CRESSLE Team
Meet the members of the CRESSLE team which includes university researchers, community members, and members of our partner organization.
Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigators
Jay Banner
Principal Investigator
Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
Lucy Atkinson
Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Moody College of Communication
Monica Ramirez-Andreotta
Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Arizona
Susana Almanza
Co-Principal Investigator
Executive Director
People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER)
Patrick Bixler
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
LBJ School of Public Affairs
School of Architecture
Research Faculty and Staff
Helen Siegel
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jackson School of Geosciences
Koorosh Azizi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jackson School of Geosciences
Bayani Cardenas
Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
Dev Niyogi
Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
Cockrell School of Engineering
Kelly Haragan
Clinical Professor
School of Law
Adam Papendieck
Assistant Professor
College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences
University of New Mexico
Didey Montoya
Community Engagement
Program Manager
Environmental Science Institute
David Bahamon-Pinzon
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jackson School of Geosciences
Sergio Castellanos
Assistant Professor
Cockrell School of Engineering
Tim Goudge
Assistant Professor
Jackson School of Geosciences
Bob Duke
Professor
Butler School of Music
Dell Medical School
Angela Smith
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Carmen Valdez
Associate Dean of Research and Partnerships
UT School of Public Health San Antonio
Graduate Students
Grace Castle
Jackson School of Geosciences
Fernando Pagan
Jackson School of Geosciences
Sydney Libbing
Jackson School of Geosciences
Yuer Wang
LBJ School of Public Affairs
Community Liaisons
Bertha Delgado
Charisma Gamez
Noé Elias
Community Fellows
Frances Acuna
Marina Martinez
Yvette Castro
Adrey Otto
Celeste Pesina
Freddy Zamora
Kenneth Thompson
Laura Mullins
Monica Allen
Rob Sepeda
Bianca Guerrero
Cynthia Allen-Williams
Kecia Prince
Taniquewa Brewster
PODER Staff
Carlos Pinon
Resilience Program Coordinator & Organizer
Alexia Leclerc
Organizer
External Evaluator
Shirley Vincent
External Evaluator
Vincent Evaluation Consulting