Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Faculty
The following faculty list represents those appointed in the 2024 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
Akram A Al-Turk, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
Larry Andre, Visiting Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MBA, Arizona State University Main, 1988
Jacqueline L Angel, Professor
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
Elizabeth A Bell, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, 2019
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
Vanessa P Bouche, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, The Ohio State University Main Campus, 2011
Keith Brainard, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 1991
Joshua W Busby, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Georgetown University, 2004
Alfred R Cantu, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MS, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
Greg Belknap Cumpton, Lecturer
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
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, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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
Theresa M Gage, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2001
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
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 and Department of Government
PhD, Harvard University, 2013
Rachel Mary Hoff, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Michael Hole, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Department of Pediatrics, Department of Population Health, and Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MD, Stanford University, 2014
Nathan Hutson, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Southern California, 2019
Rana Siu Inboden, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Stanford University, 2000
Peniel E Joseph, Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs and Department of History
PhD, Temple University, 2000
Steve J Kester, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MPAff, University of Texas at Austin, 2002
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
Meeta Kothare, Professor of Practice
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, Department of Finance, and Department of Management
PhD, University of Rochester, 1992
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
Sheila M Olmstead, Professor
Dean Rusk Chair in the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Harvard University, 2002
Todd A Olmstead, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, Harvard University, 2000
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
Katherine Rittenhouse, Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, University of California-San Diego, 2019
Alfonso Jose Rojas Alvarez, Lecturer
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
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
Elizabeth Edna Rybicki, Adjunct Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2007
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
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
Herschel F Thomas III, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Trent Thurman, Lecturer
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MBA, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
William Joseph Troy, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
MA, Naval War College, 1998
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
PhD, Cornell University, 2016
Catherine Elizabeth Weaver, Associate Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
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