Bobby C. Alexander, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Dallas. He focuses his research on U.S. immigrants’ religious organizations and ways in which they appropriate opportunities, resources, and networks they make available there to participate more fully in the country’s social institutions and, in the process, integrate into U.S. society. He teaches courses on immigrants and immigration in U.S. society and other courses – U.S. Immigration Policy, Religions in Global Societies, Research Workshop in Applied Sociology, included – that engage students in research on immigrants and advocacy through related policy.
Dr. R. Paul Battaglio, Jr. is Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management at The University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Battaglio’s research interests include public human resource management, organization theory and behavior, public and nonprofit management, comparative public policy, and research methods. Dr. Battaglio is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Public Personnel Administration and the author of “Public Human Resource Management: Strategies and Practices in the 21st Century,” (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2014). Beginning January 2018, Dr. Battaglio will be the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Public Administration Review.
Euel Elliott is Professor of Political Science, and Public Policy and Political Economy, in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Professor Elliott also serves as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the School of EPPS.
Robert Forbis is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University. He received Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Utah (2010). Dr. Forbis is a former research affiliate of the Idaho National Laboratory's Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES). He is currently a research affiliate with Texas Tech University's Climate Science Center (CSC) as well as the Department of Interior (DOI) U.S. Geological Survey's National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center's (NCC-WSC) South Central Regional Climate Science Center (SC-CSC). His research interests primarily concern Environmental Politics and Policy with emphasis on the policy nexus of environmental protection and energy development.
Adrienne Gathman is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Dallas and a graduate of Drake University Law School where she received her Juris Doctor Degree. Her research interests include state politics and divided government.
Doug Goodman is a former Professor of Public Administration in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas Dallas. Professor Goodman also served as program head for programs in public and nonprofit management in the School of EPPS.
Evgenia Gorina is an Assistant Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research in applied public finance focuses on state and local government fiscal health, revenue structure, and retirement obligation management. She can be reached at egorina@utdallas.edu.
Iliyan R. Iliev is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Mississippi. He received his PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2014. His research and teaching interests include American Government, Political Parties and Interest Groups, Politics and Business, as well as State and Local Politics. More specifically, his work examines the role of money in the political processes.
Alisha Kim is a Research Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. She completed her undergraduate and masters studies at Oklahoma State University. Her research interests include domestic and international interstate interactions and natural resource cooperation and conflict.
Dr. Barbara Kirby received her Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University. She practiced law for over 20 years, primarily as in-house counsel for the finance division of Xerox Corporation. After leaving the practice of law, Barbara obtained her PhD in Political Science from the University of Texas at Dallas, where she focused on the study of legal institutions. Dr. Kirby is currently Assistant Professor and Director of Paralegal Studies at Texas Wesleyan University, where she teaches a variety of courses including Legal Ethics and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Maria Elena Labastida de Tovar is a researcher and professor at the School Economics and Business, Anáhuac University, Mexico City, Mexico. She has authored or co-authored numerous papers addressing issues of public policy and political economy.
Jennifer LaPrade is a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology at The University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include corrections, crimes against women, and law and courts.
Patrick F. Larue is a Visiting Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. His research interests are in comparative institutions, political violence and terrorism, and methods. He currently teaches courses on State and Local politics, American Government, and research-specific courses, and actively participates in local politics in the North Texas region.
Robert Lowry is Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. He teaches courses on American public policy and state and local government and politics. His research interests include state fiscal policies, the political economy of higher education, and political and civic organizations.
Ryan Lux is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas - Dallas. He received his Ph.D. from UT Dallas in 2019. His research focuses on federalism and intergovernmental relations, state and local politics, and political science pedagogy. He teaches courses on a wide variety of American institutions as well as comparative politics.
Holly Hull Miori is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Affairs in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research focuses on trends in philanthropy including millennial philanthropy, faith-based fundraising, family foundations, and conscious capitalism. She has a master’s in theological studies from Brite Divinity School at TCU and a Master’s in Public Affairs from UT Dallas.
Joan Mortensen has a Ph.D. in East Asian history from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. She has taught humanities and East Asian history classes at the University of Texas at Dallas for over twenty years. She lives in Lucas, Texas and is an avid, amateur Texas historian.
James Newman is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Southeast Missouri State University and teaches courses in state and local government, research methods and public policy. He has published book chapters discussing the influence of political culture and devolution in water allocation agreements among states. James Newman has a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Mississippi State University.
Richard K. Scotch is Professor of Sociology and Public Policy and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Scotch’s research interests include social policy reform and social movements in disability, health care, education, and human services.
Marcus Sianan is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Texas at Dallas. He expects to finish his degree in 2022.
Kara Sutton is a Research Associate and Lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas where she teaches courses on applied data analysis and social stratification. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Economy and currently serves as managing director of a policy research firm in Dallas.
Thomas Tunstall, Ph.D. is the senior research director at the Institute for Economic Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has published peer-reviewed research, written op-ed articles for the Wall Street Journal, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee for the Western Hemisphere and has given a TED Talk on rural community development. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy, and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas, as well as a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
John L. Worrall is Professor of Criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has published articles and book chapters on a variety of topics ranging from legal issues in policing to crime measurement. He is also the author of several books, including the popular Crime Control in America: What Works? (4th ed., Pearson). He currently serves as editor of the journal Police Quarterly.