Faculty Experts

Ziarat Hossain is a professor of Family Studies in the UNM College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) in the Department of Individual, Family and Community Education. He is also the program director for the Family Studies program at UNM. His...

Richard L. Wood, professor of Sociology, most recently served as interim provost at UNM and previously as president of the Faculty Senate, co-chair of the Committee on Governance, chairperson of the Department of Sociology, director of the Religious...

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 ...

Associate 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 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,...

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 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 is currently the 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. He received his Bachelor's...

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...

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...