Faculty Experts

Many UNM faculty experts are available for media interviews. Search by name or expertise, using quotes to separate topics. (Example: "law" "politics")

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Christopher Witt

Professor, Department of Biology, Director, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Professor in the Department of Biology and Curator of Birds at the Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) of the University of New Mexico. Areas of research interest include avian systematics and molecular evolution; evolutionary inference ...

Melissa Thompson

Professor, Anthropology, Interim Assistant Vice President for Research

Professor Melissa Thompson's research focuses on interactions of ecology, health, reproduction, and behavior in apes and humans. Seeks to better understand the sources of variation in life history within and between species as a way of...

Mahmoud Reda Taha

Distinguished Professor and Regents' Lecturer, Civil Engineering

Mahmoud Taha is a distinguished professor and Regents’ Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering. Taha, who has been at UNM for 10 years, specializes in structural engineering and materials, bridges, concrete structures and materials, pre-stressed concrete,...

Ryan Swanson

Associate Professor, Honors College; Faculty Director Lobo Scholars Program

Ph.D. in history from Georgetown University in 2008. Attended Point Loma Nazarene University and California State University, Fullerton. Authored "When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a 'National Pastime," His...

Francesco Sorrentino

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Francesco Sorrentino received a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) in 2003 Ph.D. in Control Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II (Italy) in 2007. Expertise is in dynamical...

Todd Seidler

Chair and Professor, Health Exercise & Sports Science

Todd Seidler is the former department chair of the graduate program in Sport Administration at the University of New Mexico, one of only a few programs that offer both the Master's and Doctorate in Sport Administration. Currently, he is the Coordinator of the graduate program in Sport Administration at the University of New Mexico. He received his Bachelor's...

Gregory Rowangould

Associate Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Gregory Rowangould is an associate research professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of New Mexico B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental...

Michael Rocca

Associate Professor; Internship Coordinator, Political Science

Associate Professor Michael Rocca is one of UNM’s award-winning instructors who teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on American politics, the U.S. Congress and the American presidency. Most of his work deals with the politics of congressional...

Suzan Reagan

Sr. Program Manager, BBER

B.S. (Mathematics, Minor in Computer Science), College of Santa Fe, Dec 1990 Suzan was hired by the bureau in 2013 to over see the BBER Data Bank. She has over 20 years of experiences in analyzing industry and occupation statistics for New Mexico's...

Sonia M. Gipson Rankin

Associate Professor of Law

Sonia Gipson Rankin teaches in the fields of Torts, Family Law, Technology and Law, and Race and Law. Gipson Rankin’s scholarship and activism combine her computer science background with her passion for racial justice. Her work focuses on two areas: 1....

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