November Extras

UNT Faculty Recognized in 2021 C-index

Citations are one consideration in measuring research impact. Last year, Provost Cowley shared a new citation metric known as the career-long composite score (C-index). There is also a one-year index. The latest C-index is available. The number of faculty included is indicative of our strength in publications as an R1 university. This year, 52 UNT faculty members are recognized — up from 45 last year — as among the top 2% most cited within their specialty areas across their career. 56 are recognized — up from 50 last year — for citations in the last year.

Names in italics indicate faculty members who are new to the list this year.

Biological Sciences

Career Index: Richard Dixon (emeritus), Jyoti Shah, Warren Burggren, Vladmir Shulaev, Kent Chapman, and Guenter Gross (emeritus)
Annual Index: Richard Dixon (emeritus), Jyoti Shah, Warren Burggren, Kent Chapman, and Thomas Beitinger (retired)

Chemistry

Career Index: Tom Cundari, Paul Bagus, Francis D’Souza, William Acree, David Hrovat, Weston Bordon (emeritus), and Thomas Beitinger (retired)
Annual Index: Shengqian Ma, Bill Acree, Paul Bagus, Francis D’Souza, Tom Cundari, Weston Bordon (emeritus) and Mohammad Omary  

Computer Science

Career Index: Saraju Mohanty, Song Fu, and Robert Renka (emeritus)
Annual Index: Song Fu, Saraju Mohanty, Hyunsook Do, Xiaohui Yuan, Qing Yang

Criminal Justice

Annual Index: Jessica Craig

Educational Psychology

Career Index: Robin Henson
Annual Index: Robin Henson

Electrical Engineering

Career Index: Xinrong Li
Annual Index: Xinrong Li, Hua Sun, and Elias Kougianos

Geography and the Environment

Career Index: Paul Hudak and Steve Wolverton
Annual Index: Steve Wolverton

Information Technology and Decision Sciences

Career Index: Dan Kim
Annual Index: Dan Kim 

Kinesiology

Career Index: David Hill

Learning Technologies

Career Index: Tom Parsons and Mike Spector
Annual Index: Kinshuk, Mike Spector, and Tom Parsons

Management

Career Index: Jeremy Short
Annual Index: Bob Heere and Jeremy Short

Materials Science and Engineering

Career Index: Samir Aouadi, Wongbong Choi, Rajiv Mishra, Witold Brostow, Andrey Voevodin, Zhenhai Xia, Raj Banerjee, Narendra Dahotre, and Jincheng Du
Annual Index: Anupama Kaul, Narendra Dahotre, Jincheng Du, Sundeep Mukherjee, Raj Mishra, Zhenhai Xia, Witold Brostow, Raj Banerjee, Wonbong Choi, Andrey Voevodin, Tom Scharf, and Samir Aouadi

Mathematics

Career Index: Mariusz Urbanski

Mechanical Engineering

Career Index: Hanchen Huang, Vish Prasad, Sheldon Shi and Cheng Yu
Annual Index: Cheng Yu and Sheldon Shi  

Merchandising and Digital Retailing

Career Index: Bugao Xu
Annual Index: Bugao Xu and Kiseol Yang

Music Education

Annual Index: Sean Powell  

Physics

Career Index: Vladimir Drachev, Yuri Rostovtsev, Marco Nardelli, Jingbiao Cui, Paolo Grigolini, and Zhibing Hu (deceased)
Annual Index: Marco Nardelli, Jingbiao Cui and Zhibing Hu (deceased)

Political Science

Career Index: John Ishiyama, Idean Salehyan and Paul Hensel
Annual Index: Idean Salehyan

Psychology

Career Index: Richard Rogers, Edward Watkins, and Trent Petrie
Annual Index: Adriel Boals, Richard Rogers, Craig Neumann, Joshua Hook and Edward Watkins

Rehabilitation Counseling

Annual Index: Ami Moore

 

September 2021 Faculty Spotlights

College of Education

• Vice Provost Holly M. Hutchins will serve as a faculty mentor on an NSF Midcareer Advancement Award (2120742; $306,762.00) to support research on imposter syndrome among women and minoritized engineering students to understand what support mechanisms support persistence in educational attainment.

Counseling and Higher Education

• Hyun Kyoung Ro earned an NSF grant of $799,904 for her proposal, “The Journey of Inclusion, Identity, and Intersectionality.”
• Peggy Ceballos and Angie Cartwright earned a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration for their collaborative work on training future counselors and social workers in trauma-informed, bilingual mental health services.
• Veronica Jones Baldwin and her team (Kelsey Kunkle, Latoya Haynes, Shirley Anderson and Sandy Nguyen) won a 2021 NASPA Region III Research Grant for their project, "A Qualitative Inquiry into HSI/R1 Identity and Organizational Culture.”

College of Health and Public Service

Emergency Management and Disaster Science

• Assistant professor Boji Lam received the Texas Speech-Language Hearing Foundation President’s Award.
• Shannon Presley, senior lecturer and clinical supervisor, received the Texas Speech-Language Hearing Foundation Outstanding and Dedicated Service Award.
• Associate professor Laura Siebeneck received the 2021 FEMA Higher Education Program Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award.
• Gary Webb, professor and chair, received the Dr. B. Wayne Blanchard Award for Academic Excellence in Emergency Management in Higher Education.
• Associate professor Tristan Wu received the President’s Service Award from the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on the Sociology of Disaster.

