
Staff
Administrative Staff

Nicole Smith
School Fiscal Officer
2024 Staff Award Recipient – Faculty Choice
nicoles@utdallas.edu
GR 3.104B
972-883-4935

Betsy Albritton
Assistant to the Dean
betsy.albritton@utdallas.edu
GR 3.104C
972-883-6198

Jessica Guzman
Associate Financial Analyst
Jessica.guzman@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-4939

Anisha Zaman
Administrative Assistant I
anisha.zaman@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-4924

Ismael Romero
Program Specialist – Initiative for Civic Leadership
ismael.romero@utdallas.edu
GR 2.812
972-883-4917

Luis Vazquez
Admin Project Coordinator – ROTC
luis.vazquez@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-6842
Development

Erin Dougherty
Sr. Director of Development
erin.dougherty@utdallas.edu
SPN2.120H
972-883-3938

Derrick Morgan
Director of Development
derrick.morgan@utdallas.edu
GR 3.108A
972-883-3937
Communications

Jessica Good
Communications Manager
Jessica.Good@UTDallas.edu
AD 3.214C
972-883-4319
Marketing

Inna Hwang
Outreach & Digital Media Events Specialist
Inna.Hwang@UTDallas.edu
GR 3.104
972-883-5003
Career Center

Amy Kendall
Associate Director of Career Development and Marketing
amy.kendall@utdallas.edu
Career Center
972-883-2942
Undergraduate Advisors
*EPPS Undergraduate Advising is according to student’s last name.

Malinda Hicks
Academic Advisor II (I – Q and X – Z) and Fast Track Program Coordinator
2023 Staff Award Recipient -Student Choice
Malinda.Hicks@UTDallas.edu
GR 2.220A
972-883-4243

Sheila Rollerson
Director, Undergraduate Advising (A-D)
2024 Staff Award Recipient – Student Choice
srollers@utdallas.edu
GR 2.220C
972-883-4938

Whitney Sharman
Academic Advisor III (E – H and R – W)
whitney.sharman@utdallas.edu
GR 2.220B
972-883-4181
Master’s Degree Advisors

Alejandra Gutiérrez
Graduate Advisor
Federal Advisory Certified from the Partnership for Public Service
Masters & Certificates Only
masters.epps@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402F
972-883-7527

Teodoro J. Benavides
Master of Public Affairs Director
benavides@utdallas.edu
GR 2.206
972-883-4745

Maryam Ahmadi
Director of the Master’s Program in Economics
Maryam.Ahmadi@utdallas.edu
Doctoral Degree Advisors
Criminology and Criminal Justice

John Worrall
Criminology & Criminal Justice Director of Graduate Studies
dgs.crim@utdallas.edu
GR 2.126
972-883-4893

Patricia Pacheco
Graduate Program Administrator
gpa.crim@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-3548
Economics

Seth Giertz
Economics Director of Graduate Studies
dgs.econ@utdallas.edu
GR 2.244
972-883-6234

Judy Du
Senior Graduate Program Administrator
2023 Staff Award Recipient – Faculty Choice
gpa.econ@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-4964
Geospatial Information Sciences

Muhammad Rahman
GIS Director of Graduate Studies
dgs.gis@utdallas.edu
GR 3.232
972-883-4135

Judy Du
Senior Graduate Program Administrator
gpa.gis@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-4964
Political Science

Karl Ho
Director of Graduate Studies of Political Science
dgs.psci@utdallas.edu
GR 3.203
972-883-2017

Karyn Shane
Graduate Program Administrator
psci@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-3524
Public Policy and Political Economy

Thomas Gray
Associate Program Head and Director of Graduate Studies
dgs.pppe@utdallas.edu
GR 2.242
972-883-4948

Karyn Shane
Graduate Program Administrator
pppe@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-3524
Public and Nonprofit Management

Eugenia Gorina
PNM Director of Graduate Studies
dgs.pnm@utdallas.edu
GR 2.322
972-883-3515

Patricia Pacheco
Graduate Program Administrator
gpa.pnm@utdallas.edu
GR 2.402
972-883-3548
Academic Computing

Russell Hoffman
Manager of Academic Computing
2023 Staff Award Recipient – Faculty Choice
hoffmanr@utdallas.edu
GR 3.306
972-883-6149