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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Experts in Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Margo Hurlocker is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology.
She has an active program of clinical research on brief interventions for young adult populations and is interested in prevention interventions targeting young adult drinkers...
Associate Professor, Economics
Benjamin A. Jones is an associate professor in the UNM Economics Department. His work is in environmental and resource economics with a focus on the environment-human health nexus.
He has published over 35 peer-reviewed papers spanning environmental...
Professor, Sociology
Biography Nancy López is a professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico López directs and co-founded the Institute for the Study of “Race” and Social Justice, RWJF Center for Health Policy, which is in the process of creating a ...
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,...
Professor of Economics; Director, Nepal Studies Center
Dr. Alok K. Bohara is a Full Professor of Economics and the founding director of the Nepal Study Center at the University of New Mexico (UNM). He has a Masters degree in Statistics and taught at Tribhuvan University, Nepal. He received his Ph.D. from...
Research Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez is an research associate professor in the Departments of Pediatrics (Division of Adolecent Medicine) and Internal Medicine (Division of Epidemiology Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine) with an MS in Public Health Nutrition and...
Emeritus Professor - School of Law
Shortly after joining the UNM law faculty in 1976, Rob Schwartz began to focus his research and teaching in the emerging field of Health Law. He has gone on to become a nationally recognized scholar in the area of Bioethics and brings this expertise to his classes at both the law school and the UNM School of Medicine, where he also teaches.
Professor, Political Science
Gabriel R. Sanchez, Ph.D., is a professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico, the director of the UNM Center for Social Policy, director of Graduate Studies for the Political Science Department, and a founding member of the UNM Native...
