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Focuses on biomechanic analysis and instruction, and neurological correlation to fine motor skills.

Research interests include relationship building among bilingual Latinx elementary students, their families, and their teachers.

Research interests focus on inequities in early schooling and the intersection of immigration, race and early childhood.

Explores the intersection of psychology and culture through such topics as the psychological experience of immigration, ethnic conflicts and the impact of violence within communities, and the relationship between individual and collective identity.

Manages and coordinates multiple research and evaluation grants and contracts for the Educational Research Center.

Focuses research on student success and graduation initiatives, including innovative college readiness assignments, student success programs and understanding the completion agenda.

Works in public health and health promotion with a focus on capacity building, innovation and evaluation of health care systems.

Studies the effects that acculturation and identity have on discrimination, specifically in populations of Arab/Middle Eastern and African American women.

Investigates interest-based participation in STEM disciplines in classrooms and extra-curricular activities.

Researches the effect of exercise on mental health to improve mood and reduce stress.

Research focuses on the dissemination and implementation of empirically supported practices (ESPs) for children with disruptive behavior, trauma, anxiety and depression in community settings.

Teaches courses focusing on physical and strength training as well as sport history and culture.

Interested in statistical models with a focus on deriving and evaluating multilevel model extensions and meta-analysis models for educational, behavioral, social and medical science data.

As Assistant Director of Research at CCCSE, Bohlig's research interests center on student success at community colleges and the effects of enrollment status and developmental education on persistence and completion.

Studies engineering and STEM higher education, including faculty, graduate students and undergraduates.

Examines the management of systems for athlete development, including how different sport settings influence performance and participation over the lifespan.

Focuses on historical and contemporary issues and discourses concerning African American students in schools and society.

Centers research on how early childhood stakeholders respond to and conceptualize policies affecting the education of children

Creates scholarship based around teacher education, especially relating to race and culture.

Experienced school finance administrator who focuses on ways state aid systems and school district budget practices can be improved to best leverage resources toward improving services for students.

Teaches courses focused on human sexuality, intimacy, and relationships.

Serves as a fellow in the Mathematics Institute of the Meadows Center and researches the support needs for those with disabilities and assistive technology applications.

Seeks to understand how effective physical education and community programs enhance relationships and human capital in adolescents.

Researches instructional strategies and assistive technology adaptations for students with learning disabilities, specifically in Mathematics.

Specializes in adapted physical education and working with children with disabilities by providing sensory and motor integration training.

Focuses on issues that affect underrepresented students and faculty related to identity intersectionality and performativity, particularly critical theories and constructs of gender, sexuality, race, and class.

Research interests include immigrant bilinguals' transition from adolescence to young adulthood, as well as their associated educational processes.

A member of the UT Proyecto Maestría Collaborative, she is a leader in Bilingual and Bicultural Education.

Coordinates learning objectives, knowledge development, and practical experiences through internships that contribute to a cohesive, high quality education in administration.

With a background as assistant secretary of education for Civil Rights in the Clinton Administration, she teaches topics in civil rights and the intersection of law and policy in education.

Active in current healthcare reform endeavors, studies integrated behavioral health, attachment theory, and consultation theories and processes such as home-school partnership and family-centered treatment.

Studies the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance in children and adolescents.

Explores individual, school, community, and system level factors that affect education, employment, and quality of life outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

Examines collaborative approaches involving community organizations and stakeholders that improve academic achievement and reduce opportunity gaps for students.

Interests include the development and dissemination of computerized adaptive testing applications in educational and psychological testing and patient-reported outcome measurements.

Works to enhance teachers' ability to make data-based decisions, and improve interventions for students with reading difficulties.

Researches themes related to understanding the psychological and environmental factors that impact African American student achievement, and the impact of the impostor phenomenon in academic and mental health outcomes.

Explores how family background, culture, and school contextual factors influence decisions and trajectory outcomes within special education.

Investigates metabolic and cardiovascular factors that limit exercise performance.

