Partnering with THRC provides researchers with support and tools to conduct collaborative research, amplify their research agenda, and work with a team dedicated to translating, promoting, and disseminating their work to the communities that need it.
Faculty Fellow Program
Our Faculty Fellows Program supports an interdisciplinary cohort of Texas State faculty whose research informs our understanding of health and economic resilience in Texas. The Faculty Fellow Program offers researchers from diverse disciplines the opportunity to contribute to an emerging body of knowledge that situates health, economic health, and resilience as core features of healthy communities.
The THRC Faculty Fellows Program is central to our Community Health and Economic Resilience Research Center of Excellence. The program supports research to improve health and resilience from every angle, including personal health and well-being, infrastructure and environment, STEM & healthcare workforce development, digital healthcare transformation, and emergency preparedness.
Invitation to Collaborate
Meet Our Dedicated Fellows
Our interdisciplinary cohort of researchers drives ground breaking research and pursues grant funding to further our mission of making healthy & resilient people and places.
Dr. Nadim Adi
Assistant Professor, School of Family & Consumer Sciences
Dr. Daniel Carter
Associate Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Dr. Mijin Choi
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Dr. Kelly Clary
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Dr. Josh Daspit
Associate Professor, Department of Management
Dr. Rebecca Deason
Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Merritt Drewery
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Elizabeth K. Eger
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Dr. Elizabeth Ekren
Research Associate, Translational Health Research Center
Dr. Wilson Espinoza Chavez
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology
Dr. Li Feng
Professor, Department of Finance and Economics
Dr. Billy Fields
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Dr. Emily Fowler
Research Associate, Translational Health Research Center
Dr. Caitlin Gabor
Professor, Department of Biology
Dr. Ishitha Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Economics
Dr. Sujata Mandal
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Ingram School of Engineering
Dr. Matt McAllister
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance
Dr. Ny'Nika McFadden
Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Human Performance
Cassaundra Melgar C'De Baca
Research Fellow, Translational Health Research Center
Dr. Francis A. Méndez Mediavilla
Professor, Department of Information Systems and Analytics
Dr. Vangelis Metsis
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Ranjini Mohan
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
Dr. Erica Nason
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Dr. Eduardo Pérez
Professor, Ingram School of Engineering & THRC Faculty Fellow In Residence
Dr. Jessica Perrotte
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Ryan Peterson
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Megan Rogers
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Ty Schepis
Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Kristen Sussman
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Dr. Jelena Tesic
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Dave Thompson
Associate Professor, Ingram School of Engineering
Dr. Damian Valles Molina
Assistant Professor, Ingram School of Engineering
Dr. Nicole Wagner
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Carmen Westerberg
Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Steve Whitten
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Michele Wilson
Assistant Professor, St. David's School of Nursing
