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 (Re)design
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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Natalie Andreas

Current Fellow
Communication Studies
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Moody College of Communication

Natalie Bidnick Andreas is an assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Communication Studies. Andreas’s teaching focuses on examining digital and AI-enhanced environments with a critical and ethical lens, informed by her private sector experience. Her research focuses on AI implementation within higher education. Specifically, Andreas is interested in how AI applications can shape and enhance assessment within college classrooms and beyond.

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Samy Ayoub

Current Fellow
Middle Eastern Studies
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Experiential Learning
Improving Teaching and Learning
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Julia Campbell

Current Fellow
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
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Moody College of Communication
Initiative Focus
Graduate Student Education
Improving Teaching and Learning
Student Success

Dr. Julia Campbell is a clinical audiologist and auditory neuroscientist who specializes in cortical plasticity in auditory disorders such as hearing loss and tinnitus. She serves as the Audiology Graduate Program Director and Audiology Discipline and Training Coordinator for the ACT LEND program. She currently instructs audiology graduate students in clinical training, pediatric audiology, and medical audiology.
 

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Robert Carroll

Current Fellow
Communication Studies
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Moody College of Communication

Dr. Robert Carroll is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Moody College of Communication. As a member of the Communication Studies department he teaches the 2nd year college-wide Foundation course and an Honors Service Learning and Community Engagement course. Additionally he works as an MBA+ Communication Coach where he leads interactive workshops on storytelling, leadership principles, and authenticity.

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Joe Cutbirth

Current Fellow
Communication Studies
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Moody College of Communication

Dr. Cutbirth is an Assistant professor of instruction whose work focuses on the transdisciplinary practice of communication in leadership. He teaches in Moody College of Communication and the University Bridging Disciplines Program, where his classes examine the role of trust, deception, and hope in narratives used by leaders and about leadership itself. He was a finalist for the 2024 Moody College Teaching Award. His project is designed to examine education culture and student success in the post-COVID era.

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Jules Elkins

Current Fellow
Sustainability Studies
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Collaborative Learning
Interdisciplinary Learning

Dr. Elkins is the Director of Sustainability Studies and Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Geography and the Environment. Dr. Elkins’ research and teaching is in environmental health, and healthy indoor environments. She is particularly interested in low-dose chemical exposures, especially during the period from preconception to early childhood. Her interests focus on how exposures can be practically and cost-effectively reduced or prevented based on evidence-based models of what interventions measurably work.

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Rhonda Evans

Current Fellow
Government
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College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Rhonda Evans is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Government and directs the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies. She received the Harry Ransom Award for Teaching Excellence in 2019 and the Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2022. Her research focuses on an array of legal and political issues and institutions in Australia and New Zealand, such as the Australian Human Rights Commission, New Zealand Supreme Court, efforts to amend Australia’s Constitution, and critical minerals policymaking.

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Elon Lang

Current Fellow
Liberal Arts Honors and Humanities Programs
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Curriculum (Re)design
Faculty Communication
Improving Teaching and Learning
Institutional Resource

Elon Lang is the Associate Director for Faculty Development at the Center for Teaching and Learning, and an Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches a variety of undergraduate literature survey courses on ethical topics, medieval and early modern studies, dramatic literature, and Experiential Learning courses based in archival research.

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Marcelo Paixao

Current Fellow
African and African Diaspora Studies
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College of Liberal Arts

Marcelo Paixão is an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a faculty at the African and African Diaspora Studies Department (AADS), in conjunction with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS). Prof. Marcelo is a Brazilian economist and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology (IUPERJ, Brazil). Before coming to Austin, he has been a Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) for 16 years, the same place where he majored.

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Nina Palmo

Current Fellow
Sociology
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College of Liberal Arts

Nina Palmo is an Associate Professor of Instruction and Associate Director of Student Affairs in the Health & Society program at the College of Liberal Arts. She takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding health and well-being, integrating insights from sociology, demography, economics, and public policy. She strives to design courses that not only offer rich academic experiences, but also equip students with marketable skills, portfolio-building opportunities, and hands-on service learning.