Experienced swimming and diving coach and water safety expert who teaches courses related to swimming.

With her team, leverages the state's vast data resources to inform higher education policy and improve student success and educational equity in Texas.

Studies community-based early literacy education programs for ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse groups of children.

Examines effects of race, class and capital in schools and society; investigates and extends traditions of critical pedagogy and philosophy.

Focuses on urban school and district leadership, inclusive practices for students with disabilities, and school improvement with an emphasis on addressing inequities in classrooms, schools, and communities.

Focuses on the instructional design and efficacy testing of early mathematics and science interventions for at-risk learners.

Assists students in finding research topics, particularly relating to college student suicidality and health psychology, working towards integrative health care and improving access to mental health services in hospitals.

Helps educators develop a clear vision of how they want to teach before going out to their first professional jobs.

Researches and teaches social dances from the 19th century to the present.

Studies the outcomes of sibling status on human development and educational attainment, and examines the effects of China's one-child policy on the personalities of Chinese children and adults.

Focuses primarily on the assessment and treatment of severe challenging behavior displayed by individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities.

Serves as Director of the Athletic Training Education Program and specializes in sports medicine, training athletes, athletic injuries, strength and conditioning, and sports rehabilitation.

Curriculum history; oral history; social studies curriculum and teaching; childrens thinking and historical thinking; teachers as school leaders; teacher preparation

Interests include family literacy, specifically family writing and practices for Latina mothers and daughters, as a springboard for advocacy and empowerment of families and teachers.

Works with culturally diverse individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders to assess and treat challenging behavior.

Studies educational inequality, higher education equity and access policies for underrepresented populations, use and influence of research in Supreme Court cases.

Oversees the Center's community college relations and serves as a point of contact for state leaders, funders and national higher education organizations.

Serves as Associate Vice President for Campus Life and Senior Associate Dean of Students, and teaches courses related to on-campus culture in higher education.

Interests include technology in education, applied learning, cognition, and factors affecting classroom instruction

focuses on policies, practices, and interventions that promote social mobility and reduce socioeconomic stratification in K12 and higher education.

Specializes in behavior, sports performance, and decision making in golf; teaches golf and courses need to be certified in physical education.

Dr. Juan C. Gonzalez is Clinical Professor in the College of Education within the Program in Higher Education Leadership (PHEL). His expertise in student affairs leadership and administration, improving the college student experience, and expanding access to higher education for first-generation college students. Dr. Gonzalez served as the Vice Chancellor-Student Affairs at UC San Diego from 2014 till the end of 2017. González has served as vice president for Student Affairs at a number of prestigious universities spanning a 25-year period. Prior to his tenure at UC San Diego, he held the vice president position at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to that, he served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Arizona State University; Georgetown University; California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; and California State University, San Bernardino.

Explores the intersections of teaching and learning science with bilingualism development, with a focus on supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students' engagement in science practices.

Supports the clinical training of doctoral students, teaches clinically-focused courses and prepares students for psychology internship training.

Examines principals and school-community engagement/community development, and issues of educational equity and opportunity.

Investigates neural control mechanisms during muscle fatigue and aging with single-motor unit recording, and designs electrical stimulation protocols for individuals with paralysis.

Explores ethical campus leadership and factors that lead to successful leadership of educators.

Prepares students in athletic training and studies the role strain and preparedness of athletic trainers in academic roles.

Research focuses on biomarkers underlying lifestyle behaviors, metabolic health, and chronic disease in at-risk populations.

Explores issues in race and culture in physical activity and sport as well as identity development patterns of African Americans.

Focuses on teacher preparation, the classroom literacy environment and promoting literacy in developing countries.

Studies psychosocial factors in health behavior and health and well-being in adulthood and aging.

Focuses on the politics and implementation of educational policy with an emphasis on school reform, equity and diversity in schools.

Studies language acquisition from the perspective of second language learners, and how they affect the learning process.

Studies the biomechanical and neuromuscular control mechanisms of human movement and translates this knowledge into practical solutions that reduce walking-related disability.

