The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service has named two new members to its Fellows program – Dr. Xinyue Ye and Dr. Hyunseok Hwang.
Dr. Ye is a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers and the Harold L. Adams Endowed Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, School of Architecture, at Texas A&M University. He is also director of the Center for Geospatial Sciences, Applications, and Technology (GeoSAT) established by the Texas A&M Board of Regents. His research focuses on developing and implementing new spatiotemporal and network methods in physical, virtual, and perceived spaces to better understand inequality, mobility, and diffusion. His work connects people with technologies that improve health and safety such as social distancing and pandemic, air pollution, and massive movement analytics.
Dr. Hyunseok Hwang is an assistant professor for the department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Houston. His academic interests include organization theory, environmental sociology, community resilience, philanthropic studies and social entrepreneurship. His research has an overarching theme of identifying how organizations respond to institutional heterogeneity, grand societal challenges (i.e., massive social and environmental issues) and challenges to organizational sustainability. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Houston, Dr. Hwang worked at ISTPP as an Assistant Research Scientist. We are proud of his new appointment and grateful for continuing our research collaborations.
