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Faculty Research Expertise

College Faculty Department Expertise
COANR Selin Guney Agriculture Education and Communication Agricultural Economics; Modeling
COANR Jean Lonie Agriculture Education and Communication Agricultural exports and Producer Education
COANR Edward Osei Agriculture Education and Communication Agricultural Economics; Carbon Sequestration, Modeling
COANR Justin Pulley Agriculture Education and Communication Virtual reality, Agricultural Education; Agricultural Mechanics
COANR Andrew Cassens Animal Science Meat Science
COANR Kim Guay Animal Science Animal Behavior, Stress Physiology
COANR Barbara Jones Animal Science Dairy Science; Animal Behavior
COANR Trinette Jones Animal Science Equine Science, Nutritional Physiology
COANR Jessica Leatherwood Animal Science Equine Science, Muskeloskeletal Stress
COANR Cheyenne Runyan Animal Science Animal Science, Reproduction
COANR Edward Webb Animal Science Animal Science, Nutrition, Reproduction, Physiology
COANR Kimberly Wellmann Animal Science Animal Nutrition and Nutrtional Physiology
COANR Hennen Cummings Wildlife and Natural Resources Aquaponics; Plant Science
COANR Hemanta Kafley Wildlife and Natural Resources Wildlife Management, Ecology, Large Carnivores
COANR Heather Mathewson Wildlife and Natural Resources Wildlife Management, Avian Ecology
COANR Donald McGahan Wildlife and Natural Resources Soil Science
COANR Adam Mitchell Wildlife and Natural Resources Entolmology, Pollinator Ecology
COANR Darrel Murray Wildlife and Natural Resources Rangeland Ecology
COANR T. Wayne Schwertner Wildlife and Natural Resources Wildlife Management, Human/Wildlife Conflict
MCOE Rajesh Vuddandam Civil Engineering Structural Design; Construction Technology; Composites
MCOE Fei Wang Civil Engineering Geotechnical; Transportation Engineering; Soil-Structure Interaction; Man-Made Hazards Associated with Pipeline Failures; Geosynthetic Reinforcements; New Pavement Materials; Sinkholes; Land Subsidence; AI Applications in Civil Engineering
MCOE Mircea Agapie Computer Science Artificial Intelligence
MCOE Sotirios Diamantas Computer Science Robotics and Computer Vision. In particular, Active Vision; Robot Navigation; Perception of Autonomous Systems; Visual Odometry; Probabilistic Algorithms; and Deep Learning
MCOE Emadeldin Elgamal Computer Science/Cybersecurity Network Security; Wireless Networking including Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X)
MCOE Thejas Gubbi Sadashiva Computer Science/Cybersecurity Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Click Fraud Detection; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Performance Optimization using Parallel Computing
MCOE Ahmed Al-Ramthan Construction Science Concrete 3D Printing; Composites
MCOE Poorya Hajyalikhania Construction Science Concrete 3D Printing
MCOE Haitham Abu Ghazaleh Electrical Engineering Wireless Communication Systems; Network Teletraffic Modeling and Performance Analysis; Queueing Systems; Adaptive Network Resource Management; Mobility in Future-Generation Wireless Networks; Cognitive Radio Systems; Wireless Sensor Networks; Smart Cities; The Internet of Things
MCOE Daren Davies Engineering Technology Composites; Advanced Materials; Process Engineering
MCOE Neil Petroff Engineering Technology Biomedical; Industrial Automation; Mechatronics
MCOE Kartik Venkataraman Environmental Engineering Water Resources Engineering; Groundwater Contamination; Environmental Remediation
MCOE Hoe-Gil Lee Mechanical Engineering Energy; Clean Energy (Solar, Wind, and Fuel Cell Energy); Hybrid Vehicle Technology; Industrial Mechanical Products (especially automotive components and industrial pumps and turbines); Manufacturing Process Optimization within Production Planning, controlling and scheduling, and use of production tools
MCOE Nourouddin Sharifi Mechanical Engineering Heat Transfer; Energy Storage
MCOE Jun Xu Mechanical Engineering Thermal-Fluids-Related Areas including Computational Fluid Dynamics; Heat Transfer; Bio-Transport Processes; High-performance Computational Approaches of Complex Fluid, Energy, and Biophysical Systems
MCOE Abolghassem Zabihollah Mechanical Engineering Advanced Structures, Smart Structures and Systems; Vibration Control; Design Optimization
MCOE Billy Gray Systems Engineering Supply Chain; Industrial Engineering; System Engineering