Studies how teachers and K-12 students integrate technologies in-and-outside the classroom for subject area learning.

Examines the intersection of sport and international political history.

Research interests focus on using Bayesian statistical methods to employ hierarchical linear modeling, specifically working with longitudinal and mediation data.

Examines the social and political dimensions of market-based reforms and privatization in education, including school choice and decision-making in K-12 and higher education contexts.

Studies biomechanics and changes in motor competencies across a lifetime with an emphasis on posture and locomotor control including populations of autism and cerebral palsy.

Studies school and community-based interventions regarding physical activity, healthy eating, and the prevention of chronic disease.

Bringing the experience of 28 years as dean of the College of Education, Justiz shares his expertise in topics of public policy, the politics of education, and providing equal access for minorities in education.

Interests include academic administration, faculty in higher education, and college student development with research on college teaching and minorities in higher education.

Studies statistical methods related to psychometrics, such as item response theory, response time modeling, diagnostic classification modeling, and stochastic test design.

Researches fitness education, physical activity promotion among k-16 students, and technologies related to physical education teacher education.

Focuses on the nature and measurement of intelligence, including the validity of tests of intelligence, and understanding factors that influence school learning and academic achievement.

Drives achievement of the president's strategic vision by coordinating long-range planning, policy development, and strategic implementation among academic and administrative units, and for organizing and overseeing strategic initiatives related to inter-institutional partnerships.

Brings her experience in literacy education to UT with a specialization in preparing secondary teachers to work in urban schools.

Studies literacy, language, and multicultural education, especially involving new media and globalization.

Focuses on creating positive learning communities via social and emotional learning, organization/management, and differentiating instruction.

Teaches courses that examine the intersectionality of culture, organizations, and systems of privilege, power, and difference in higher education.

Evaluates popular educational practices to identify moderators of effectiveness; studies evidence-based practices in an effort to improve efficiency including methods for identifying students needing additional support and interventions targeting students' academic and social-behavioral outcomes.

Studies student engagement in mathematical practices related to algebraic reasoning and mathematical argumentation.

Specializes in public health, epidemiology and the study and promotion of physical activity for health.

Studies the limiting factors to exercise capacity in healthy individuals and clinical populations.

Addressing overweight & obesity, specifically through examining how the physical and social environment influences nutrition-related behavior. Tobacco prevention among college students.

Executive Director of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, a consortium of community and technical colleges that share a philosophical commitment to support excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership.

Teaches handball and racquetball classes at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Focuses on Early Childhood Special Education with interest in applied behavior analysis, positive behavior supports and data-based intervention strategies.

Designs and researches interactive learner-centered environments for all age levels with new media and emerging technologies.

Focuses on adolescent and young adult problem behavior development, and tobacco use and cessation.

Explores equity-focused STEM teaching and learning with an emphasis on elementary science education in urban contexts.

Examines literacy teacher preparation, specifically the role of coaching and mentoring that occurs inside programs.

Teaches courses for pre-service in STEM subjects and explores student understanding of mathematical and physical models.

Focuses on identifying factors that hinder or promote the success of children and families from vulnerable and underserved populations.

Researches and develops programs in adolescent health promotion, primarily substance abuse and pregnancy prevention.

Studies stress and coping as it relates to professionals in educational settings, health and wellness, and the identification of psychological resources that can help prevent stress.

Teaches courses in weight training, conditioning, and aerobic activities.

Focuses on motivation and how individual beliefs and social-contextual factors influence students' achievement and academic behaviors.

Coordinates the placement of teachers in field experiences and prepares students for ESL education.

Researches the psychological health benefits of self-compassion, drawing from fields of social and personality psychology, developmental psychology, and clinical psychology.

Serves as Program Manager of Special Projects for the Center for Community College Student Engagement, teaches courses focused on community colleges.

Focuses on environmental and place-based education, as well as inquiry-driven curriculum in early education.

Focuses research on reducing sexual health risk behaviors in women with multiple vulnerabilities, ethnic minorities, and illicit drug users.

