Meet Our Team

Kayunta Johnson-Winters, Ph.D.

Primary Investigator, UTA

Associate Professor 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
The University of Texas at Arlington

Subhrangsu Mandal, Ph.D.

Co-Primary Investigator, UTA

Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
The University of Texas at Arlington

James Grover, Ph.D.

Co-Primary Investigator, UTA

Professor and Dean of the Graduate School 
Department of Biology 

Benjamin Flores, Ph.D. 

Primary Investigator, UTEP

Professor and UT System LSAMP Director
Electrical and Computer Engineering 
The University of Texas at El Paso

Stephen Crites, Ph.D. 

Co-Primary Investigator, UTEP

Professor, Dean of the Graduate School, and Associate Provost
Psychology 
The University of Texas at El Paso

Zachary Tonzitech, Ph.D. 

Primary Investigator, UTSA

Associate Professor 
Department of Chemistry 
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Ambika Mathur, Ph.D.

Co-Primary Investigator, UTSA

Senior Vice Provost for Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies and Graduate Dean 
Distinguished Professor 
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Ciearra Smith, Ph.D. 

Interim Associate Director
The University of Texas at Arlington 

Edwina Barvosa, Ph.D. 

Professor in Applied Social and Political Theory  
Department of Feminist Studies Affiliate Faculty in Departments of Political Science and Chicana/o Studies  
University of California, Santa Barbara  

Charles R. Boehmer, Ph.D. 

Co-Primary Investigator, UTEP

Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty, College of Liberal Arts 
Director, Intelligence and National Security Studies 
Kruszewski Family Endowed Professor 
UTEP Distinguished Teaching Professor 
Professor of Political Science 
The University of Texas at El Paso

Maria R. Medrano Guillén, Ph.D. 

Director of Special Projects
Graduate School
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Dessaray Gorbett, Ph.D. 

Senior Researcher 
UT System LSAMP
The University of Texas at El Paso

Pamela Leggett-Robinson, Ph.D. 

CEO 
PLR Consulting Services 
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Ann Cavallo, Ph.D. 

Assistant Vice Provost 
Professor 
Curriculum and Instruction 
The University of Texas at Arlington

Andrew Clark, Ph.D.

Professor 
Department of Communication 
Associate Director of CRTLE 
Office of Provost 
The University of Texas at Arlington

Dustin Harp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Communication
The University of Texas at Arlington

Jin Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
The University of Texas at Arlington

Mark J.T. Smith, Ph.D. 

Retired Dean of the Graduate School
Retired Senior Vice Provost of Academic Affairs 
University of Texas at Austin

Michael Cunningham, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Psychology
Africana Studies
Tulane University

Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell, Ph.D.   

Gateway to Belonging at OU, Academic Director and   
Professor of Psychology
University of Oklahoma 

Karen L. Butler-Purry, PhD, P.E., FIEEE

Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University

Jessica Bennett, Ph.D.

Assistant Vice President, STEM Education
Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities

Jean Andino, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Director, Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (a National Science Foundation  Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation project)

Deputy Director, Southwest Integrated Field Laboratory (a Department of Energy project)