COSM Chad Brock Biology Evolutionary Biology; Ichthyology
COSM Victoria Chraibi Biology Diatoms; Paleoecology; Phycology
COSM Dustin Edwards Biology Viral Genetics
COSM Kristin Herrmann Biology Parasitology
COSM Jesse Meik Biology Herpetology; Evolutionary Biology
COSM Allan Nelson Biology Plant conservation; Bottomland Forest Ecology; Floristics of the Cross Timbers of Texas
COSM Russell Pfau Biology Population, Evolutionary, and Conservation Genetics
COSM Harold Rathburn Biology Application of Biotechnology to Enhance Insect and Drought Resistance in Agricultural Crops
COSM Max Sanderford Biology Neural Control of Cardiovascular Function
COSM Janice Speshock Biology Toxicology; Microbiology; Silver Nanoparticle Neutralization of Viruses
COSM Bo Brawner Mathematics Mathematics Education – The effect of a Function Based Approach to School Algebra
COSM Scott Cook Mathematics Data Science; Gerrymandering; Insurance Anomaly Detection, Education Leadership Analytics; Sustainable Development
COSM Jesse Crawford Mathematics Multivariate Statistical Analysis; Data Science
COSM Keith Emmert Mathematics Statistical Modeling; Mathematical Biology
COSM Eileen Faulkenberry Mathematics Mathematics Education
COSM Chris Mitchell Mathematics Biomathematics; Disease Modeling
COSM Beth Riggs Mathematics Mathematics Education
COSM Kathy Smith Mathematics Mathematics Education; Acquisition of Academic Language
COSM Michael Warren Mathematics Mathematics Education; Teacher Noticing
COSM Peter White Mathematics Incorporating Technology in the Mathematics Classroom; Problem Solving using Computer Aided Mathematical Software
COSM Richard Winton Mathematics Analysis; Linear Algebra; Permutation Groups
COSM Bryant Wyatt Mathematics Particle Modeling using High Performance Computing to Create Simulations to Enhance Projects across the STEM fields. (Modeling Supraventricular Tachycardia; Dust Particle Modeling; Transmission Towers; Astrophysics; Complex Plasmas; Mass transfer between Binary Stars; Lunar Forming Impacts; Traveling Salesman Approximations)
COLFA Jennifer Edwards Communication Studies Student Success; Rural Health; Economic Development for Underrepresented Populations; Social Media
COLFA Cristi Horton Communication Studies Environmental Communication focusing on Conservation/Sustainability Communication
COLFA Sarah Maben Communication Studies Social Media; Online Teaching and Pedagogy; Criminal Communication
COLFA Chris Copeland Criminal Justice Dark Web; Cybercrime/Cybersecurity
COLFA Steven Glassner Criminal Justice Theory Testing; Juvenile Delinquency
COLFA Stan Korotchenko Criminal Justice Policing, Particularly Police Information Sharing; Differential Victimization for Various Demographic Groups using GIS analysis; Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization
COLFA Rebecca Morrow Criminal Justice Victimology; Violence Against Women; Educational Research; Participatory Action Research
COLFA Olga Semukhina Criminal Justice Public Views of Police; Intelligence and Law Enforcement Data Sharing; Spatial Analysis for Law Enforcement Crime-Reduction Strategies; Victimization and Offending
COLFA Tara Shelley Criminal Justice Intimate Partner Violence; Gender Violence; Strangulation; Policing; Drugs; Corporate Crime; Alternatives to Incarceration/Re-entry, Environmental Justice, Green Criminology; Comparative Crime and Justice
COLFA Kevin Wang Criminal Justice Procedural Justice; Policing; Cybercrime; Juvenile Justice
COLFA Justiss Burry English and Languages Professional and Technical Writing; Rhetoric of Health and Medicine; Rhetorical Theory; Programmatic Evaluation and Improvement; Student Writing Revision      
COLFA Katrina Hinson English and Languages Rhetoric and Discourse; Illness Narratives; Social Media; Health Communication; Gender Representations in Police Procedural Television
COLFA Karl Aho Governement, Legal Studies Ethics; History of Philosophy; Kierkegaard
COLFA Nathaniel Cogley Governement, Legal Studies African Politics; Comparative Politics; International Relations; U.S. Federal Government
COLFA Bolek Kabala Governement, Legal Studies Political Theory; Politics and Religion
COLFA Marcie Reynolds Governement, Legal Studies American Politics; Interest Groups; Judicial Decision-Making; State and Local Government; Voter-Lister Management
COLFA Paul Banda History and Geography British Imperial History; Modern Africa; West Africa
