Director

Chandra Bhat, PhD

Director
The University of Texas at Austin
Phone: 512-471-4535
bhat@mail.utexas.edu

Associate Directors

Meet the Associate Directors of TBD, based at each consortium university. These associate directors also serve as members of the Center’s Internal Steering Committee (ISC), led by the Center Director.

Alison Conway, PhD

Associate Director
The City College of New York
Phone: 212-650-5372 aconway@ccny.cuny.edu

Atiyya Shaw, PhD

Associate Director
University of Michigan
Phone: 734-764-5956
atiyya@umich.edu

Cynthia Chen, PhD

Associate Director
University of Washington
Phone: 206-543-8974
qzchen@uw.edu

James Tutt, PhD

Associate Director
Diné College
Phone: 928-724-6724
jmtutt@dinecollege.edu

Patricia Mokhtarian, PhD

Associate Director
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404-385-1443
patmokh@gatech.edu

Ram Pendyala, PhD

Associate Director
Arizona State University
Phone: 480-965-3589
ram.pendyala@asu.edu

Wen Cheng, PhD

Associate Director
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Phone: 909-869-2957
wcheng@cpp.edu

Assistant Director

Irfan Batur, PhD

Assistant Director
Arizona State University
Phone: 480-965-7773
ibatur@asu.edu

Advisor

Steven Polzin, PhD

Senior Center Advisor
Arizona State University
Phone: 480-965-7773
sepolzin@asu.edu

Administrative Staff

Lisa Macias

Executive Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin
Phone: 512-232-6272
lisaweyant@mail.utexas.edu

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