UT Austin
Graduate Catalog
1999-2001



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
 

Chapter 5: Graduate Studies Committee

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 1998-1999; the titles shown are for that period.

Toshiki Tajima, Professor, Department of Physics
BS, Tokyo Daigaku, 1971; MS, 1973; PhD, California (Irvine), 1975

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

Cynthia M. Talbot, Assistant 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, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSME, MSMatSci, Rice, 1989; MS, Stanford, 1991; PhD, 1994

Francesca Talenti, Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film
BA, Brown, 1985; MFA, Southern California, 1988

James W. Tankard Jr., Professor, Jesse H. Jones Professor in Journalism, Department of Journalism
BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1963; MA, North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1965; PhD, Stanford, 1970

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

Melbourne Tapper, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
BA, Lehman College, 1974; MA, Washington (Seattle), 1980; PhD, Connecticut, 1990

Valerie Tardif, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BS, McGill, 1987; MMath, Waterloo, 1989; PhD, Northwestern, 1994

Al F. Tasch, Professor, Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering (No. 4), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BSPhy, Texas, 1963; MSPhy, Illinois, 1965; PhD, 1969

John L. Tassoulas, PE, Professor, 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 (No. 4), Department of Mathematics
AB, Harvard, 1946; PhD, Princeton, 1950

Lance E. Tatum, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Harwell Hamilton Harris Regents Professor in Architecture, School of Architecture
BArch, Texas (Austin), 1967; MArch, Rice, 1973; Architect; Member, AIA

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, Assistant 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

Deborah J. Tharinger, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
BS, New Mexico, 1973; MA, Arizona State, 1975; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1981

Marye C. Tharp, Associate Professor, Department of Advertising
BA, Texas (Austin), 1967; BBA, 1970; MBA, 1973; PhD, 1976

Edward C. Theriot, Professor, Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor in Molecular Evolution, Department of Botany
MS, Louisiana State, 1978; PhD, Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1983

Delbert D. Thiessen, Professor, 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, Department of Marine Science and Department of Zoology
BS, Hull, 1970; PhD, Leicester, 1977

Guy A. Thompson Jr., Professor, Department of Botany
BS, Mississippi State, 1953; PhD, California Institute of Technology, 1959

James C. Thompson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics
BA, Texas Christian, 1952; MA, Rice Institute, 1954; PhD, 1956

Wesley J. Thompson, Professor, Department of Zoology
BS, North Texas State, 1970; PhD, California (Berkeley), 1975

R. Joe Thornhill, PE, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSME, Texas (Austin), 1972; MSE, Stanford, 1973; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1980

Emerson H. Tiller II, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Science and Information Systems
BA, Indiana, 1984; JD, 1987; PhD, California (Berkeley) 1994

Gayle M. Timmerman, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
BSN, Florida, 1983; MSN, Ohio State, 1986; PhD, 1994

Devanath Tirupati, Associate Professor, Department of Management
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), 1971; PGDM, Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta), 1976; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987

Sheridan Titman, Professor, Department of Finance
BS, Colorado (Boulder), 1975; MS, Carnegie-Mellon, 1978; PhD, 1981

Jan S. Todd, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
BA, Mercer, 1974; MEd, 1976; PhD, Texas (Austin), 1995

Russell G. Todd, Professor, G. B. Dealey Regents Professor in Journalism, Department of Journalism
BJ, Texas (Austin), 1972; MA, Stanford, 1979; PhD, 1982

Klaus Bjerre Toft, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
Cand.oecon., Aarhus Universitet, 1989; MS, California (Berkeley), 1992; PhD, 1994

Kenneth W. Tolo, Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
BA, Concordia College, 1962; MA, Nebraska (Lincoln), 1964; PhD, 1968

Silvia Tomaskova, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
BA, McGill, 1986; MA, Yale, 1988; MA, California (Berkeley), 1990; PhD, 1995

Nur A. Touba, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1990; MS, Stanford, 1991; PhD, 1996

Isaac Trachtenberg, Professor, Paul D. and Betty Robertson Meek Centennial Professor in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
BA, Rice Institute, 1950; MS, Louisiana State, 1952; PhD, 1957

P. Uri Treisman, Professor, Department of Mathematics
BA, California (Los Angeles), 1969; MA, California (Berkeley), 1983; PhD, 1985