COLFA Jensen Branscombe History and Geography Twentieth Century United States History; US Immigration History; Women and Gender
COLFA Deborah Liles History and Geography Nineteenth Century Texas history; Slavery and Ranching
COLFA Yolanda Tsang History and Geography Geography and Geospatial Technologies; Web GIS; 3D Modeling; GIS Customization and Data Visualization
COLFA Brad Baker Performing Arts Opera; Piano
COLFA Carolyn Keyes Performing Arts Flute and Musicology
COLFA Trevor Smith Performing Arts Music Composition
COLFA Dan Stone Performing Arts Theatre
COLFA Galia Cohen Public Administration Police Administration; Police Training; Collaboration
COLFA Shahriar Islam Public Administration Behavioral Public Administration; State-Citizen Interaction; Public Service Delivery
COLFA Tracy Rickman Public Administration Public Safety Leadership; Emergency Management
COLFA Jie Tao Public Administration Public Management; Digital Governance; Street-level Bureaucracy
COLFA Megan Ehrhart Visual Arts and Design
COLFA Sophia Goodpasture Visual Arts and Design
COLFA Tim Harding Visual Arts and Design
COLFA Knut Hybinette Visual Arts and Design
COLFA Chris Ireland Visual Arts and Design
COE Deborah Banker Curriculum and Instruction Psychological Impact of High-Repetition, Low-Impact Exercise on Physically Impaired Individuals; Cooperative/Internship Opportunities for Career Preparation of Undergraduate College Students; Course Design Using Quality Matters; Culture of Excellence Mentorship Model for Alternatively Prepared Teachers; Impact of A.I. on faculty and students; Establishing a Trauma-Sensitive School Culture
COE Donna Baumgardner Curriculum and Instruction Special Education
COE Melissa Becker Curriculum and Instruction Integration of instructional Technology; P-16; Early Childhood; University and Public School Partnerships
COE Yohanis De la Fuente Curriculum and Instruction Translanguaging in Science; Literacy in Science; Language in Science
COE Kristina Higgins Curriculum and Instruction EC Mathematics and the Home Environment; Applied Experiential Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom
COE Johnathan Hill Curriculum and Instruction Utilizing Virtual Reality Lesson Teaching; Self-Efficacy Measurement of Curriculum Literacy; Utilizing Soft-Deadlines within Online Courses
COE Rebekah Miller-Levy Curriculum and Instruction Social Studies Education; Content Area Literacy
COE Gwinn North Curriculum and Instruction Establishing the Barriers of Science Instruction
COE Rebecca Putman Curriculum and Instruction Technology in the Higher Education Classroom; Science of Teaching Reading and Preservice Teachers
COE Christy Reed Curriculum and Instruction Effective Teacher Preparation
COE Crystal Rose Curriculum and Instruction Preservice Teachers; New Literacies; Literacy Teacher Agency; Literacy Teacher Beliefs; the Impact of Yearlong Residency; Practice based Teacher Education
COE Chris Sloan Curriculum and Instruction Effective Teacher Preparation; Yearlong Residency; Program Development
COE Lisa Taylor-Cook Curriculum and Instruction Applied Learning; Early Childhood Literacy; Classroom Practices to Increase Student Success in Courses
COE Anthony Edwards Educational Leadership & Technology Distance Learning; Enrollment Management; STEM Education; EdD Programs
COE Ryan Glaman Educational Leadership & Technology Best Practices in Data Analysis; Advanced Data Analysis Procedures; Research Methods Instruction
COE Julie Howell Educational Leadership & Technology Online/Hybrid Learning Environments; AR/VR/MR Technology for Learning; Technology Professional Development for Educators; Social Media Use in the Classroom; Teacher Residencies
COE Lesley Leach Educational Leadership & Technology Methodological Considerations of Scholar-Practitioner Research; STEM Education; Pedagogy Related to Teaching Research Methodology
COE Nicole Mishnick Educational Leadership & Technology Online/Hybrid Learning Environments; Social Media Use in the Classroom; Student Support In Ed.D programs
COE Juanita Reyes Educational Leadership & Technology Leadership Development; Bilingual/ESL Education; Transformational Leadership; Leadership and Policy Studies; Curriculum; Educational Administration
COE Ron Rhone Educational Leadership & Technology College and Career Readiness; Dual Credit; High School to College Transition; Inclusive Practices in Education