Rehabilitation and Health Services

• Rachita Sharma, interim chair, received the Justin Dart National Alumni Award from the School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling in the College of Health Professions at UT-Rio Grande Valley.

College of Information

Information Science

• Assistant professor Sarah Evans earned two grants to fund her creative and collaborative research:
  • $114,049 from the National Science Foundation for her proposal on ethical game design, and
  • $420,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program for her proposal on family and youth engagement in library-supported learning via radio.

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Dance and Theatre

• The satirical play Dear Donald, Dear Hillary — with lead roles played by theatre faculty members Bob Hess and Sally Vahle, with designs by theatre faculty members Donna Marquet and Adam Chamberlin, and recorded by theatre graduate Noah Sargent — received the Bronze Standard Bank Ovation Award from the National Arts Festival of South Africa, the largest festival on the continent of Africa. The Ovation Awards recognize excellence on the Fringe and aim to seek out productions that are innovative, original and creatively outstanding.

College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism

• Dean Jana Hawley was named a Royal Geographical Society Fellow for her consulting work on the BBC Radio series "39 Ways to Save the Planet." Listen to the episode, "Buy Less Stuff," now.

Hospitality and Tourism Management

• Assistant professor Han Wen received the 2021 Most Cited Peer-Reviewed “Food Protection Trends" Publication Award in the Journal of International Association for Food Protection for her paper, “Food Allergy Risk Communication in Restaurants”. This organization is the association of professionals committed to advancing food safety in the world.

College of Music

Instrumental Studies

• David Childs, professor of euphonium and co-director of the UNT Brass Band, was honored by the International Tuba-Euphonium Association (ITEA) with its biennial Excellence in Recording Award for his Symphonic Euphonium II CD featuring premiere concerto recordings with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The Awards were established by the ITEA to foster, encourage and recognize excellence in the field of recording.
• Jeff Bradetich, Regents Professor of double bass, was awarded by the International Society of Bassists with their 2021 Special Recognition Award in the category of Teaching. The honor is bestowed “to those who have contributed their special skills, knowledge, projects and other positive works in furthering the ISB's mission to inspire, educate and connect.”
• Caleb Hudson, assistant professor of trumpet and member of Canadian Brass, and alum Michael Schneider (’99), a classical pianist, collaborator, educating artist and composer, joined Alfred Music in releasing Suzuki Trumpet School, Volume 1, the very first Suzuki Method book for the brass instrument family.
• Regents Professor of piano Pamela Mia Paul has been selected for The Cliburn Amateur Competition Jury for 2022. She also served as a member of the screening jury of the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
• USA International Harp Competition has added associate professor Jaymee Haefner to their board of directors.

Composition Studies

• Professor Jon Christopher Nelson was awarded the International Computer Music Conference 2021 Music Award for his composition, "When Left to His Own Devices." The award recognizes the work as the best of more than 400 global submissions.

Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

• Assistant professor Andrew Chung published the article "Vibration, Difference, and Solidarity in the Anthropocene: Ethical Difficulties of New Materialist Sound Studies and Some Alternatives" in Resonance, Vol. 2, No. 2.
• Assistant professor Diego Cubero has been invited to join the editorial board of the journal Music Theory Online. He begins his service Fall 2021.
• Todd L. Burns of Music Journalism Insider interviewed assistant professor Brian Wright about his life and current academic work.

Jazz Studies

• Assistant professor Scott Tixier was recently included in recording Academy Award-winner Jon Batiste’s composition "NBA Anthem." The New York City recording was featured in the NBA commercial That's Game.

College of Science

Chemistry

• Professor William Acree achieved his 1000th scholarly publication — a remarkable accomplishment in its own right and a record-setting one for a UNT faculty member. The paper was co-authored by six TAMS students, reflecting decades of dedicated research mentorship to undergraduates, high school Upward Bound students and TAMS students, including several Goldwater Scholars.

Biology

• Regents Professor Kent Chapman was named a Fellow in the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), an award that recognizes distinguished and long-term contributions to plant biology and service to the Society.

G. Brint Ryan College of Business

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law

• The American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA) awarded the Casualty Actuarial Society Award to assistant professor Jianren Xu. A rare honor, Xu is not only the first recipient of the award at UNT, but also the first in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. In fact, the only other university in the state of Texas to win the award has been the University of Texas Austin.

Marketing, Logistics and Operations Management

• Senior associate dean Terry Pohlen and research partners in the College of Engineering received a funding award from the North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies. Their project studies radar sensors for bicycle safety and is an important step toward eventual state funding for a larger Center for Integrated Intelligent Mobility Studies.

Mayborn School of Journalism

• Mayborn Endowed Chair for Narrative Storytelling Thorne Anderson earned top honors from the National Press Photographers Association for two long-form documentaries: The Price of Prison: Ed Ates and The Price of Prison: Marc Wilson. Anderson also produced a documentary for the Independent Television Service Film Commission for the Independent Lens series Stories for Justice. Anderson’s film, Beyond Justice, focuses on efforts to deal with domestic violence in a rural Texas community.