Benigno L. Trigo, Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
BA, Amherst College, 1984; MA, PhM, Yale, 1989; PhD, 1992

John Ralston Trimble, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of English and Division of Rhetoric and Composition
BA, Princeton, 1962; MA, California (Berkeley), 1964; PhD, 1971

Pamela J. Trotter, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology
BS, Pacific Lutheran, 1986; PhD, Harvard, 1992

Peter Trubowitz, Associate Professor, Department of Government
BA, Clark, 1976; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986

Henry T. Trueba, Professor, Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor in Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
BA, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, 1959; MA, Instituto Libre de Filosofia y Letras, 1954; MA, Woodstock College, 1964; MA, Stanford, 1966; PhD, Pittsburgh (Main Campus), 1970

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

Elizabeth Tucker, Assistant Professor, Department of Advertising
BA, Michigan State, 1984; MA, 1990; PhD, 1994

Philip W. Tucker, Professor, Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair, Department of 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

Billie Lee Turner, Professor, Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor in Systematic Botany and the Blake Collection, Department of Botany
BS, Sul Ross State College, 1949; MS, Southern Methodist, 1950; PhD, State College of Washington, 1953

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, Associate 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

Noel Tyler, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
BSGeo, University of the Witwatersrand, 1975; BSGeo(Hons), 1976; MSGeo, 1978; PhD, Colorado State, 1981

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

Antonio Ugalde, Professor, Department of Sociology
MA, Stanford, 1964; PhD, 1969

Karen K. Uhlenbeck, Professor, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Mathematics (No. 3), Department of Mathematics
BS, Michigan, 1964; MA, Brandeis, 1966; PhD, 1968

Jarvis W. Ulbricht, Associate 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, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Center for Mexican American Studies
BA, California (Santa Barbara), 1970; MA, 1972; PhD, 1977

Jonathan W. Valvano, Professor, Biomedical Engineering Program and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
BS, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977; PhD, 1981

Robert van de Geijn, Associate 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, Associate 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

Dorothy Van Soest, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
BA, North Park College, 1964; MSW, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1975; DSW, Catholic University of America, 1994

Jose Luis Varela, Professor, Peter T. Flawn Centennial Professor in Spanish Language and Literature, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Licenciado, Universidad de Madrid, 1946; Doctorado, 1947; PhD, Universitaet zu Koeln, 1956

Philip L. Varghese, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), 1976; MS, Syracuse, 1977; PhD, Stanford, 1983

Sharon L. Vasquez, Professor, Susan Menefee Ragan Regents Professor in Fine Arts, Department of Theatre and Dance
BFA, Florida State, 1974; MFA, 1976

Sharon Vaughn, Professor, Mollie Villeret Davis Professor in Learning Disabilities, Department of Special Education
BS, Missouri (Columbia), 1973; MEd, Arizona, 1976; PhD, 1982

Igor Vaysman, Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting
BS, Trinity, 1986; PhD, Stanford, 1993

John W. Velz, Professor Emeritus, Department of English
BA, Michigan, 1953; MA, 1954; PhD, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul), 1963

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

D. Andrew Vernooy, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
BSE, Princeton, 1970; MArch, Texas (Austin), 1978; Architect; Member, AIA

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, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Science
BS, Texas A&M, 1978; MS, 1981; PhD, Rhode Island, 1989

Harrick M. Vin, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciences
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), 1987; MS, Colorado State, 1988; PhD, California (San Diego), 1993

Mikhail M. Vishik, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Kandidat nauk, matematika, Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. M. V. Lomonosova, 1976; PhD, 1980

Ethan T. Vishniac, Adjunct Professor, Department of Astronomy
BA, BS, Rochester, 1976; PhD, Harvard, 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

Peter D. Vize, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology
BS, Monash, 1982; PhD, Adelaide, 1987

Gary C. Vliet, PE, Professor, W. R. Woolrich Professor in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
BSChE, Alberta, 1955; MSME, Stanford, 1957; PhD, 1962

Jose F. Voloch, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Mestrado, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, 1982; PhD, Cambridge, 1985

Penny M. Von Eschen, Assistant Professor, Department of History
BA, Northwestern, 1982; MA, Columbia, 1987; PhD, 1994



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