Past research includes social-emotional development for children from low-income backgrounds and children who have experienced trauma, with interests in attachment, self-regulation, temperament/personality, and family interactions. Current research project: collaboration with University of Nebraska-Lincoln adapting a behavioral coding system to evaluate temperament.

Assesses and supports individuals with intellectual disabilities and develops social skill/communication interventions for children with ASD.

Advocates for social justice and equal educational opportunities for all students, and stresses the importance of teachers in education and principals as a key to school effectiveness.

Scholarly work has concentrated on understanding the processes related to the supervision of instruction, as well as on instructional leadership.

Studies the historical, philosophical, sociocultural, and political dimensions of sport and physical culture.

Focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and behavioral health in topics of men's health, gender roles, and muscularity; conducts outreach with gender and sexual minority communities; development of mobile health interventions.

Examines the relation between media influence on adolescent risk behavior such as substance use, nutrition, sleep and energy drink consumption.

Focuses on adults with disabilities and their participation in higher education, study skills, instruction, and interaction with the criminal justice system.

Interests focus on understanding and furthering the relationship between public schools and the health and renewal of democracy.

Focuses on embedding high-level cognitive skills training into academic instructions for children with severe learning disabilities that address the cognitive impairments underlying those disabilities.

Research interests include students understanding of experimentation, engineering education, data modeling, and the development of expertise.

Focuses on how migration-related factors contribute to health disparities related to substance abuse, HIV risk, and related harms among Latino populations in the United States and Mexico. 

Scholarly interests include methodological research and applications involving multilevel modeling, missing data analysis, multivariate methods, and intensive longitudinal models.

Develops and tests interventions for students with mathematics difficulties, emphasizing word-problem solving, mathematics writing, and the vocabulary within math.

Interests include meta-analysis, causal inference, robust inference, statistical methods for of single-case research designs, experimental design, and statistical models for behavioral data.

Prepares students to become educators in bilingual and ESL education and mentors novice bilingual educators.

Shares her expertise in higher education policy, administration and finance, strategic planning, and leadership development as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students.

Examines the experiences of faculty of color at predominantly White institutions; mentoring relationships between faculty and Black students; and work-life balance in academia.

Examines how integrating technology into the classroom can be a catalyst for systemic change in the teaching-learning process.

Focuses on school conditions that foster high academic success for children of poverty, stratification of learning opportunities for children of color, and on state policy that facilitates student success across the education pipeline.

Prepares school district executives to lead socially just and equitable learning centers focused on academic excellence for all students.

Studies the culture of youth sports through elementary and secondary physical education curricula, and teacher education.

Focuses on gender and racial/ethnic inequality in educational experiences and student achievement in STEM fields.

Research focuses on men and traditional masculinity, with a particular emphasis on men's mental health, depression, help-seeking patterns, and their underutilization of counseling services.

Prepares students to become educators in bilingual and ESL education and mentors novice bilingual educators.

Studies family, linguistic, and sociocultural influences on children's adaptation to stress, to better understand how family coping, language and communication, and sociocultural context impact children's mental and physical health outcomes.

Research focus is on the detection of biases in perception, attention, and memory that contribute to depression vulnerability and on the utility of "big picture" thinking for regulating mood.

Leads the Project MALES (Mentoring to Achieve Latino Educational Success Initiative focused on Latino males in education; seeks to advance research-informed policy solutions that enhance educational outcomes for underserved students in secondary and post-secondary education.

Research focuses on bilingual and ESL education, high-stakes social studies testing, and activism in education.

Research interests include biomechanics, falls, exercise, aging, and public health with a focus on wearable technology and human hydration.

Examines how people negotiate meaning when participating in the practices of science.

Interested in teaching and research in the area of multicultural counseling, exploring ethnic and racial identity development, and mental health outcomes among Black and Latino adolescents.

Researches factors that influence language acquisition for children with autism by analyzing naturalistic language samples and neural measures of speech processing.

