Graduate Catalog | 2005-2007

5. Members of Graduate Studies Committees

The faculty members and research scientists listed here were members of Graduate Studies Committees during the spring semester 2004-2005; the titles shown are for that period.

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Robert L. Talbert, Professor, SmithKline Centennial Professor in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
      BSPhr, Kentucky, 1971; PharmD, 1974

Cynthia M. Talbot, Associate Professor, 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

Huseyin Tanriverdi, Assistant Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management
      BS, Orta Dogu Teknik ueniversitesi, 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

John L. Tassoulas, PE, Professor, Phil M. Ferguson Professor in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental 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

Margaret A. Taylor, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
      BSN, Northern Illinois, 1969; MSN, Texas (Austin), 1975; PhD, 1999

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

Frenkel Ter Hofstede, Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
      MS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 1994; PhD, Wageningen Universiteit, 1999

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

Paul C. Tetlock, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
      BS, Harvey Mudd College, 1999; PhD, Harvard, 2004

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

Michael P. Thomas Jr., Professor, Department of Educational Administration
      BA, St. John's, 1953; MS, Wisconsin, 1956; PhD, 1960

Peter Thomas, Professor, H-E-B Endowed Chair in Marine Science, Section of Integrative Biology and Department of Marine Science
      BS, Hull, 1970; PhD, Leicester, 1977

Shirley E. Thompson, Assistant Professor, Center for African and African American Studies and 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

Ming Tian, Assistant Professor, Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
      BS, Peking, 1987; PhD, Harvard, 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, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and Center for Women's and Gender 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 Information, Risk, and Operations Management
      BS, Orta Dogu Teknik ueniversitesi, 1992; MA, Bilkent ueniversitesi, 1994; PhD, Purdue, 1999

Stathis Tompaidis, Assistant Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management
      BS, Aristoteleion Panepistimion Thessalonikis, 1989; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1994

Carlos Torres-Verdin, Associate 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, 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

Yen-Hsi Tsai, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
      BS, National Taiwan University, 1995; MA, California (Los Angeles), 1999; PhD, 2002

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

Maxim Tsoi, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
      BS, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1993; MS, 1995; PhD, Universitaet Konstanz, 1998

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

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, 2002

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

Michael Tusa, Professor, School of Music
      BA, Yale, 1975; MMusic, 1976; MFA, Princeton, 1978; PhD, 1983

Ann Twinam, Professor, Department of History
      BA, Northern Illinois, 1968; PhM, Yale, 1972; PhD, 1976

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; MA, State University of New York (Buffalo), 1974; PhD, 1975

Ron C. Tyler, Professor, Department of History
      BS, Abilene Christian College, 1964; MA, Texas Christian, 1966; PhD, 1968

Kathleen Tyner, Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film and Center for Women's and Gender Studies
      BS, Ball State, 1973; MA, San Francisco State, 1986

Takeshi Udagawa, Professor, Department of Physics
      Rigakushi, Tokyo Rika Daigaku, 1957; Rigakushushi, Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, 1959; Rigakuha-kushi, 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 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, Associate 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, 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

Alexis F. Vasseur, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
      AM, Ecole Normale Superieure, 1995; PhD, Universite de Jussieu, 1999

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

Arnoldo 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), 1990; MA, California State (Los Angeles), 1993; PhD, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1996

Harrick M. Vin, 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

Sriram Vishwanath, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      BTech, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), 1998; MS, California Institute of Technology, 1999; PhD, Stanford, 2003

Kamala Visweswaran, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology 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

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