Faculty Experts

Expertise Meyer taught for almost 20 years before earning a Ph.D. in reading from the University of Arizona His research and teaching focus on literacy within families, learning to read, learning to write, teaching reading, teaching writing and newer...

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 focuses on the interaction of climatic, vegetation and faunal changes in the fossil record, particularly with respect to ape and hominin paleoecologies.  Uses stable isotopic and dental microwear analyses to reconstruct...

A member of the faculty since 2002, Dr. Troy Lovata is a tenured, associate professor in the Honors College at The University of New Mexico. Trained as an Anthropologist and Archaeologist (Ph.D., M.A. The University of Texas; B.A. Colorado State...

An associate professor in the UNM Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zayd Leseman's research is dedicated to the understanding of the physics of nano/micro-materials primarily through the design of novel experiments followed by...

Martin Jones is an educational psychology professor. His research focuses on how friends affect academic motivation and achievement, especially among underserved and underrepresented students. Jones earned his Doctorate in Educational Psychology from...

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...

Kerry Howe is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) and a board certified environmental engineer (BCEE) by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.

Professor Janie Chermak, Department of Economics, is a natural resources and environmental economics expert with an emphasis on energy, including oil and gas, water and invasive species. Chernak has been in the Economics Department since 1995 when she ...

Gutzler's research interests include climatology, meteorology, interactions between Earth's atmosphere and its hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere and lithosphere, predictability and variability of weather and climate and extreme weather events ...