Physical performance parameters, movement pedagogy, motor skill acquisition, and maximizing learning environments.

Investigates issues in social justice and rehabilitation systems in relation to gender, race, and disability, and transition into employment from special education.

Investigates the interface between language and learning, socio-functional descriptions of both oral and written language use, how students learn from classroom interactions especially those that occur online, and affective factors that influence learning.

Designs higher education innovation strategy. Teaches graduate courses on technology, innovation, and problems of college teaching and learning including related interventions.

Studies the impact of educational policies and practices on college student outcomes using quantitative methods.

Scholarly interests include organizational theory and behavior as applied to universities, educational politics and policy, and the interaction and alignment of P-20 educational systems.

Focuses on secondary English and literacy education in urban contexts, including among transnational youth.

Studies the biomechanics of human movement with a focus on performance and injury prevention.

Serves as the Title IX Coordinator and Associate Vice President of University Compliance Services to ensure the university holds high levels of integrity and ethical standards.

Serves as a faculty affiliate in Women's and Gender Studies and Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies. Researches topics such as campus safety, higher education law, academic freedom, and higher education in Brazil.

Explores topics in ethnically diverse students with disabilities, veteran students with resulting trauma issues, and professional development for disabled students.

Focuses on the development of sport policies and the ways in which professional sport teams can be leveraged to generate economic, social, and tourism benefits for host communities.

Preschool children's media use, survey design, formative research and program development for low-literacy populations

Recognized health and fitness expert with a background in both exercise science and strategic health communication.

As the Executive Director of the Fitness Institute of Texas, trains students on the techniques of fitness assessment.

Focuses on how individuals successfully adapt to stress and build health resilience.

Studies the control of circulation during exercise, especially in those affected by diabetes.

Research interests center around how parent-child relationships, parental involvement, and child socialization shape children's and adolescents' development and learning across cultures and ethnic groups.

Investigates the effects of infusing literacy, vocabulary and reading interventions into content area classes.

Event management professional who developed the X Games for ESPN. Teaches courses in event management and media relations.

Oversees the undergraduate program for Special Education, including internships, student teaching, coursework, as well as teaching at the graduate level.

Studies the effects of vascular dysfunction due to aging, and the lifestyle habits that can prevent or reverse dysfunction.

Focuses on university-wide campus climate initiatives including bias incident reporting and response as well as implementing best practices for inclusive classroom climates and faculty recruitment and retention.

Specializes in the history of strength and conditioning, doping, women and sport, and physical culture.

Focuses on effective interventions for students with and at-risk for reading disabilities, with a focus on motivational process and use of data to improve instructional decision making.

Introduces students to the sport of tennis and studies the history of sport, specifically the evolvement of sports in Eastern Europe since its beginning in ancient Greece and Thrace.

Follows trends around cultural and racial identities, agency, migration, and social movements in education.

Specializes in urban education from a sociological and multicultural perspective, with a focus on minority youth in schools, particularly at the K-12 level.

Investigates effective interventions for a diverse group of students with reading difficulties and students who are English language learners.

Serves as the Associate Director for Student Learning and Development and researches post-qualitative and post-structuralist methodologies, discourse analysis, and gender performance.

Interests center on a transpersonal perspective in counseling, including integrative applications of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga in counseling.

Focuses on how preservice teachers integrate critical literacy and culturally relevant practices into field-based literacy teaching.

Research focuses on the examination and demonstration of various procedures used to model the relationships among variables, such as structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, and item response theory with an overarching focus on model specification.

Focuses on preservice teacher education, critical literacy pedagogy, and restorative practices in education.

Expertise in Title IV policy and administration and higher education fundraising. Focused on issues of college affordability, under-represented student recruitment, and donor relations.

Teaches classes on literacy development, research, and pedogogy, with an interest in alternatives to ability grouping.

Studies the cognitive underpinnings of learning and instruction (memory & metacognition), integrated with social-psychological processes (motivation & mindset), in direct applications to classroom practices, online instruction, and self-regulated learning.