Fellows Directory

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Marina Alexandrova

Current Fellow
Slavic and Eurasian Studies
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Curriculum Redesign
Student Success
Student Wellbeing

Dr. Alexandrova teaches a variety of courses on Russian history, culture, and language. Her current research interests include international modernism and avant-garde, Russian radical and revolutionary movements, spirituality in Imperial Russia, and, most recently, cultural and spiritual ties between Russia and the United States. Her Signature Course, UGS 303 "Tsars and Mystics," examines (un)Orthodox spiritual practices of Russian rulers from Ivan the Terrible to Nicholas II.

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Tasha Beretvas

Alumni
Educational Psychology
Faculty Affairs
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College of Education
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Initiative Focus
Assessment

Tasha Beretvas is a professor in the Quantitative Methods program in the Department of Educational Psychology. She joined UT's faculty in 2000. Beretvas has served as the Quantitative Methods program chair and the College of Education's Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. She is currently the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. She is also a member of the board of directors for the college's Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and a faculty associate of UT's Population Research Center.

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Keith Brown

Alumni
Finance
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McCombs School of Business
Initiative Focus
Peer Evaluation of Teaching

Project Title: Peer Evaluation of Teaching: Policy and Process 

 

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Natalie Czimskey

Current Fellow
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
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Moody College of Communication
Initiative Focus
Student Success
Student Wellbeing

Natalie Czimskey, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at The University of Texas where she earned all three of her degrees. She began teaching as a doctoral student in 2012 and continued teaching part time until completing her Ph.D. in 2019 when she joined the faculty full-time.  Her primary research area is adult neurogenic disorders with a special interest in traumatic brain injury, though her passion is teaching; she has taught 9 different courses in the past 2 years.

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Jen Ebbeler

Alumni
Classics
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Online and Blended Learning

Project Title: Identifying Successful Learning Strategies in Online and Blended Classrooms 

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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.

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Tolga Ozyurtcu

Current Fellow
Kinesiology and Health Education
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College of Education
Initiative Focus
Improving Teaching and Learning
Student Wellbeing

Tolga Ozyurtcu is a faculty member in Sport Management and Physical Culture and Sport Studies, in the department of Kinesiology and Health Education. He also serves as the department's Undergraduate Coordinator. He holds a PhD and MSc in Kinesiology from UT Austin and a B.A. in Political Science from Haverford College. Ozyurtcu teaches courses on the business and culture of sports and exercise, including topics such as organizational behavior, history, philosophy, and ethics.

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Dixie Stanforth

PTF Emeritus
Kinesiology and Health Education
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College of Education
Initiative Focus
Experiential Learning
Student Wellbeing

Dixie has been teaching in Undergraduate program in Kinesiology & Health Education since 1985. She has developed a successful curriculum for pre-allied health professionals within KHE, providing both theoretical content and practical experiences in a number of Specializations. She is a spokesperson for the American Council on Exercise, and serves on the Editorial Board for the ACSM Health & Fitness Journal. She has been a fitness editor for Shape magazine and a 5-star speaker for IDEA, presenting extensively at both national and international conferences.

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Nina Telang

Alumni
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Cockrell School of Engineering
Initiative Focus
Student Success
Student Wellbeing

Nina Telang is a Professor of Instruction in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and a Kilby Faculty Fellow. She is passionate about student success and well-being and has implemented student success programs in her first and second-year courses.

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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).

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David Vanden Bout

Alumni
Chemistry
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Online and Blended Learning

Project Title: Data Drive Course Design: Differentiation of Chemistry Concept Retention between Standard and Hybrid Courses.