University Of Texas At Dallas: Meet The Newest Group Of Tenured, Tenure-Track Faculty At UT Dallas

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13 October, 2021

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Press release from University of Texas at Dallas: Office of Media Relations Sept. 29, 2021 The University of Texas at Dallas welcomed 25 new tenured and tenure-track faculty members in 2021, with many of them joining the University this fall. The professors bring an array of expertise in disciplines ranging from visual and performing arts, psychology, and bioengineering to computer science, marketing, biological sciences and mathematics. "We are delighted to welcome this stellar group of professors to UT Dallas. They exemplify the University's strong tradition of research, scholarship and teaching excellence and will challenge our students to fulfill their potential," said UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson, the Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership. Recognized as a top-tier public research institution by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, UT Dallas is home to a growing roster of esteemed faculty who foster excellence in the classroom, forge community partnerships and attract exceptional students to the University. UT Dallas recently received a National Science Foundation grant to enhance its recruitment and retention of female professors in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. "UT Dallas is a top teaching and research destination, where students are learning from some of the best and brightest minds in their respective fields. This talented group is contributing to the rich environment of ideas found throughout our campus," said Dr. Inga Musselman, provost, vice president for academic affairs and the Cecil H. Green Distinguished Chair of Academic Leadership at UT Dallas. The new tenured and tenure-track faculty members are: School of Arts and Humanities Dr. Laura Kim, assistant professor of visual and performing arts Education: PhD in intermedia art, writing and performance, University of Colorado Boulder; Master of Fine Arts in new genres, San Francisco Art Institute; Bachelor of Science in art, University of Wisconsin-Madison Research areas: performance-based multimedia, research in art Dr. Maurine Ogbaa, assistant professor of literature Education: PhD in literature, University of Houston; Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, Washington University in St. Louis; Bachelor of Arts in English language and literature, UT Austin Research areas: contemporary African and African diasporic literature, particularly women's literature; theories of race, post/coloniality, historical materialism, and feminism and gender Dr. Songyao Ren, assistant professor of philosophy and history of ideas Education: PhD in philosophy, Duke University; Master of Arts in East Asian literatures and cultures, Columbia University; bachelor's degree in journalism, The University of Hong Kong Research areas: Chinese philosophy, ethics, moral psychology School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences Dr. Jerillyn Kent, assistant professor of psychology Education: PhD in psychological and brain sciences, Indiana University Bloomington; Bachelor of Science in psychology and biology, William & Mary Research areas: motor abnormalities in psychopathology, particularly cerebellar abnormalities in individuals with psychotic disorders; neuromodulation interventions for psychopathology Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science Dr. Waseem Abbas, assistant professor of systems engineering Education: PhD and Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Research areas: networked control systems, cyber-physical systems, resilience and robustness in networked systems, distributed optimization, graph machine learning and graph-theoretic methods for multiagent systems Dr. Shuang (Cynthia) Cui, assistant professor of mechanical engineering Education: PhD in mechanical engineering, University of California, San Diego; Master of Science in thermal engineering and Bachelor of Science in energy systems and power engineering, Wuhan University Research areas: advanced thermal energy storage materials and systems, intelligent soft materials and devices, nanoscale heat transfer and energy conversion, grid-interactive efficient buildings Dr. Gu Eon Kang, assistant professor of bioengineering Education: PhD in movement science and Master of Science in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, University of Michigan; Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, Korea University Research areas: biomechanics, mobility research, frailty, diabetic foot, fall prevention, gait, posture, wearable sensors, motion analysis, computational modeling, finite element analysis, physical activity, physiological monitoring Dr. Kyle McCall, assistant professor of materials science and engineering Education: PhD in applied physics, Northwestern University; Bachelor of Science in physics and mathematics, University of Notre Dame Research areas: materials chemistry, semiconductors for optoelectronics applications, halide perovskites, renewable energy conversion, light emission, radiation detection Dr. Joshua Summers, professor and department head of mechanical engineering Education: PhD in mechanical engineering, Arizona State University; Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, University of Missouri Research areas: collaborative design, knowledge management, design enabler development with the overall objective of improving design through collaboration and computation Dr. Yu Xiang, assistant professor of computer science Education: PhD in electrical and computer engineering, University of Michigan; Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in