Thomas Ervin
June 17, 2025Thomas Ervin is an Assistant Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security at UTSA. 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. He […]
Neil Debbage, Ph.D.
June 9, 2025Neil Debbage, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at UTSA. 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. Dr. Debbage’s recent work investigates the impact of cool pavement on […]
Rebecca Schroeder, Ph.D.
April 17, 2025Rebecca Schroeder, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean of University College at UTSA, 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. A recipient […]
Patricia Sánchez, Ph.D.
January 31, 2025Patricia Sánchez, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at UTSA. 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 B.A. in English […]
Bilal Siddiqui, Ph.D.
October 8, 2024Bilal Siddiqui, Ph.D. oversees the Graduate Certificate in Data Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). 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 […]
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, before accepting the challenge of building an online facility management graduate certificate and master’s degree program. Before coming to UT-San Antonio, […]
Karen Daas, Ph.D.
June 14, 2024Karen L. Daas, Ph.D. is the Program Director for Multidisciplinary Studies and Academic Introduction and Strategies as well as an Associate Professor of Communication at UTSA. She uses qualitative and critical methods to examine communication and its intersections with identity and popular culture. Daas received her B.A. in Communication Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in […]
Sandeep Langar, Ph.D.
April 17, 2024Sandeep Langar, Ph.D. is the Graduate Advisor of Record (GAR) and Program Chair for the Facility Management program at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management at UTSA. Dr. Langar’s primary research interests lie in the core […]
Chad Mahood, Ph.D.
March 27, 2024Chad Mahood, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Communication at UTSA. His teaching focuses on new media technologies, media effects, research methods and statistics, and communication theory. Prior to UTSA, Dr. Mahood spent time at The Ohio State University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Penn State. He has a B.A. in Advertising/Public […]
Elmar Bergeler, Ph.D.
February 21, 2024Elmar Bergeler, Ph.D. 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 Ph.D. in physics at the Technische Universität […]
Melissa Hernandez, D.S.W.
December 18, 2023Melissa Hernandez, D.S.W is the Associate Dean of Students-Wellbeing at UTSA. She has served the Roadrunners in several different roles for more than 20 years, focusing on categories such as behavioral intervention, postvention, suicide prevention, sexual violence prevention, and health and mental health equity. She has a Master of Science in Social Work from the […]