Scientia Leadership
Anthony Brandt, Scientia Director |
Adrianna Small, Scientia Coordinator Department: Scientia Title: Program and Events Coordinator |
Membership
Richard Baraniuk
Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Title: C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering; Professor of Statistics & Computer Science
Margaret Beier
Department: Psychological Sciences
Title: Professor & Department Chair, Psychological Sciences
Sherwin Bryant
Department: History
Title: Associate Professor & Director, Center for African and African American Studies
Alexander X. Byrd
Department: History
Title: Associate Professor of History & Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Luis Campos
Department: History
Title: Baker College Associate Professor for History of Science, Technology, and Innovation; Faculty Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy; Co-Director, Program in Science and Technology Studies
Kathleen Canning
Department: School of Humanities
Title: Dean, School of Humanities; Andrew W. Mellon Professor of History
Elaine Ecklund
Department: Sociology
Title: Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology & Director, Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance
Mahmoud El-Gamal
Department: Economics
Title: Professor, Economics & Statistics; Chair, Islamic Economics, Finance & Management
Reto Geiser
Department: School of Architecture
Title: Associate Professor of Architecture; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Michael C. Gustin
Department: BioSciences
Title: Professor of BioSciences; College Magister, Lovett College
Jason Hafner, Interim Scientia Director (2023-2024)
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Title: Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Matthias Henze
Department: Religion
Title: Isla Carroll & Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies; Director of the Program in Jewish Studies
Suzanne E. Kemmer
Department: Linguistics
Title: Associate Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science
Thomas Killian
Department: Physics & Astronomy
Title: Dean of the Wiess School of Natural Sciences; Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Marcia O'Malley
Department: Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Thomas Michael Panos Family Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Kirsten Anne Ostherr
Department: English
Title: Gladys Louise Fox Professor of English; Director, Medical Humanities Program & Medical Humanities Research Institute
Frederick Oswald
Department: Psychological Sciences
Title: Professor of Psychological Sciences; Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences; Director of Graduate Studies
Rebecca Richards-Kortum
Department: Bioengineering
Title: Malcom Gillis University Professor; Professor of Bioengineering; Director of Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
Devika Subramanian
Department:Computer Science
Title: Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Moshe Vardi
Department: Computer Science
Title: Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering; University Professor
Matthew Wettergreen
Department: Bioengineering
Title: Associate Teaching Professor in Bioengineering & at the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen; Director, Global Medical Innovation (GMI) Program
Emeritus Members