Michael Newell, PhD
December 1, 2025Michael Newell, PhD is a Professor of Instruction and Assistant Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies at UT San Antonio. He has taught extensively in the areas of international security and security policies. Newell’s research has appeared in several journals, including Security Dialogue, European Journal of International Relations, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Global Constitutionalism, […]
Thomas Ervin
June 17, 2025Thomas Ervin is an Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cybersecurity at UT San Antonio. He brings over 25 years of experience in cyber forensics supporting federal law enforcement agencies with criminal and national security investigations. Ervin teaches courses in digital forensics and malware analysis, sharing real-world knowledge drawn from decades in the field. […]
Neil Debbage, PhD
June 9, 2025Neil Debbage, PhD is an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at UT San Antonio. He teaches courses in weather and climate, physical geography, and geographic information systems (GIS). He also advises the UTSA chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), an international geographical honor society. Debbage’s recent work investigates the impact of cool pavement […]
Rebecca Schroeder, PhD
April 17, 2025Rebecca Schroeder, PhD is the Associate Dean of University College at UT San Antonio, where she also serves as an educator in Academic Introduction and Strategies (AIS), Multidisciplinary Studies, and Data Science. She teaches across disciplines, including Introduction to Data Science and Data Science for All, and is known for her interdisciplinary and student-centered approach. […]
Patricia Sánchez, PhD
January 31, 2025Patricia Sánchez, PhD is Professor and Chair of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at UT San Antonio. She is a recipient of the 2017 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. Before becoming an academic, she was a second-grade bilingual teacher. One of her current research areas focuses on bilingual teacher preparation. Dr. Sánchez, a first-generation college student, earned her BA […]
Bilal Siddiqui, PhD
October 8, 2024Bilal Siddiqui, PhD oversees the Graduate Certificate in Data Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Here, he teaches Machine Learning and Data Science courses, promoting active learning. His research focus is parameter efficient neural nets, and his dissertation presented novel techniques for parameter reduction in neural networks. Siddiqui holds a Bachelor of […]
Dave Riker
July 8, 2024Dave Riker has more than 40 years of experience in engineering, facilities management, and construction. He served as the Senior Facilities Officer (SFO) for The University of Texas at San Antonio for fourteen years. He then accepted the challenge of building an online facility management graduate certificate and master’s degree program, where he now teaches. […]
Karen Daas, PhD
June 14, 2024Karen L. Daas, PhD is the Program Director for Multidisciplinary Studies and Academic Introduction and Strategies as well as an Associate Professor of Communication at UT San Antonio. She uses qualitative and critical methods to examine communication and its intersections with identity and popular culture. Daas received her BA in Communication Studies from Gustavus Adolphus […]
Sandeep Langar, PhD
April 17, 2024Sandeep Langar, PhD is the Graduate Advisor of Record (GAR) and Program Chair for the Facility Management program at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management at UT San Antonio. Langar’s primary research interests lie in the core […]
Chad Mahood, PhD
March 27, 2024Chad Mahood, PhD is an Associate Professor of Communication at UT San Antonio. His teaching focuses on new media technologies, media effects, research methods and statistics, and communication theory. Prior to UT San Antonio, Dr. Mahood spent time at The Ohio State University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Penn State. He has […]
Elmar Bergeler, PhD
February 21, 2024Elmar Bergeler, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Data Science at the University College at The University of Texas at San Antonio. His specialty is visualizations of data using Python. He studied physics and math at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. In 2009, he received his PhD in physics at the Technische Universität […]