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Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Faculty

The following faculty list represents those appointed in the 2025 spring semester.

Gordon B Abner, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington, 2017

Abigail Rosemary ann Aiken, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2014

Larry Andre, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MBA, Arizona State University Main, 1988

Jacqueline L Angel, Professor
Wilbur J. Cohen Professorship in Health and Social Policy
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of Sociology
PhD, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick Campus, 1989

Barry V Bales, Clinical Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1993

Emily Beagle, Lecturer
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Wyoming, 2018

Elizabeth A Bell, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, 2019

David Beshear, Associate Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Baylor University, 1993

Emily Bhandari, Assistant Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MSSW, University of Texas at Austin, 2013

Richard Patrick Bixler, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and School of Architecture
PhD, Colorado State University, 2014

Joshua W Busby, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Georgetown University, 2004

Peter J Clark, Assistant Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Jamein P Cunningham, Assistant Professor
School of Law and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2014

George M De Shazo Jr, Professor
J. J. "Jake" Pickle Regents Chair in Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Harvard University, 1997

Michele Y Deitch, Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and School of Law
JD, Harvard University, 1986

Michael Patrick Dennis, Associate Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2011

David J Eaton, Professor
Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professorship in Natural Resource Policy Studies
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Geography and the Environment, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, and Department of Integrative Biology
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1977

Mary Evans, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2001

Raissa Fabregas robles gil, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MS, University of Oxford, 2009

Sonia Feigenbaum, Adjunct Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of Government
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington, 1996

James K Galbraith, Professor
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of Government
PhD, Yale University, 1981

Sergio I Garcia, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Washington - Seattle, 2015

Matthew Gill, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Naval War College, 2010

Kenneth L Gladish, Adjunct Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Virginia, 1985

Sherri R Greenberg, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and School of Social Work
MSc, University of London, 1981

Sheena Elise Greitens, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, Department of Government, and School of Civic Leadership
PhD, Harvard University, 2013

Anna Gunderson, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Emory University, 2019

Rachel Mary Hoff, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2014

Michael Hole, Associate Professor of Instruction
Department of Population Health, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, and Department of Pediatrics
MD, Stanford University, 2014

Dan Huberty, Associate Professor of Instruction
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MBA, University of Phoenix - Phoenix, 1998

Rana Siu Inboden, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Stanford University, 2000

Peniel E Joseph, Professor
Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of History
PhD, Temple University, 2000

Harry Robert Kennard, Lecturer
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University College London, 2019

Carey W King, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Department of Business, Government and Society and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2004

Alan J Kuperman, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002

Amy Lee Whitmore Leff, Assistant Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2018

Erin Lentz, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MS, Cornell University, 2005

Roberta G Lentz, Adjunct Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Martin Joseph Luby, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Indiana University Bloomington, 2010

Ji Ma, Assistant Professor
School of Information and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Beijing Normal University, 2013

Joseph Maguire, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Naval Postgraduate School, 1985

William H Mcraven, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Naval Postgraduate School, 1991

Rebecca J North, Lecturer
Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2010

Kimberly Olivares, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2004

Francie Ostrower, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and College of Fine Arts
PhD, Yale University, 1991

Rajeev Charles Patel, Research Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Cornell University, 2002

Steven Wayne Pedigo, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MS, Carnegie Mellon University, 2005

James Paul Pope, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Naval Postgraduate School, 1982

Jonathon Price, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Johns Hopkins University, 2008

Varun Rai, Professor
Walt and Elspeth Rostow Chair in National Security
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD, Stanford University, 2008

Lorinc Redei, Associate Professor of Instruction
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Central European University, 2013

Sarah Jane Rehnborg, Lecturer
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, 1983

Joshua D Rhodes, Lecturer
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2014

Katherine Rittenhouse, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, University of California-San Diego, 2019

Laura Rosen, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPP, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2010

Patricia Ruggles, Visiting Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Harvard University, 1980

Jaganath Sankaran, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Maryland College Park, 2012

Sachin Dinesh Shah, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Bill Shute, Lecturer
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
JD, University of Houston, 1987

Larry Singell, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1988

Stephen Slick, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
JD, University of California-Los Angeles, 1983

Evan A Smith, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Northwestern University, 1988

Alexandra Sukalo, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Stanford University, 2021

Jeremi Suri, Professor
Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, Department of History, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations
PhD, Yale University, 2001

Chi Lan Ta, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021

Katharine M Teleki, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2006

Herschel F Thomas III, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2015

Trent Thurman, Assistant Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of Management
MBA, University of Texas at Austin, 1994

Paul Von hippel, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of Sociology
PhD, The Ohio State University Main Campus, 2010

Andrew Waxman, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of Economics
PhD, Cornell University, 2016

Catherine Elizabeth Weaver, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003

Michael Webber, Professor
John J. McKetta Centennial Energy Chair in Engineering, Sid Richardson Chair in Public Affairs
Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Stanford University, 2001

Patrick P Wong, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988

Jeffery A Yorg, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
JD, Saint Louis University, 2008