List of University of Texas at Austin faculty


This list of University of Texas at Austin faculty includes current and former instructors and administrators of the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), a major research university located in Austin, Texas that is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.[1][2][3] Founded in 1883, the university has had the fifth largest single-campus enrollment in the nation as of Fall 2006 (and had the largest enrollment in the country from 1997 to 2003), with over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 16,500 faculty and staff.[4] It currently holds the largest enrollment of all colleges in the state of Texas.[5]

Administration edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Jay Hartzell Administration 2015–2020 President of The University of Texas at Austin No [6]

School of Architecture edit

Name School Service Notability Alumnus Reference
David Heymann Architecture Professor, Harwell Hamilton Harris Regents Professor in Architecture, and Distinguished Teaching Professor No [7]
Juan Miró Architecture Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor in Urban Design, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Academy of Distinguished Teachers University of Texas, and Director of Studio Mexico No [8]
Lawrence Speck Architecture Professor, The W. L. Moody, Jr. Centennial Professor in Architecture, and Distinguished Teaching Professor No [9]
Michael Benedikt Architecture Professor, Hal Box Endowed Chair in Urbanism, Distinguished Professor of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Director of the Center for American Architecture and Design No [10]
Steven Moore Architecture Bartlett Cocke Regents Professor in Architecture No [11]
Samuel E. Gideon Architecture, Architectural History (Texas) 1931–1945 No [12]

Moody College of Communication edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Matthew McConaughey Radio-Television-Film 2019–Present Film degree, The University of Texas at Austin, 1993. Visiting co-teacher for Script to Screen film production since 2015. Academy Award-winning actor with production of over 50 films. Yes [13]

College of Education edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Oscar Mink Curriculum and Instruction 1973 - 2004 Assistant professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1961–1964. Senior scientist, manager Management & Executive Development-Xerox Corporation, Rochester, 1964–1966. Associate professor, director division clinical studies West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1966–1970, Associate professor, consultant West Virginia College Graduate Studies, Institute, 1972–1973. Professor University Texas, Austin, from 1973. Consultant Telecom, Australia, since 1988. No

Cockrell School of Engineering edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Willis Adcock Electrical Engineering 1986-1993 Assisted with invention of the silicon transistor and integrated circuit; Fellow of AAAS and IEEE; US National Academy of Engineering No [14]
Alan Bovik Electrical Engineering 1984–present Invented visual quality measurement, monitoring, and control tools used throughout the global photographic, television, cinematic, streaming, and social media industries; IEEE Edison Medal; Primetime Emmy Award; Technology and Engineering Emmy Award; RPS Progress Medal; IEEE Fourier Award; Edwin H. Land Medal; US National Academy of Engineering No [15]
Edith Clarke Electrical Engineering 1947-1957 First woman faculty member of electrical engineering in the US; power engineer; inventor of Clarke Calculator and method of symmetrical components; Fellow of IEEE; Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award No [16]
Donglei Fan Mechanical Engineering 2010–present Principal investigator of the Nanomaterial Innovation Lab; developed techniques for moving nanosctructures; built fast nanomotors No [17]
John B. Goodenough Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering 1986–present Research led to the first lithium ion battery; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Charles Stark Draper Prize; Japan Prize; National Medal of Science; Enrico Fermi Award; Copley Medal; US National Academy of Engineering No [18]
Moriba K. Jah Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics 2017–present Disruptive research in Space Situational Awareness, Astrodynamics, Space Traffic Management, and Space Security; Director of Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies;[19] Macarthur Fellow; Distinguished Scholar at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law;[20] International Academy of Astronautics No [21]
Robert M. Metcalfe Electrical Engineering 2011–present Inventor of Ethernet; founded 3Com Corporation; recipient of ACM Turing Award in 2023, IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1988, IEEE Medal of Honor in 1996, National Medal of Technology in 2005; inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007; Fellow Award from the Computer History Museum in 2008; US National Academy of Engineering No [22]
Yale Patt Electrical Engineering 1999–present Breakthroughs in computer architecture to make faster processors; inventor of the WOS module; the first complex logic gate implemented on a single piece of silicon; Fellow of ACM and IEEE; US National Academy of Engineering No [23]
Nicholas A. Peppas Biomedical Engineering ?-present Pioneer in drug delivery, biomaterials, hydrogels and nanobiotechnology; US National Academy of Engineering No [24]
Michael Webber Mechanical Engineering 2006–present Deputy Director of the university's Energy Institute; host of PBS's Energy at the Movies Yes [25]
Mohit Tiwari Electrical and Computer Engineering 2013-Present Associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; holds the Raytheon Company Faculty Fellowship No [26]
James "Jimmy" Robert Holmes Sr. Mechanical Engineering 1940s–1970s Associate Professor Yes