computer science, Fudan University Research areas: robotics, computer vision School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences Dr. Anne M. Burton, assistant professor of economics Education: PhD and Master of Arts in economics, Cornell University; Bachelor of Arts in economics and government, Colby College Research areas: health economics, public economics, economics of crime Dr. Sivaram Cheruvu, assistant professor of political science Education: PhD and Master of Arts in political science, Emory University; Master of Science in politics and government in the European Union, The London School of Economics and Political Science; Bachelor of Arts in political science, Rutgers University Research areas: comparative institutions, judicial decision-making, public law, European Union Dr. Brenda Gambol, assistant professor of sociology Education: PhD and Master of Philosophy in sociology, The City University of New York; Bachelor of Arts in ethnic studies and sociology, University of California, San Diego Research areas: international migration, race and ethnicity, family and marriage Dr. Jessica Hanson-DeFusco, assistant professor of public policy and political economy Education: PhD in public policy and international development, University of Pittsburgh; Master of Education in international education policy, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts in English-ESL secondary education, Colorado State University Research areas: international development policies related to quality education, public health and gender rights Dr. Andrew Krajewski, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice Education: PhD and Master of Arts in criminology, The Pennsylvania State University; Bachelor of Arts in psychology, University of South Florida Research areas: verbal and physical aggression, interpersonal conflict, criminal behavior, social networks Dr. Yeungjeom Lee, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice Education: PhD in criminology, law and society, University of Florida Research areas: developmental life-course criminology, juvenile delinquency, victimization, psychopathy, substance use and crime Dr. Lauren Pinson, assistant professor of public policy and political economy Education: PhD, Master of Philosophy and Master of Arts in political science, Yale University; Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Arts in international affairs, University of Georgia Research areas: illicit trafficking, foreign aid, border security, migration Dr. Allison Russell, assistant professor of public and nonprofit management Education: PhD in social welfare, University of Pennsylvania; Master of Public Administration, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Bachelor of Arts in Latin American and Latino studies, Fordham University Research areas: volunteerism, nonprofit human resources management, equity and ethics in nonprofits, social innovation and impact Dr. Anton Sobolev, assistant professor of public policy, political economy, and cybersecurity Education: PhD in political science and Master of Science in statistics, University of California, Los Angeles; Master of Arts in political economy and Bachelor of Arts in political science, Higher School of Economics University in Russia Research areas: digital technology and political behavior, cybersecurity, misinformation, mass protest, text analysis Naveen Jindal School of Management Dr. Samir Mamadehussene, assistant professor of marketing Education: PhD in economics, Northwestern University; Master of Science in economics and Bachelor of Arts in management, Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. Research areas: pricing and promotional strategies, game theory, consumer search School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dr. Nicholas Dillon, assistant professor of biological sciences Education: PhD in microbiology and Master of Science in biology, University of Minnesota; Bachelor of Science in biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison Research areas: microbiology, antibiotic resistance, antibiotic pharmacology, host-pathogen interactions Dr. Shengwang Du, professor of physics Education: PhD in physics and Master of Science in electrical engineering, University of Colorado Boulder; Master of Science in physics, Peking University; Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, Nanjing University Research areas: quantum optics, quantum networks, quantum information processing, nonlinear optics, laser cooling and trapping, optical neural networks and artificial intelligence, optical microscopy, bioimaging Dr. Purna Joshi, assistant professor of biological sciences Education: PhD in stem cell biology, Master of Science in developmental biology and Bachelor of Science in pathobiology, University of Toronto Research areas: stem cells, breast and ovarian cancer biology, regenerative medicine Dr. Darshan Sapkota, assistant professor of biological sciences Education: PhD in biochemistry and developmental neurobiology, The State University of New York at Buffalo; Master of Science in microbiology and Bachelor of Science, Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal Research areas: neuroscience, neurological diseases, regulation of mRNA translation, brain and retinal homeostasis, molecular biology Dr. Yunan Wu, assistant professor of statistics Education: PhD and Master of Science in statistics, University of Minnesota; Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics, Tsinghua University in China Research areas: causal inference in precision medicine, nonparametric and semi-parametric analysis, high-dimensional analysis, Mendelian randomization, machine-learning techniques This press release was produced by University of Texas at Dallas. 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