CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
Graduate Study
CHAPTER 2
Admission and
Registration
CHAPTER 3
Degree
Requirements
CHAPTER 4
Fields
of Study
CHAPTER 5
Members of
Graduate Studies
Committees
APPENDIX
Course
Abbreviations
Members of Graduate Studies Committees
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The faculty members listed here were members of Graduate Studies Committees during the spring semester 2002-2003; the titles shown are for that period.
Robert L. Talbert, Professor, SmithKline Centennial Professor in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
BSPhr, Kentucky, 1971; PharmD, 1974
Cynthia M. Talbot, Associate Professor, Center for Asian Studies, Department of Asian Studies, and Department of History
BA, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1975; MA, 1980; PhD, Wisconsin (Madison), 1988
Eric M. Taleff, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSME, MSMatSci, Rice, 1989; MS, Stanford, 1991; PhD, 1994
Hirofumi Tanaka, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
BA, International Martial Arts, 1989; MS, Ball State, 1992; PhD, Tennessee (Knoxville), 1995
James W. Tankard Jr., Professor, Jesse H. Jones Professor in Journalism, School of Journalism
BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1963; MA, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1965; PhD, Stanford, 1970
Huseyin Tanriverdi, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BS, Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, 1989; MS, 1993; MS, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1995; PhD, Boston, 2001
Byron D. Tapley, PE, Professor, Clare Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair in Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BSME, Texas, 1956; MSEM, 1958; PhD, 1960
Al F. Tasch, Professor, Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #4, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSPhy, Texas, 1963; MSPhy, Illinois, 1965; PhD, 1969
John L. Tassoulas, PE, Professor, Phil M. Ferguson Professor in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
BS, Yale, 1977; MSCE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979; PhD, 1981
John T. Tate, Professor, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Mathematics #4, Department of Mathematics
AB, Harvard, 1946; PhD, Princeton, 1950
Robert H. Tatham, Professor, Shell Companies Foundation Centennial Chair in Geophysics, Department of Geological Sciences
BS, California State (Northridge), 1967; MS, Houston, 1970; PhD, Columbia, 1975
Chris Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BD, Florida, 1987; MArch, Harvard, 1990
Douglas Taylor, Assistant Professor, Center for African and African American Studies and Department of English
BA, Queens College, City University of New York, 1994; MA, San Diego State, 1998; PhD, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 2002
Rose A. Taylor, Professor, School of Music
BMusic, Southern California, 1968
Michael J. Telch, Professor, Department of Psychology
BA, Massachusetts (Amherst), 1975; MA, University of the Pacific, 1978; PhD, Stanford, 1982
Mauricio Tenorio, Associate Professor, Department of History
Licenciado, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 1985; MA, Stanford, 1987; PhD, 1990
Delbert Tesar, PE, Professor, The Carol Cockrell Curran Chair in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSME, Nebraska (Lincoln), 1959; MSME, 1960; PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1964
John J. G. Tesmer, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BA, Rice, 1990; PhD, Purdue, 1995
Deborah J. Tharinger, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
BS, New Mexico, 1973; MA, Arizona State, 1975; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1981
Sean Theriault, Assistant Professor, Department of Government
BA, Richmond, 1993; MS, Rochester, 1996; MA, Stanford, 2000; PhD, 2001
Edward C. Theriot, Professor, Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor in Molecular Evolution, Section of Integrative Biology
MS, Louisiana State, 1978; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1983
Delbert D. Thiessen, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology
BA, San Jose State College, 1958; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1962
Michael P. Thomas Jr., Professor, Department of Educational Administration
BA, St. John's, 1953; MS, Wisconsin, 1956; PhD, 1960
Peter Thomas, Professor, Section of Integrative Biology and Department of Marine Science
BS, Hull, 1970; PhD, Leicester, 1977
Shirley E. Thompson, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies
AB, Harvard, 1992; AM, 2000; PhD, 2001
Wesley J. Thompson, Professor, Section of Neurobiology
BS, North Texas State, 1970; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1975
Emerson H. Tiller, Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BA, Indiana, 1984; JD, 1987; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1994
Gayle M. Timmerman, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
BSN, Florida, 1983; MSN, Ohio State, 1986; PhD, 1994
