Faces of First-Gen Faculty

Here are some of our amazing UNT faculty who were first-generation college students:

  • Abraham Benavides, Ph.D.
    Public Administration
    College of Health and Public Service
  • Alicia Re Cruz, Ph.D.
    Women’s and Gender Studies
    Department of Anthropology College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Amie Adelman
    Department of Studio Art
    College of Visual Art and Design
  • Andrea Silva, Ph.D.
    Political Science
    CLASS
  • Angela Havard Deacon, Ph. D.
    Education Psychology-Special Education
    College of Education
  • Angie D. Cartwright, Ph.D., LPC-S, LSOTP-S
    Counseling and Higher Education
    College of Education
  • Anna Hinton, Ph.D.
    Department of English
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Audrey Thorstad, Ph.D.
    Department of History
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Brittany Frieson, Ph.D.
    Literacy and Anti-Racist Education
    Teacher Education and Administration
  • Brittany Glenn
    Department of English
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Cassini Nazir
    Design
    UNT New College at Frisco
  • Catherine Sassen, Ph.D.
    Principal Cataloger
    University Libraries
  • Christopher Meerdo
    Department of Studio Art
    College of Visual Art and Design
  • Dale Yeatts, Ph.D.
    Department of Sociology
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Diego Esparza, Ph.D.
    Political Science
    CLASS
  • Dorothy Bland, Ph.D

    Mayborn School of Journalism
  • Edward Meger, Ph.D.
    Department of Biological Sciences
    College of Science
  • Gloria C. Cox, Ph.D.
    Political Science
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • James Parrish, Ph.D.
    Information Technology and Decision Sciences
    G. Brint Ryan College of Business
  • Jamie K. Johnson, Ph.D.
    Department of Anthropology
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Jason Chiang, Ph.D.
    Educational Psychology
    College of Education
  • Jeffrey Ogden, Ph.D.
    Marketing, Logistics and Operations Management
    G. Brint Ryan College of Business
  • Jennifer Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
    Center for Psychosocial Health Disparities Research
    Center for Psychosocial Health Disparities Research
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Jennifer Way, Ph.D.
    Department of Art History
    College of Visual Art and Design
  • Jo Monahan
    Teaching and Learning
    UNT Libraries
  • John Martin
    Scholarly Communication
    UNT Libraries
  • John Quintanilla, Ph.D.
    Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
    Department of Mathematics
    College of Science
  • Jonathon Doran, Ph.D.
    Computer Science and Engineerin
    UNT New College at Frisco
  • Josh Ibarra
    Department of English
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Karen Monique Gregg, Ph.D.
    Department of Sociology
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Kendra Vanderlip, Ph.D.
    Department of English
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Kevin Yanowski, M.S.
    Cataloging and Metadata Services
    Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communication
    UNT Libraries
  • Kim Sydow Campbell, Ph.D.
    Department of Technical Communication
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Kurt Rahmlow, Ph.D.
    Department of Art History
    College of Visual Art and Design
  • Lee Hughes, Ph.D.
    Biological Sciences
    College of Science
  • Lisa Dicke, Ph.D.
    Department of Public Administration
    Department of Social Work
    College of Health and Public Service
  • Lisa Welch, Ph.D.
    Department of Biology
    College of Science
  • Mark V Albert, Ph.D.
    Computer Science and Engineering
    College of Engineering
  • Mary Ann Venner, MLS
    Associate Dean for Public Services
    University Libraries
  • Melissa McKay, Ph.D.
    Department of Political Science
    UNT at Frisco
  • Melissa Nelson, M.A.
    Department of Anthropology
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Meranda Roy
    Online Learning
    UNT Libraries
  • Nancy Stockdale, Ph.D.
    Department of History
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Norman A. Dolch, Ph.D.
    Department of Public Administration
    College of Health and Public Service
  • Patricia Kaminski, Ph.D.
    Department of Psychology
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Randy Lee Loftis, M.A.

    Mayborn School of Journalism
  • Richard B. McCaslin, Ph.D.
    Department of History
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Ruth Ann Robbins, M.Ed.
    Department of Teacher Education and Administration
    College of Education
  • Samantha Cosgrove, Ph.D.
    Department of Technical Communication
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Sarah Crowder
    Department of Linguistics
    College of Information
  • Sarah Evans, MLIS, Ph.D.
    Department of Information Science
    College of Information
  • Stacy Nunnelee, M.A., CCC-SLP
    Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
    College of Health and Public Service
  • Steven Guerrero
    Media Arts and Digitization
    UNT Libraries
  • Tamara L. Brown, Ph.D.
    Executive Dean
    College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Tina Mims, IES, Ph.D.
    Department of Marketing Logistics and Operations Management
    G. Brint Ryan College of Business
  • Tyson Lewis, Ph.D.
    Department of Art Education
    College of Visual Art and Design
  • Uyen Tran-Parsons, Ph.D.
    Department of Higher Education
    College of Education
  • Valerie Bell, Ph.D.
    Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences
    G. Brint Ryan College of Business
  • Warren Burggren, Ph.D.
    University Distinguished Research Professor
    Department of Biological Sciences
    College of Science
  • Yolanda Mitchell, Ph.D.
    Educational Psychology
    Department of Education
  • Younghwan (Martin) Jeon
    Department of Public Administration
    College of Health and Public Service

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