Faculty 2025-2026

Name: Dr. David A. Wilson Title: Assistant Professor Department: Language, Literacy, & Sociocultural Studies   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am interested in applying the asset/deficit model of educational outcomes to the ways in which emergent bilinguals negotiate English spelling conventions using knowledge from their first languages. I am also interesting in […] Read More

Name: Dr. Oleg Prezhdo Title: Professor Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology   Describe your research in about 200 words. We study excited state and non-equilibrium processes in molecular, nanoscale and condensed phase systems. The research efforts comprise a coherent and unique combination of formal work and large-scale computer simulations, aiming to provide quantitative and qualitative […] Read More

Name: Dr. Leslie Brick   Title: Associate Professor   Department: Psychology   Describe your research in about 200 words. The overarching goal of my program of research is to better understand the co-occurrence and co-morbidity of substance use and symptoms trauma exposure, stress, and adversity. I am particularly interested in mechanisms of biological risk, behavior, […] Read More

Name: Dr. Saha Iqbal Hossain Title: Lecturer III Department: Management   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research predominantly focuses on three broad streams: corporate sustainability, corporate governance, and innovation. It investigates how different corporate governance mechanisms, processes, and structures impact corporate sustainability and innovation. The aim is to advance the understanding of […] Read More

Name: Dr. Elizabeth Pérez-Chiqués Title: Visiting Assistant Professor Department: Public Administration   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a qualitative researcher interested in government corruption, public personnel management, and policy implementation. I have recently completed a multi-year collaborative research project on corruption consolidation in local governments in Mexico, Brasil, Chile and Puerto […] Read More

Name: Dr. Erika K. Nielson Title: Lecturer III Department: Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies   Describe your research in about 200 words. Supporting student research, First Year Experience courses and support, postsecondary student success (general and literacy), mindfulness practices (ex. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, self-compassion, yoga)   What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from […] Read More

Name: Magen Bednar   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences   Describe your research in about 200 words. I’m interested in how leadership and communication practices shape the everyday experiences of library employees and users. My work draws from professional experience in user services and supervision, and explores topics […] Read More

Name: Dr. Annmarie Garcia Sheahan   Title: Assistant Professor   Departments: Education and Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research and scholarship surround the history of English education, critical and embodied literacy practices, canon studies, and the use of nontraditional and multimodal texts in the secondary language […] Read More

Name:Dr. I-Heng (Ray) Wu Title:Assistant Professor Department:Management Describe your research in about 200 words.My research program focuses on the “dark side” of organizational behavior, encapsulating emotions, traits, and individuals that society and organizations generally deem unwelcome, undesirable, and/or stigmatized. I am particularly interested in identifying the bright sides of these dark phenomena, to foster a more holistic understanding […] Read More

Name:Dr. Kathryn Peters Title:Lecturer III Department:Latin American Studies Describe your research in about 200 words.My ethnographic research in rural Paraguay examines how campesinos (rural people who primarily live from small-scale agriculture and other traditional land uses) build meaningful lives within an economic landscape shaped by transnational agribusiness and narcotrafficking. While subject to the whims of volatile market economies […] Read More

Name:Dr. Brandelyn TosoltTitle:Associate ProfessorDepartment:Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, and Policy Describe your research in about 200 words.My research focuses on disrupting norms in educational institutions and is grounded in the words of the Combahee River Collective: “If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate […] Read More

Name:Dr. Cinara GambirageTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Management Describe your research in about 200 words.My research interests lie at the intersection of international business and strategic management, with a particular focus on how firms navigate complex institutional environments during the process of internationalization. I explore the role of the institutional environment and non-market strategies—such as corporate political activity—in shaping firms’ […] Read More

Name: Dr. Stathis Yeros Title: Assistant Professor Department: Architecture   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am an urban historian and designer researching how space affects and is affected by struggles for social justice. I have published on urban theory and queer ecology, focusing on the spaces that queer and transgender people have […] Read More

Name: Dr. Leilei Cui Title: Assistant Professor Department: Mechanical Engineering   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research lies at the intersection of reinforcement learning and control theory, with applications in robotics. On one hand, reinforcement learning offers a data-driven approach to robot motion control, reducing the need for laborious modeling and controller […] Read More

Name: Dr. Candi Running Bear Title: Assistant Professor Department: Special Education   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research focuses on improving support for young Native American children with disabilities, especially those with or at risk for autism. I work closely with families, educators, and tribal communities to make sure the services offered […] Read More

Name:Lauren McQuistionTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Architecture Describe your research in about 200 words.I am a designer, educator, and researcher whose work focuses on the built environment. My scholarship examines the spatial history of museum institutions and their role in shaping cultural identity through the visual and spatial regimes of art and architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries. My […] Read More

Name:Dr. Mario Del Angel GuevaraTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Chicana and Chicano Studies Describe your research in about 200 words.My research focuses on the contributions and lives of curanderos in southern, central and northern Mexico and specializes in the Fidencista healing movement, a movement of curanderos who follow the teachings of El Niño Fidencio in Nuevo León, Mexico. What’s the most […] Read More

Name: Eric J. Garcia Title: Assistant Professor Department: Painting and Drawing   Describe your research in about 200 words. As a tenth-generation Nuevomexicano and U.S. veteran, I have an intimate relationship with research on militarism in these lands. Investigating the multiple empires that conquered New Mexico and the residue that blankets these lands with war […] Read More

Name:Dr. Karin HendricksonTitle:Assistant Professor of Orchestral StudiesDepartment:Music Describe your research in about 200 words.Performance training; creativity; leadership; culture keeping. What’s the most interesting thing you have learned from a student?If you give them a platform of belief, they can achieve a lot.

Name:Dr. Zhu WangTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Computer Science Describe your research in about 200 words.My research interests span several areas, including Extended Reality (XR), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), robotics, and AI. Specifically, I have been working on XR-based human balance assessment and rehabilitation with emerging technologies (e.g., motion analysis, eye tracking, and force sensing); XR-based multi-participant collaboration and communication; interactions […] Read More

Name:Matthew MurrellTitle:Assistant ProfessorDepartment:Law Describe your research in about 200 words.My research focuses on emerging technology and the law. As science fiction becomes reality, advances in the quantum realm, cyborg technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, and computing will challenge existing legal frameworks. Artificial intelligence is a great example: it’s already created significant legal changes in copyright, elections, transportation, […] Read More

Name: Rambod Vala   Title: Assistant Professor   Department: Art   Describe your research in about 200 words. My research sits at the intersection of art and design, grounded in a practice that moves fluidly between typography, spatial storytelling, and collaborative inquiry. I am drawn to narrative structures that weave together realism and fantasy, politics […] Read More

Name: Dr. Rahul Krishnamurthy Title: Assistant Professor Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences   Describe your research in about 200 words. I am a speech-language pathologist trained in neuroscience and neurostimulation methods. My research explores how the central nervous system adapts to exercises and neurostimulation targeted at speech, voice, and swallowing—key upper aerodigestive functions. What’s the […] Read More