College of Fine Arts edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Robert Freeman Butler School of Music Dean of the College of Fine Arts (1999-2006); Susan Menefee Ragan Regents Professor of Fine Arts (2006–present) Dean of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, 1972–1996; he was President of the New England Conservatory 1996–1999; performed as a concert pianist throughout North America and Europe; has published on topics related to 18th-century music history and music education. No [27]
Jerry Junkin Butler School of Music Director of Bands at the Butler School of Music, Head of the Conducting Division

(1988–present)

Music Director and Conductor of the Dallas Winds and the Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia; Principal Guest Conductor of the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Wind Symphony; previously served as a President of the Big XII Band Director's Association, the College Band Directors National Association, and Past-President of the American Bandmasters Association.
Beili Liu Art and Art History Professor, Regents' Outstanding Teaching Professor, First Year Core Program Director University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Professor; served as the First Year Core Program Director from 2011 to 2013, and 2018–2020; 2016 Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant recipient; 2018 Texas State Artist in 3D medium . No [28]

School of Information edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Loriene Roy 1987–present Former president of the American Library Association No [29]
Roberta I. Shaffer 1999-2001 Law Librarian of Congress; former dean No [30]
Brooke Sheldon 1991-1996 Former president of the American Library Association; former dean No [31]

Jackson School of Geosciences edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Sharon Mosher Dean's Office 2009–present Dean, William Stamps Farish Chair No [32]

School of Law edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Ted Cruz Law 2004-2009 Future US Senator and a 2016 Candidate for the Republican Nomination for President of the United States No [33]
William Willard Gibson Jr. Law 1965-1998 Provost of Judicial Education with the Texas Supreme Court for 1992-1993 Yes [34]

College of Liberal Arts edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Simone Browne Sociology 2007–present Author of Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness No [35]
Mounira M. Charrad Sociology 2000–present Political sociologist No [36]
Elizabeth Cullingford English 1982–present Jane Weinert Blumberg Chair in English Literature since 2011, head of department since 2006 No [37]
Linda Dalrymple Henderson Art History 1978–present David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professor in Art History Emeritus No [38]
Lee M. Hollander Germanic Studies 1920–1968 Old Norse scholar, head of department No [39]
Aletha C. Huston Psychology 1996–present Professor; President of the Society for Research in Child Development No [citation needed]
Frances Karttunen Linguistics Research Center 1968–2000 academic linguist and researcher on Uto-Aztecan and Finno-Ugric languages; historian of Mesoamerican literature and Nantucket local history No [40]
Jerome Loving English Professor of American Literature and Culture No [41]
Jeffrey L. Meikle History 1979–present Stiles Professor in American Studies Emeritus Yes [42]
Harry Moore Sociology 1937–1966 Sociolologist and Researcher Yes [43]
David Oshinsky Sociology 2002–2013 historian and winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History for Polio: An American Story No [44]
Mark Regnerus Sociology 2007–present Sociolologist and Researcher No [45]
Samuel D. Gosling Psychology 1999–present Personality and Social Psychologist No [46]

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Carolyn Heinrich Center for Health and Social Policy (CHASP) 2011–present Sid Richardson Professor of Public Affairs No [47]

