Our Team

Michael L. Lauderdale, PhD is the Principal Investigator and is the Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Criminal Justice at The University of Texas at Austin.
Noel Landuyt, PhD is the Director of the Institute for Organizational Excellence, Research Associate and Lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin.
Yahaira P. Morales Castro works with the Institute for Organizational Excellence and The University of Texas at Austin as an Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Chrissy Sandwen works with the Institute for Organizational Excellence and The University of Texas at Austin as a Graduate Research Assistant.
Daniel Shea works with the Institute for Organizational Excellence and The University of Texas at Austin as a Graduate Research Assistant.
Monica McCarthy works with the Institute for Organizational Excellence and The University of Texas at Austin as a Graduate Research Assistant.
Josh Cuddy works with the Institute for Organizational Excellence and The University of Texas at Austin as a Graduate Research Assistant.
Geoffrey Treitel is a Software Developer at the Institute of Organizational Excellence. Mr. Treitel is a LAMP developer building web-based applications to support the mission of the IOE.
Nicole Duson serves as the Institute for Organizational Excellence’s Director of Technology and is a Database Coordinator for The University of Texas at Austin. »

Support Staff The Institute for Organizational Excellence is supported in the areas of fiscal, staffing and University interfacing by the Center for Social Work Research in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. » More

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Support The Institute for Organizational Excellence works with both undergraduate and graduate students on an ongoing basis as they complete their degrees at UT Austin.