Scott W. Tinker, Professor, Edwin Allday Centennial Chair in Subsurface Geology, Department of Geological Sciences
BS, Trinity, 1982; MS, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1985; PhD, Colorado (Boulder), 1996
Helene Tissieres, Assistant Professor, Department of French and Italian
BFA, Art Center College of Design, 1986; MA, New York, 1993; PhD, 2000
Sheridan Titman, Professor, Walter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial Services, Department of Economics and Department of Finance
BS, Colorado (Boulder), 1975; MS, Carnegie-Mellon, 1978; PhD, 1981
Janice S. Todd, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and Center for Women's Studies
BA, Mercer, 1974; MEd, 1976; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1995
Russell G. Todd, Professor, School of Journalism
BJ, Texas (Austin), 1972; MA, Stanford, 1979; PhD, 1982
Kerem Tomak, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BS, Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, 1992; MA, Bilkent Universitesi, 1994; PhD, Purdue, 1999
Stathis Tompaidis, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BS, Aristoteleion Panepistimion Thessalonikis, 1989; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1994
Carlos Torres-Verdin, Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BSGeophysE, Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Mexico), 1982; MSE, Texas (Austin), 1985
Nur A. Touba, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1990; MS, Stanford, 1991; PhD, 1996
John W. Traphagan, Assistant Professor, Center for Asian Studies and Department of Asian Studies
BA, Massachusetts (Lowell), 1983; MA, Yale, 1986; PhD, Pittsburgh, 1997
P. Uri Treisman, Professor, Department of Mathematics
BA, California (Los Angeles), 1969; MA, California (Berkeley), 1983; PhD, 1985
Stephen J. Trejo, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
BA, Chicago, 1981; MA, 1983; PhD, 1988
Mark W. Tremayne, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
BA, California (Berkeley), 1989; MA, Texas (Austin), 1998; PhD, Wisconsin (Madison), 2002
John Ralston Trimble, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of English and Division of Rhetoric and Composition
BA, Princeton, 1962; MA, California (Berkeley), 1964; PhD, 1971
Peter Trubowitz, Associate Professor, Department of Government
BA, Clark, 1976; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
Thomas M. Truskett, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
BSChE, Texas (Austin), 1996; MA, Princeton, 1998; PhD, 2001
Bion Tsang, Assistant Professor, School of Music
BA, Harvard, 1989; MMusic, Yale, 1991; DMA, 1993
Senyo Y. Tse, Associate Professor, Department of Accounting
BSc, Ghana, 1975; MBA, Stanford, 1978; MA, California (Berkeley), 1981; PhD, 1983; CPA, Florida, 1984
Susan Tsu, Professor, David Bruton Jr. Regents Professor in Fine Arts, Department of Theatre and Dance
BFA, Carnegie-Mellon, 1971; MFA, 1973
Philip W. Tucker, Professor, Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
BA, Texas (Austin), 1966; MA, 1969; PhD, Texas A&M, 1974
Richard L. Tucker, PE, Professor, Joe C. Walter Jr. Chair in Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
BSCE, Texas, 1958; MSCE, 1960; PhD, 1963
Jeffrey K. Tulis, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Department of Government
BA, Bates College, 1972; MA, Brown, 1974; PhD, Chicago, 1982
Alan Tully, Professor, Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor in American History, and The Raymond Dickson, Alton C. Allen, and Dillon Anderson Centennial Professor, Department of History
BA, Queen's (Kingston), 1965; MA, Toronto, 1968; PhD, Johns Hopkins, 1973
Don Turnbull, Assistant Professor, School of Information
BA, Texas (Arlington), 1988; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995; PhD, Toronto, 2003
Jack S. Turner, Associate Professor, Department of Physics
BS, Duke, 1964; PhD, Indiana, 1969
Keith D. Turner, Associate Professor, Department of Special Education
BA, Western Washington State College, 1967; MS, 1968; PhD, Washington (Seattle), 1974
Melinda Turnley, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Division of Rhetoric and Composition
BA, Texas (Austin), 1992; MA, Ohio State (Columbus), 1995; PhD, Purdue, 2001
Michael Tusa, Professor, School of Music
BA, Yale, 1975; MMusic, 1976; MFA, Princeton, 1978; PhD, 1983
Robert Gray Twombly, Associate Professor, Department of English
BA, Amherst College, 1957; MA, Yale, 1959; PhD, 1965
Michael Tye, Professor, Department of Philosophy
BA, Oxford, 1972; PhD, State University of New York (Buffalo), 1975
Ron C. Tyler, Professor, Department of History
BS, Abilene Christian College, 1964; MA, Texas Christian, 1966; PhD, 1968
Takeshi Udagawa, Professor, Department of Physics
Rigakushi, Tokyo Rika Daigaku, 1957; Rigakushushi, Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, 1959; Rigakuhakushi, 1962
Danilo F. Udovicki-Selb, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
DiplIngArh, Univerzitet u Beogradu, 1973; MR, 1975; MA, Boston College, 1979
