources management
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: Nonprofit organizations, governance, volunteerism, gender equity, human resources management
Program: Public Affairs
Education: PhD, Economics, University of Michigan
Research areas: Public economics, labor economics, organizational design
Program: Economics
Research areas: Public economics, labor economics, organizational design
Program: Economics
Education: PhD, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
Research areas: Political institutions, political and civic organizations, fiscal policy, political economy of higher education
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Political institutions, political and civic organizations, fiscal policy, political economy of higher education
Program: Political Science
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Education: PhD, Sociology, Texas A&M University
Research areas: Prison organizations, capital punishment, criminal justice policy
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Prison organizations, capital punishment, criminal justice policy
Program: Criminology
Education: PhD, Public Policy, George Mason University
Research areas: Social Policy, Public Management, Nonprofits, Social Movements, Human Services, and Crime Policy
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: Social Policy, Public Management, Nonprofits, Social Movements, Human Services, and Crime Policy
Program: Public Affairs
Susan Williams McElroy
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Economy
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Economy
Education: PhD, Economics of Education, Stanford University
Research areas: Economics of education, economic inequality, labor economics, teenage pregnancy
Program: Economics
Research areas: Economics of education, economic inequality, labor economics, teenage pregnancy
Program: Economics
Education: PhD, American Politics, Ohio State University
Research areas: Judicial behavior, specialized courts, state supreme courts, political methodology
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Judicial behavior, specialized courts, state supreme courts, political methodology
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
Research areas: Non-conventional criminality, inmate behavior, social response to crime
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Non-conventional criminality, inmate behavior, social response to crime
Program: Criminology
James C. Murdoch
Professor of Economics and Public Policy,
Department Head of Economics
Professor of Economics and Public Policy,
Department Head of Economics
Education: PhD, Economics, University of Wyoming
Research areas: Environmental economics, public economics, defense economics
Program: Economics
Research areas: Environmental economics, public economics, defense economics
Program: Economics
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Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Michigan
Research areas: Politics of trade and investment
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Politics of trade and investment
Program: Political Science
Sheila Amin Gutíerrez de Piñeres
Professor of Political Economy and Economics,
Dean of Undergraduate Education
Professor of Political Economy and Economics,
Dean of Undergraduate Education
Education: PhD, Economics, Duke University
Research areas: Latin American development and trade
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Latin American development and trade
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy
Alex R. Piquero
Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology,
Co-Editor - Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology,
Co-Editor - Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Education: PhD, Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Maryland College Park
Research areas: criminal careers, criminological theory, quantitative research methods
Program: Criminology
Research areas: criminal careers, criminological theory, quantitative research methods
Program: Criminology
Nicole Leeper Piquero
Professor and Graduate Director of Criminology,
Editor - Journal of Drug Issues
Professor and Graduate Director of Criminology,
Editor - Journal of Drug Issues
Education: PhD, Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Maryland College Park
Research areas: white-collar crime, criminological theory, women and crime
Program: Criminology
Research areas: white-collar crime, criminological theory, women and crime
Program: Criminology
Education: PhD, Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
Research areas: Community and institutional corrections, violent crime, juvenile systems, criminological theory
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Community and institutional corrections, violent crime, juvenile systems, criminological theory
Program: Criminology
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Fang Qiu
Associate Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences and Remote Sensing
Associate Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences and Remote Sensing
Education: PhD, Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing, University of South Carolina
Research areas: Digital image processing, neural network and fuzzy logic, spatial analysis/modeling, Internet mapping
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Research areas: Digital image processing, neural network and fuzzy logic, spatial analysis/modeling, Internet mapping
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
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Lawrence J. Redlinger
Professor
Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Analysis
Professor
Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Analysis
Education: PhD, Sociology, Northwestern University
Research areas: Terrorism, espionage, strategic planning
Program:
Research areas: Terrorism, espionage, strategic planning
Program:
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Education: PhD, Public Administration, Arizona State University
Research areas: Workforce policy
Program: Public Affairs
Research areas: Workforce policy
Program: Public Affairs
Todd Sandler
Vibhooti Shukla Professor of Economics and Political Economy
Director, Center for Global Collective Action
Vibhooti Shukla Professor of Economics and Political Economy
Director, Center for Global Collective Action
Education: PhD, Economics, University of New York at Binghamton
Research areas: Public economics, defense economics, game theory, environmental issues, terrorism
Program: Economics
Research areas: Public economics, defense economics, game theory, environmental issues, terrorism
Program: Economics
Richard K. Scotch
Professor of Sociology, Public Policy and Political Economy
Professor of Sociology, Public Policy and Political Economy
Education: PhD, Sociology, Harvard University
Research areas: Interaction of social policy and social change
Programs: Sociology, Public Policy & Political Economy
Research areas: Interaction of social policy and social change
Programs: Sociology, Public Policy & Political Economy
Education: PhD, Economics, Iowa State University
Research areas: Public, environmental and defense economics
Program: Economics
Research areas: Public, environmental and defense economics
Program: Economics
Sheryl L. Skaggs
Associate Professor and Department Head of Public Affairs and Sociology
Associate Professor and Department Head of Public Affairs and Sociology
Education: PhD, Sociology, North Carolina State University
Research areas: Workplace inequality, organizations, occupations and professions, social inequality
Programs: Sociology, Public Affairs
Research areas: Workplace inequality, organizations, occupations and professions, social inequality
Programs: Sociology, Public Affairs
Education: PhD, Political Science, Duke University
Research areas: Electoral politics, political behavior, research methodology
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Electoral politics, political behavior, research methodology
Program: Political Science
Education: PhD, Economics, Ohio State University
Research areas: Econometrics, international finance
Program: Economics
Research areas: Econometrics, international finance
Program: Economics
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Gregory S. Thielemann
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director, Center for the Study of Texas Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director, Center for the Study of Texas Politics
Education: PhD, Political Science, Rice University
Research areas: Texas politics, Southern politics, public policy
Program: Political Science
Research areas: Texas politics, Southern politics, public policy
Program: Political Science
Michael R. Tiefelsdorf
Associate Professor in Geo-Spatial Information Sciences
Associate Professor in Geo-Spatial Information Sciences
Education:
Research areas: Local and global statistical and analytical spatial methodologies
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Research areas: Local and global statistical and analytical spatial methodologies
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
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Education: PhD, Geography, Moscow State Pedagogical University
Research areas: Urban development
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Research areas: Urban development
Program: Geographic Information Sciences
Education: PhD, Criminology, Florida State University
Research areas: Impact of criminal justice policy on crime rates, inequality and violence, identity theft
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Impact of criminal justice policy on crime rates, inequality and violence, identity theft
Program: Criminology
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Education: PhD, Education, University of Kansas
Research areas: Japanese television, cultural studies of contemporary Japan, gender in mass media
Program: Sociology
Research areas: Japanese television, cultural studies of contemporary Japan, gender in mass media
Program: Sociology
John L. Worrall
Professor and Department Head of Criminology
Editor, Police Quarterly
Professor and Department Head of Criminology
Editor, Police Quarterly
Education: PhD, Political Science, Washington State University
Research areas: Crime control policy, legal issues, prosecution, courts
Program: Criminology
Research areas: Crime control policy, legal issues, prosecution, courts
Program: Criminology