COE Celia Scott Educational Leadership & Technology Investigations of Score Reliability and Construct Validity; Best Practices in Statistics and Research Design Instruction; Use of a Research Model to Facilitate Graduate Student Program Completion
COE Jonali Baruah Psychological Sciences Social Psychology; Group Dynamics
COE Jamie Borchardt Psychological Sciences Addiction; Substance Abuse; Social Problems
COE Amber Bozer Psychological Sciences Behavioral Neuroscience; Pain
COE Kyle Eichas Psychological Sciences Youth Development
COE Tom Faulkenberry Psychological Sciences Mathematical Psychology; Bayesian Statistics
COE Alyssa Jones Psychological Sciences Eyewitness Memory
COE Amanda Stevens Psychological Sciences Memory and Cognition
COE Julia Xing Psychological Sciences Developmental Mathematical Cognition
COE Robert Cavazos Sociology Environmental Sociology; Water Scarcity; Food Justice
COE Atsuko Kawakami Sociology Gerontology; Health Care; Social Support
COE Derek Lehman Sociology Religion; Gender; Politics
COE Michael Ohsfeldt Sociology Social theory; Culture; Religion
AgriLife Jeff Brady N/A Aquatic Microbiology; Genomics; Soil Microbiomes
AgriLife Jim Muir N/A Grassland Ecology
RIED Shakhawat Hossain Institute for Biotechnology Research and Innovation Bioinformatics; Plant and Microbial Genomics; Other omics-related disciplines
RIED Kolawole Ogundari Institute for Rural Economic Development and Research Agricultural Economics; Macroeconomics; Rural Economics
COLFA Lora Helvie-Mason Communication Studies Gender communication, academic socialization, intercultural communication, mentoring, student basic needs, qualitative research
COLFA Paul Stafford Communication Studies Interpersonal/Phenomenological/Pop Culture Qualitative Research
SOK Rachel Elms Sport Science Female Leadership in Sport; Sport Entrepreneurship; Sport Promotion for Small Businesses
SOK Joe Priest Sport Science High-Repetition Training on Functional Movement Recovery; Skeletal Join Actuators to facilitate movement of Paretic Limbs; Graded Exercise Stress Testing
SOK Jarrod Schenewark Sport Science History of Sport & Exercise Science; Legal Issues in Sport, Recreation, Tourism; Sport and the Military; Sport and Government Policy; Coach and Athletic Development
SOK Christina Villalon Sport Science Coach Development Systems; Coach Education & Development; Psychosocial Aspects of Sport
RIED Md Shakhawat Hossain Institute for Biotechnology Research and Innovation; Division of Research, Innovation and Economic Development Plant, Soil, Water, and Environmental Microbiomes and Metagenomics; Plant and Microbial Genomics; Bio/Phytoremediation; Biological N2-fixing Symbiosis; Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Bioinformatics and Omics-related disciplines
COLFA Kristina Downs ENLA Folklore; Legend; Digital Cultures; Circus Arts/Artists; True Crime
MCOE Hongbo Du Department of Mechanical, Environmental, and Civil Engineering Biofuel production from agricultural residue and other biomass, wastewater treatment with membrane technologies, deep learning, agricultural robotics, life cycle assessment, and lifecycle cost analysis.
COANR Rafael Martinez Animal Science Equine Science, Reproduction, Nutrition
COLFA Moumin Quazi ENLA British Literature, especially 19th and 20th century; Salman Rushdie; Global Anglophone Literature; Literary Theory; Classical Literature; Comparative Literature; Editing and Publishing; Creative Writing
COANR Kimberly Guay Animal Sciences This was correct on the list. 🙂
COSM Yu Shi Mathematics Data science multi-dimensional statistics, stochastics modeling applications in engineering, System reliability analysis
RIED Stephanie Brady TIAER GIS, recreational water quality, hydrography
COSM Amber Harris Bozer Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience; Pain in the Nervous System
COSM Kevin B. Johnson COSM Life history evolution, restoration ecology, ecological monitoring in association with restoration, harmful algal blooms, complex life cycles, trophic ecology, baseline ecological monitoring, environmental science, pollution impacts. Dr. Johnson is the Director of the Timberlake Biological Field Station (Goldthwaite, TX) and may be approached about use of field station facilities.
COSM Aria Lynn Dougherty Mathematics Algebra (Linear and Abstract) Lie Theory Graph Theory Combinatorics Number Theory

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