Karen K. Uhlenbeck, Professor, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Mathematics #3, Department of Mathematics
BS, Michigan, 1964; MA, Brandeis, 1966; PhD, 1968
Jarvis W. Ulbricht, Professor, Department of Art and Art History
BArtEd, Kansas, 1965; MA, 1969; PhD, Iowa, 1976
Debra Umberson, Professor, Department of Sociology
BA, Arkansas (Little Rock), 1980; MSW, 1981; MA, Vanderbilt, 1983; PhD, 1985
Gary N. Underwood, Associate Professor, Department of English
BA, Texas A&M, 1962; MA, 1964; PhD, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1970
Jeffrey D. Vaaler, Professor, Department of Mathematics
BS, Lawrence, 1970; MS, Illinois (Urbana- Champaign), 1971; PhD, 1974
Fred Valdez Jr., Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
BA, Texas (Austin), 1975; MA, Harvard, 1980; PhD, 1987
Richard R. Valencia, Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Center for Mexican American Studies
BA, California (Santa Barbara), 1970; MA, 1972; PhD, 1977
Angela Valenzuela, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Center Mexican American Studies
BA, Angelo State, 1981; MA, Texas (Austin), 1983; MA, Stanford, 1985; PhD, 1990
Jonathan W. Valvano, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977; PhD, 1981
Robert van de Geijn, Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BS, Wisconsin (Madison), 1981; PhD, Maryland (College Park), 1987
David A. Vanden Bout, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, Duke, 1990; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1995
Elizabeth Vandewater, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology
BA, Boston, 1986; MA, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1991; PhD, 1994
Anita L. Vangelisti, Professor, Department of Communication Studies
BA, Washington (Seattle), 1983; MA, 1985; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1989
Herman H. van Olphen, Professor, Center for Asian Studies and Department of Asian Studies
BA, Rice, 1963; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1970
W. C. J. van Rensburg, Professor, J. H. Herring Centennial Professor in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Geological Sciences and Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
BS, Universiteit van Pretoria, 1960; BS(Hons), 1961; MS, 1963; PhD, Wisconsin, 1965
Joao Costa Vargas, Assistant Professor, Center for African and African American Studies and Department of Anthropology
BA, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1989; MA, 1993; MA, California (San Diego) 1994; PhD, 1999
Philip L. Varghese, Professor, Stanley P. Finch Centennial Professor in Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), 1976; MS, Syracuse, 1977; PhD, Stanford, 1983
Sharon Vaughn, Professor, H. E. Hartfelder/The Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Resource Development, Department of Special Education
BS, Missouri (Columbia), 1973; MEd, Arizona, 1976; PhD, 1982
Arnold C. Vento, Associate Professor, Center for Mexican American Studies and Department of Spanish and Portuguese
BA, Texas, 1961; MA, New Mexico Highlands, 1962; PhD, Missouri (Columbia), 1972
James W. Vick, Ashbel Smith Professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Mathematics
BS, Louisiana State (Baton Rouge), 1964; MA, Virginia, 1966; PhD, 1968
Tracy A. Villareal, Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science
BS, Texas A&M, 1978; MS, 1981; PhD, Rhode Island, 1989
Andres Villarreal, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989; MS, 1991; MA, California (San Diego), 1994; PhD, Chicago, 2002
Sofia Villenas, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
BA, California (Los Angeles), 1989; MA, California State (Los Angeles), 1993; PhD, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1996
Harrick M. Vin, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), 1987; MS, Colorado State, 1988; PhD, California (San Diego), 1993
Mikhail M. Vishik, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Kandidat nauk, matematika, Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. M. V. Lomonosova, 1976; PhD, 1980
Kamala Visweswaran, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Center for Asian Studies, and Department of Asian Studies
BA, California (Berkeley), 1984; MA, Stanford, 1987; PhD, 1990
Gary C. Vliet, PE, Professor, W. R. Woolrich Professor in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSChE, Alberta, 1955; MSME, Stanford, 1957; PhD, 1962
Deborah Volker, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
BSN, Columbia, 1977; MA, 1981; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1999
Jose F. Voloch, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Mestrado, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, 1982; PhD, Cambridge, 1985
Members of Graduate Studies Committees
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Contents
Chapter 1 - Graduate Study
Chapter 2 - Admission and Registration
Chapter 3 - Degree Requirements
Chapter 4 - Fields of Study
Chapter 5 - Members of Graduate Studies Committees
Appendix - Course Abbreviations
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