Fellows Directory

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Mike Findley

Michael Findley

Current Fellow
Government
Public Affairs
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College of Liberal Arts
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Initiative Focus
Mentorship
Student Success
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Kristie J Loescher

Current Fellow
Management
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McCombs School of Business
Initiative Focus
Assessment
Student Success

Dr. Loescher is a Professor of Instruction in the Management Department of the McCombs School of Business. Her professional and education background includes recognition as a Senior Certified Professional in human resources, as well as a Doctorate in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University. Prior to her career in academia, she earned a Masters of Public Health from the University of Michigan and worked in the healthcare industry for 15 years in the areas of quality assurance, utilization management, and clinical research.

Peniel Joseph

Peniel Joseph

Current Fellow
Public Affairs
History
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College of Liberal Arts
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Initiative Focus
Mentorship

Peniel Joseph is the First-Year Representative on the 2020 PTF Steering Committee.

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Karen M Landolt

Current Fellow
Computer Science
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College of Natural Sciences
McCombs School of Business
Initiative Focus
Experiential Learning
Peer Education

Karen Landolt is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Business, Government and Society Department and in the Department of Computer Science. She teaches Business Law, Behavioral Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property Law, and Negotiations. Her courses have a service-learning component, allowing students to use real-life problems and tasks to increase cultural awareness, learning, and retention. She previously received a Course-developer Award (2020-2022) from the Provost Experiential-Learning Initiative.

 

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Shelly Rodriguez

Current Fellow
UTeach-Natural Sciences
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Mentorship

Shelly Rodriguez is a Professor of Practice and instructor for the UTeach program in The College of Natural Sciences. She also directs UTeach Maker, a micro-credentialing program that helps preservice teachers bring innovative, project-based maker practices into their STEM classrooms. As a PTF, she is passionate about improving the career experiences of professional faculty at UT Austin.

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Gwendolyn Stovall

Current Fellow
Freshman Research Initiative
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Mentorship
Skill-Building
Student Success

For the last 10+ years, Gwen Stovall has worked as a biochemist and aptamer researcher in the CNS Freshman Research Initiative, where she leads a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) to identify aptamers, understand the underlying mechanisms and parameters of aptamer selections, and investigate aptamer specificity. As an educator, Gwen is committed to student empowerment and success, and seeks to improve student outcomes by mentoring, teaching, challenging, and engaging students.

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Carlos Torres-Verdín

Current Fellow
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
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Cockrell School of Engineering
Initiative Focus
Assessment
Improving Teaching and Learning

Carlos Torres-Verdín received a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Geoscience from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991. During 1991-1997, he held the position of Research Scientist with Schlumberger-Doll Research. From 1997-1999, he was Reservoir Specialist and Technology Champion with YPF (Buenos Aires, Argentina).