The University of Texas at Austin
Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program

Graduate Harrington Fellows Program

CURRENT DOCTORAL FELLOWS - 2009-2010

Mark Bayer

Mark Bayer

Business Administration

from Washington University

UT Austin: Department of Management

 

Mark Bayer is interested in various topics within organizational behavior and organization theory and design, including trust in the workplace, knowledge transfer and preservation within groups, leadership authenticity, procedural fairness, and group and organizational decision-making.

Solaman Cooperson

Solaman Cooperson

Communication Sciences and Disorders

from Pennsylvania State University

UT Austin: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

 

Solaman Cooperson is researching the development of speech and language in bilingual children with an emphasis on Spanish-English bilingualism. Specifically, he is interested in patterns of development among bilingual children that may enable one to better distinguish speech and language disorders from differences in speech and language development attributable to bilingual experience.

Jonathan Cox

Jonathan G. Cox

Ecology and Organismal Biology

from Indiana State University

UT Austin: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

 

John Cox studies the manner in which different evolutionary histories can influence contemporary ecological patterns. Currently, he is exploring the consequences for vulnerability to biological perturbation that different degrees of historical, ecosystem-specific heterogeneity in predation risk may have.

Nicholas Crain

Nicholas G. Crain

Economic Sciences

from Carnegie Mellon and Washington State University

UT Austin: Department of Finance

 

Nicholas Crain is interested in the way institutional and individual investors form return and risk beliefs based on signals relayed in public information.

Richard Davis

Richard Davis

Philosophy

from Duke University

UT Austin: Department of Philosophy

 

Richard Davis works at the intersection of theology, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. He hopes to develop an integrated a priori account to address the central questions in these disciplines.

Christopher Heaney

Christopher Heaney

Latin American Studies

from Yale University

UT Austin: Department of History

 

Christopher Heaney studies the history of exploration as it relates to race, nationalism and imperialism in the Americas. He is interested in how countries like Peru, Colombia and the United States have conflicted over the politics of studying pre-Columbian monuments like Machu Picchu, and indigenous peoples in the Amazon.

Brian Muzas

Brian Muzás

Theology; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

from Seton Hall University; Princeton

UT Austin: LBJ School of Public Affairs

 

Rev. Brian Keenan Muzás is interested in international public policy concerning the technical issues, ethical considerations, and security questions surrounding nuclear weapons and missile defense systems. He is interested in how the structures, commitments, and practices of science and technology affect peace, security, political discourse, and human values.

Steven Parker

Steven Parker

Music

from Rice University

UT Austin: Butler School of Music

 

Steve Parker is interested in expanding the boundaries of live music performance. He plans to explore the combination of trombone with electronics and video and to collaborate with composers, filmmakers and dancers. He will also examine the way that mathematics and music intersect through the study of transformational theory and artificial neural networks.

Amy Smith

Amy Smith

Chemistry

from College of Charleston

UT Austin: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

Amy Smith is interested in studying the interface between chemistry and biochemistry. She wants to use the different areas of chemistry - organic, inorganic, and physical - in order to understand the intricate details of how enzymes and organisms function.

James Smith

James W. Smith

Accounting

from University of Saskatchewan

UT Austin: Department of Accounting

 

James Smith is interested in how the decisions and judgments of individuals influence accounting practices. he seeks to use psychology theory to better understand financial reporting and auditor assessments.


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