UTEP Welcomes New Faculty Members for 2024-25 Academic Year
The University of Texas at El Paso welcomed a new cohort of tenured, tenure-track, and instructional faculty members to begin the 2024-25 academic year. The new faculty members come to UTEP with a breadth of expertise that ranges from science, health sciences, pharmacy, and the performing arts to humanities, education, engineering, social sciences, and business.
Along with their expertise and wealth of knowledge, the newest members of the UTEP faculty bring an unbridled excitement as they join the University and form part of its mission.
“I am excited and honored to be part of the UTEP family,” said Pedro Cortes, Ph.D., a professor of metallurgical, materials and biomedical engineering in the college of engineering. “I am joining UTEP because of its excellence in education and scholarship. I look forward to supporting the advanced manufacturing initiatives to further grow UTEP's leadership in this field.”
The cohort includes two new department chairs: Hind Al-Abadleh, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences; and Kendal Hirschi, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences. Al-Abadleh comes to UTEP from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada where she was a professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department. Hirschi comes to UTEP from the Baylor College of Medicine where he was a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and focused on the nutritional improvement of agriculturally important crops.
“It has been great to welcome a new cohort of exceptional faculty who embody UTEP’s mission of providing access to an excellent education and producing research that improves people’s lives,” said John Wiebe, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs. “At the heart of our university is a strong faculty dedicated to providing students with a transformative education; we look forward to seeing how this new cohort impacts the lives of their students.”
Read more about the faculty members’ expertise at https://www.utep.edu/provost/faculty/new-faculty-profiles-2024-2025.html. The new tenured, tenure-track, and instructional faculty members include:
- Hind A. Al-Abadleh, Ph.D., chair and professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
- Brianna Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of English
- Christiana Antwi-Obimpeh, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Accounting and Information Systems
- Tessa Arsenault, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Counseling and Special Education
- Elisabeth Baker Martinez, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Latin-US and Linguistics
- Martín Balmaceda, MFA, assistant professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
- William Campillo Terrazas, PharmD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Sciences
- Jorge Manrique Castro, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Steven L. Christian, MS, adjunct faculty, Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies
- Hyeran Chung, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Economics and Finance
- Pedro Cortes, Ph.D., professor, Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering
- Dejana Čučak, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Sriswaroop Dasari, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering
- Nicole Dominguez Davis, clinical assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Sciences
- Erin Doran, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Foundations
- Daniel Dosal-Terminel, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Counseling and Special Education
- Kenneth Duru, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Anna Eiring, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Cynthia Esparza, MFA, visiting assistant professor, Department of Theatre and Dance
- Rodolfo J. Flores, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Psychology
- Jorge Luis Galeano Niño, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Claudia Gomez, Ph.D., associate professor of instruction, Department of Marketing, Management and Supply Chain
- Steven Gragg, MBA, assistant professor of practice, Department of Economics and Finance
- Mafer Guglielmina, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Music
- Arnold Gutierrez, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Psychology
- Rene Gutierrez, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Esther Han, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
- Kendal D. Hirschi, Ph.D., chair and professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Chad Hoyer, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Md Nawshad Arslan Islam, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Md Fhokrul Islam, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physics
- Anantaa Kotal, Ph.D. assistant professor, Department of Computer Science
- Piyush Kumar, Ph.D. assistant professor of instruction, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Euipyo Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Political Science; Department of Communications
- Peng Li, Ph.D. visiting assistant professor, Department of Marketing, Management and Supply Chain
- James Lockhart, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies
- Amit Mahimkar, MBA, lecturer, Department of Marketing, Management and Supply Chain
- Bibiana Mancera, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Jennifer Mansour, MA, lecturer, Department of Chicano Studies, Languages, and Linguistics
- Ana Martinez, Ph.D., assistant professor of research, Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering
- Alexis Maurel, Ph.D., assistant professor of research, Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering
- Arleen Y. Mendez, MA, lecturer, Department of Teacher Education
- Miguel A. Montoya, Ph.D., assistant professor of research, Department of Civil Engineering
- Goran Pavlov, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Psychology
- Mohammed Saidur Rahman, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Computer Science
- Nichole Ramirez, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Engineering Education and Leadership
- Enrique Ramos, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Priyanka Rana, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Movement Sciences
- Carmen Rocha, Ph.D., assistant professor of research, Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering
- Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
- Jacqueline L. Salinas, MA, Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies
- Joshua Savala, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of History
- Siddeeq M. Shabazz, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor, Department of Marketing, Management and Supply Chain
- Haitao Shang, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
- Md Maruf Hossain Shuvo, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Samuel Singleton, DPT, clinical assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Movement Sciences
- Hongyu Sun, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences
- Elisabet Takehana, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of English
- Sajedul Talukder, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Computer Science
- Manuel Urias, MBA, assistant professor of practice, Department of Economics and Finance
- Prithu Vatsa, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department Economics and Finance
- Oscar Contreras Velasco, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
- Kyle Wiley, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
- Cynthia Wittenburg, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Public Health
- Claudia Yagel, OTD, clinical assistant professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
- Sungmin Youn, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering
- Feng Yu, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Weidong Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies
Last Updated on August 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM | Originally published August 26, 2024
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