(Editor’s Note: Professors from the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science were featured in a previous News Center story.) The University of Texas at Dallas welcomed one of its largest groups of new tenured and tenure-track faculty members, with 43 of them joining the University this year, including many who started this fall. The professors bring an array of expertise in disciplines ranging from public affairs and economics to information systems and finance to geosciences and mathematics. This year’s group includes:Dr. Abraham Benavides, professor of public and nonprofit managementEducation: PhD in urban studies and public affairs, Cleveland State University; Master of Public Administration, Brigham Young University; Bachelor of Arts in international relations, George Washington UniversityResearch areas: municipal government including landfills, potable water and wastewater treatment plants; form of government; public health; emergency management; Hispanic/Latino communitiesDr. Alexander Burton, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justiceEducation: PhD and Master of Science in criminal justice, University of Cincinnati; Bachelor of Science in justice administration, Southwest Minnesota State UniversityResearch areas: institutional and community corrections; criminal justice personnel training; public opinion on crime and justice policiesDr. Jared Edgerton, assistant professor of political scienceEducation: PhD and master’s degree in political science, The Ohio State University; Bachelor of Arts in political economy, Juniata CollegeResearch areas: international security, conflict processes, political violence, international regimes, machine learning, network science, text as data, causal inferenceDr. Camilo Granados, assistant professor of economicsEducation: PhD and Master of Arts in economics, University of Washington; Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in economics, National University of ColombiaResearch areas: international macroeconomics, international finance, macroeconomics, applied econometricsDr. Natalia Lamberova, assistant professor of political economy and technology policyEducation: PhD in comparative politics and government and Master of Science in statistics, University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Arts in economics, Kazan Federal University in Russia. Research areas: political economy of technological development, intellectual property rights, political economy, collective actions, political connectionsDr. Pengfei Zhang, assistant professor of cybersecurity and public policyEducation: PhD in economics and Master of Arts in economics, Cornell University; Bachelor of Science in mathematics and global China studies, The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyResearch areas: cyberlaw and policy; law and economics; intellectual property; conflict and dispute resolutionDr. Paul Cheung, assistant professor of finance and managerial economicsEducation: PhD in economics, University of Maryland; Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Science in economics, Chinese University of Hong KongResearch areas: behavioral economics, experimental economics, decision theoryDr. Hyesook Chung, assistant professor of organizations, strategy and international managementEducation: PhD and Master of Science in human resource studies, Cornell University; Master of Science in business administration, Seoul National University; Bachelor of Science in human development, Cornell UniversityResearch areas: strategic human resource management, employee turnover, labor flexibility, human capitalDr. Thomas Lavastida, assistant professor of information systemsEducation: PhD and Master of Science in algorithms, combinatorics and optimization, Carnegie Mellon University; Bachelor of Science in computer engineering, Louisiana State UniversityResearch areas: algorithms, optimization, machine learningDr. Heeseung Andrew Lee, assistant professor of information systemsEducation: PhD and Master of Science in information systems and Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyResearch areas: economics of information technology, artificial intelligence and human collaboration; digital content consumption; digital marketingDr. Jennifer Lee, assistant professor of organizations, strategy and international managementEducation: PhD in strategic management, Michigan State University; Master of Arts in economics, University of Southern California; Bachelor of Arts in mathematical methods in social sciences, Northwestern UniversityResearch areas: corporate governance, shareholder activism, temporal orientationDr. Neda Mirzaeian, assistant professor of operations managementEducation: PhD in operations management, Carnegie Mellon University; Master of Science in industrial administration, Carnegie Mellon University; Master of Science in industrial