NAME

Erika Berroth

TITLE

Associate Professor of German

NAME

Michael Bray

TITLE

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Specialty

Political Philosophy; Critical Theory

NAME

Romi Lynn Burks

TITLE

Professor of Biology

Specialty

Aquatic ecology, wetland science, apple snails, invertebrate biology and CHOCOLATE

NAME

Becca Edwards

TITLE

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering

NAME

Katherine Grooms

TITLE

Assistant Professor of Economics

Specialty

Environmental Economics, Environmental Regulation, Political Economy, Pollution and Health

NAME

Jethro Hernandez Berrones

TITLE

Assistant Professor of History

Specialty

Modern Mexico, Latin America, Medicine, Science, Pubic Health, Medical Education, Homeopathy, Global Scientific Networks, Traditional/Popular Healing, Popular Science, Spiritualism/Spiritism

NAME

Joseph E. Hower

TITLE

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Specialty

U.S. History, Labor and Politics in Modern America, Social Movements, Urban History, Policy History

NAME

Melissa Johnson

TITLE

Professor of Anthropology

Specialty

Topical: Nature, the non-human and the human; Race and Racism; Environment; Conservation; Development; Social Theory; Environmental History; Tourism; Gender. Area: Belize; Caribbean; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Central Texas

NAME

Alison Kafer

TITLE

Professor of Feminist Studies

Specialty

Disability Studies, Feminist and Queer Theory, Environmental Studies, Reproductive Justice

NAME

Michael Kamen

TITLE

Professor of Education

NAME

Stephen Marble

TITLE

Associate Professor of Education

Specialty

Teacher Education, with an emphasis on Secondary Education. 

NAME

Ken Mello

TITLE

Associate Professor of Religion

Specialty

• Native American religious traditions
• Folklore
• Contemporary Native Identity
• Sacred Space
• Gender and Sexuality
• Myth and Narrative
• Other non-textual religious traditions.

NAME

Allison R. Miller

TITLE

Associate Professor of Art History

Specialty

East Asian Art History

NAME

Emily Niemeyer

TITLE

Professor of Chemistry

NAME

John Ore

TITLE

Professor of Theatre

Specialty

Lighting and Sound Design, Stage Management

NAME

Aaron Prevots

TITLE

Associate Professor of French

Specialty

All levels of French language, literature and culture. French feminisms; poetry; novels; music; film; translation. Interdisciplinary coursework including through International Studies and the Paideia program.

NAME

Valerie Renegar

TITLE

Associate Professor of Communication Studies

Specialty

Rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist movements, third wave feminism, environmental rhetoric, Kenneth Burke.

NAME

Carl Robertson

TITLE

Associate Professor of Chinese

NAME

Brenda Sendejo

TITLE

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Specialty

Anthropology of religion, Mexican American spiritualities and indigenous heritage, gender and racialization, and Chicana feminisms. Geographic specialization: U.S. - Mexico Borderlands, Central and South Texas.

NAME

Jimmy Smith

TITLE

Professor of Kinesiology

NAME

Max Taub

TITLE

Professor of Biology

Specialty

Human Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Ecological Physiologist focusing on the responses of plants to environmental change, particularly increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.

NAME

Willis Weigand

TITLE

Director of General Chemistry Labs

Specialty

Chemistry of copper, cobalt and some of the main group elements; Cement and concrete chemistry and the additives used in those products; Reuse and recycling of waste materials and intellectual property issues.