Suzanne Barber
AT&T Foundation Endowed Professor in Engineering
Dr. Suzanne Barber is the Director of UT Austin’s Center for Identity. Barber’s current research investigates trusted digital identities, cybersecurity and privacy. She’s an active member of the Software Engineering and Systems area and has invented and commercialized systems engineering lifecycle applications. Barber serves as a Senior Advisor to the Department of Homeland Security.
Eric Bickel
Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering
Eric Bickel is a professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering and Director of the Operations Research and Industrial Engineering graduate program and the Engineering Management program. Eric’s research interests include the theory and practice of decision analysis, or decision-making under uncertainty, and its application in the energy, climate-change, and sports industries.
Kate Calder
Professor, Statistician, Data Scientist
Dr. Catherine (Kate) Calder is a Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences (SDS) in the College of Natural Sciences and currently serves as Department Chair. Calder, along with colleagues in SDS and the Department of Computer Science, launched UT’s Online Master’s of Data Science Program in 2021, which provides affordable, graduate-level training in data science to students from around the world.
Keri Stephens
Professor in Organizational Communication Technology
Keri K. Stephens, Ph.D., is a Professor in Organizational Communication Technology, a Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Co-Director of the Technology and Information Policy Institute in the Moody College of Communication. She also teaches The Art of Business Relationships in the Human Dimensions of Organizations program.
Christine Julien
Associate Dean at Cockrell School of Engineering
Christine Julien has received several awards recognizing her teaching and research efforts, including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a Young Investigator Award from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and a University of Texas Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award.
ROB OSHANA
Vice President of Research and Development at NXP Semiconductors
Rob Oshana is an internationally recognized expert in technology management and has authored numerous publications on software engineering and embedded systems. He has 40+ years of industry experience and serves as an adjunct professor of Engineering Management at the Cockrell School, Senior Member of IEEE.
Bryn Poland
Licensed Lawyer in Texas and Kansas
Bryn Poland, Esq. is licensed to practice law in Texas and Kansas. She focuses her practice on estate planning, special needs trust planning and administration, Medicaid planning, and qualified settlement funds, and she is a frequent speaker on these topics at continuing education conferences for attorneys and trust officers.
Elizabeth Richmond-Garza
Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Comparative Literature
Elizabeth Richmond-Garza is UT Regents’ and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of English and Director of the Program in Comparative Literature at UT Austin. She holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley, Oxford University and Columbia University and has held both Mellon and Fulbright Fellowships.
Jeremi Suri
Professor, Author, Podcast Host
Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at UT Austin. He is a professor in both the Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Dr. Suri writes for major newspapers and magazines, is a popular public lecturer and hosts the podcast This Is Democracy.
