Fellows Directory

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Amelia Acker

Current Fellow
Information
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School of Information
Initiative Focus
Collaborative Learning
Inclusive Teaching and Learning

Amelia Acker is an associate professor in the School of Information where she directs the Critical Data Studies Lab. Amelia researches people who build and maintain archives, data technologies, and information infrastructure. Amelia's PTF project is SCiSCHOOL, a science fiction book club that brings graduate students together to discuss the ethics and social impacts of near and future information technologies in our daily lives.

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Samy Ayoub

Current Fellow
Middle Eastern Studies
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College of Liberal Arts
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Tanya Clement

Current Fellow
English
Information
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College of Liberal Arts
School of Information
Initiative Focus
Digital Humanities
Inclusive Teaching and Learning

Tanya E Clement is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary areas of research are textual studies, sound studies, and infrastructure studies as these concerns impact academic research, research libraries, and the creation of research tools and resources in Digital Humanities (DH).

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Michael Findley

Current Fellow
Government
Public Affairs
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College of Liberal Arts
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Initiative Focus
Mentorship
Student Success
Peniel Joseph

Peniel Joseph

Current Fellow
Public Affairs
History
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College of Liberal Arts
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Initiative Focus
Mentorship

Peniel Joseph is the First-Year Representative on the 2020 PTF Steering Committee.

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Julia Mickenberg

Current Fellow
American Studies
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Curriculum Redesign
Skill-Building

Julia Mickenberg is Professor of American Studies and an affiliate in the Center for Women and Gender Studies, the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. She is the author of American Girls in Red Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream (Chicago, 2017) and Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics (Oxford, 2006) and editor or co-editor of several other books, along with articles in journals ranging from the Journal of American History to Radical Teacher.

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Marcelo Paixao

Current Fellow
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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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Pauline Strong

Current Fellow
Anthropology
Humanities Institute
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Collaborative Learning
Inclusive Teaching and Learning

Dr. Pauline Strong is a Professor of Anthropology and served as director of the Humanities Institute and its Difficult Dialogues Program from 2009 until 2022. She is also affiliated with American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Human Dimensions of Organizations. Her research focuses on representations and self-representations of indigenous people in the US, and her teaching areas include cultural anthropology, feminist anthropology, culture and health, museum studies, youth organizations, and indigenous cultures and histories.