McCombs School of Business edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Thomas W. Gilligan Dean's Office 2008–present Dean, Centennial Chair in Business Leadership No [48]
Robert C. Solomon ETHICS 1972–2007 Chairman, Hegel Society of America No
Steve Salbu Bobbie and Coulter R. Sublett Centennial Endowed Professor; associate dean for graduate programs 1990-2006 Dean Emeritus of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology (2006-2014) No [49]
Andrew B. Whinston IROM 1988–present Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair in Business Administration; Director of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce No [50]
Leigh McAlister Marketing 1987–present Executive Director Marketing Science Institute No [51]

College of Natural Sciences edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid Physics 1975 Quantum field theory, relativity, mechanics No
Robert S. Boyer Computer Science 1981–2008 Co-inventor of the Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm; co-creator of the Nqthm and ACL2 theorem provers Yes [52]
Molly S. Bray Pediatrics 2013 Geneticist, Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Susan T. Jastrow Chair for Excellence in Nutritional Sciences No [53]
Ruth Buskirk Biology 1990–present Molecular genetics, microbiology No [54]
K. Mani Chandy Computer Science 1970–1989 Distributed computing, including the Chandy-Lamport Algorithm for the determination of consistent global states No [55]
Edsger W. Dijkstra Computer Science 1984–2000 Numerous foundational contributions to various computing disciplines, especially programming languages, formal verification, and distributed computing; Turing Award for fundamental contributions in the area of programming languages; ACM Fellow No [56]
Livia S. Eberlin Chemistry 2016–present Co-inventor of the "MasSpec Pen," MacArthur "Genius" Grant and Sloan Research Fellowship, numerous other awards and honors No [57]
E. Allen Emerson Computer Science ?-present Turing Award for "developing model checking into a highly effective verification technology, widely adopted in the hardware and software industries" Yes [58]
Katherine Freese Physics 2019–present Winner of the 2019 Lilienfeld Prize No [59]
Kristen L. Grauman Computer Science 2007–present Professor; researcher, computer vision and machine learning; elected to UT's Academy of

Distinguished Teachers in 2017

No [60]
David M. Hillis Biology 1987–present 1999 MacArthur Fellow No
Simon S. Lam Computer Science 1977–present Co-inventor of Secure Sockets Layer; ACM Fellow; elected to the National Academy of Engineering No [61]
J Strother Moore Computer Science 1981–1988, 1997–present Co-inventor of the Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm; co-creator of the Nqthm and ACL2 theorem provers; ACM Fellow; elected to the National Academy of Engineering; department chair 2001-2009 No [62]
Nancy A. Moran Integrative Biology 2013–present Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; elected to the National Academy of Sciences; 2010 winner of the International Prize for Biology Yes [63]
Lili Qiu Computer Science 2005–present Elected as an ACM Fellow in 2018 for "contributions to the design and analysis of wireless network protocols and mobile systems", known for her research on wireless networks No [59]
Sahotra Sarkar Integrative Biology 1990–present Specialist in the history and philosophy of science No
E. C. George Sudarshan Theoretical Physics 1969-2018 Glauber–Sudarshan P representation, Lindbladian, Tachyon, Spin–statistics theorem, Quantum Zeno effect No
Karen Uhlenbeck Mathematics 1987-2014 Recipient of the 2019 Abel Prize; held Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in her time at the University of Texas at Austin; in 2000, won the National Medal of Science No [64][65]
Robert van de Geijn Computer Science 1987–present No [66]
Rachel Ward Mathematics 2011–present Received the IMA Prize in Mathematics and Applications in 2016; co-researcher on developing efficient algorithms using limited data Yes [67]
Steven Weinberg Physics 1982–2021 Nobel Laureate, author No [68]

School of Nursing edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference

College of Pharmacy edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference

School of Social Work edit

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference

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Accounting and finance edit

Administration edit

Arts and entertainment edit

Business edit

Education edit

History, archive, and library science edit

Journalism and publishing edit

Law and government edit

Languages and literature edit

Philosophy edit

Science and technology edit

Social sciences edit

See also edit

References edit

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