Category: Doctoral

Working within one of the largest schools at UT Dallas has allowed me to connect with peers from diverse backgrounds and learn how they integrate technological aspects of geography with more theoretical dimensions. It also provided the opportunity to know and work with outstanding professors and students both within and outside of my program.

Get in contact with the program you are interested in to learn about the courses offered, research and professional development opportunities, and other students in your program. The best way to know if EPPS will be a good fit for you is to talk with faculty and current students in your field of study.

Be open to asking for help. Your professors and seniors want to see you succeed and are always willing to assist if you ask.

Being part of EPPS has provided a welcoming, multicultural environment that supports both academic growth and cultural adaptation. The school has helped me adjust smoothly to a new cultural setting, and the faculty are not only highly knowledgeable but also genuinely supportive.

I aim to become a Spatial Data Scientist—an explorer who merges the worlds of data and geography.

Be passionate about who you want to help. The rest will fall into place.

UT Dallas welcomed its largest group of new tenured and tenure-track faculty members this year, including five in EPPS. Read more here.

EPPS Alumnus, Lorjon Ali BA’17, MS’18, works as a local youth advocate. She serves as the director of youth programs at The Counseling Place in Richardson, where she runs a six-week program for young people ages 11 to 16 who have gotten into trouble with the police for the first time.

Ricardo Noé received an Adam Smith Fellowship from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and Tianyi Li was awarded a GivingTuesday Data Commons Fellowship. Read more here.

Throughout my graduate student career, I have routinely sought out opportunities to improve my teaching skills. For example, I have participated in various workshops, training programs, and initiatives that offered me new insights regarding cutting-edge pedagogical skills and strategies. These skills and strategies are those that I now implement daily in the classroom.

As the Founder and Executive Director of a nonprofit, I was gaining a lot of experience in management. I was also becoming increasingly aware of the impact of the public sector, laws, and the economy on my clients. The importance of sectoral collaborations was also becoming evident. … Therefore, I decided to pursue this degree.

My EPPS education in the Criminology program is the bedrock of my career. I appreciate how the program and faculty provided an education applicable to policy workers as well as academics. The union of theory and policy has been invaluable while conducting government research.

Home: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania UT Dallas Degree: MS – Criminology, 2009 and PhD – Criminology, 2013Profession: Sergeant of Police My Work My job at CPI is very broad and limited only in that it must involve academic research, assistance with grants and publication in peer-reviewed journals when possible. I conduct empirical research in many areas related to […]