Meet the Advisors

Mike Raney	Kathy Goodwin	Vonya Baldridge
Patricia Gutierrez	Chris Connelly

Mike Raney Michael Raney, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean of First Year Initiatives, Lecturer
mraney@mail.utexas.edu
Phone: 471-3796
Office: WCH 1.116A

Supervises the first floor of the Student Division and the FAC and TrAC Advising Centers. Administers first year success and retention programs including FIGs (First Year Interest Groups), Orientation and Academic Fair, Gone to Texas, Math Readiness and other first year programs. Assists the Associate Dean in retention matters and undergraduate services. Advises for the BS in Marine and Freshwater Biology. Serves as a lecturer and teaches undergraduate courses in TIP.

Degrees: BA History/Psychology, California State University, San Jose, 1979; MA Counseling/Guidance, California Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo, 1982; Ph.D. Educational Administration, The University of Texas at Austin, 1991

Fact: I love being a father to my two children.
Favorite Movies: American Graffiti, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Favorite Book: Sometimes A Great Notion
Favorite Austin Restaurants: Papadeaux & Trudy's

Kathy Goodwin, Senior Advisor

kathygoodwin@mail.utexas.edu

Advises: Math, Physics, Astronomy, Undeclared, and Undeclared Health Professions

Degrees: BS, Elementary Education, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio; MSSW, Social Work, UT Austin

Fact: I’ve lived near three U.S. coasts.
Favorite Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Book: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Favorite Austin Restaurant: Hyde Park Bar & Grill

Vonya Baldridge

vonya@mail.utexas.edu

Advises: Nutrition, HDF, Textiles and Apparel, Biology, and Undeclared

Degree: BS Sociology, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY

Fact: I enjoy reading and shopping.
Favorite Movies: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Favorite Book: Any book by Clive Barker
Favorite Austin Restaurant: Houston’s

Patricia Gutierrez

pgutierrez@mail.ns.utexas.edu

Advises: Emerging Scholars, Pre-Pharmacy, Biology, and Undeclared Health Professions, Chemistry, Biochemistry

Degree: BA Political Science, UT Pan American

Fact: I love hard rock/heavy metal music.
Favorite Movie: Sixteen Candles
Favorite Book: North and South by John Jake
Favorite Austin Restaurant: Din Ho

Chris Connelly

chris.connelly@cns.utexas.edu

Advises: Biology and Undeclared

Degrees: BA Journalism/Communications, University of Connecticut; MEd Educational Psychology, UT Austin

Fact: I lived on an island for two years.
Favorite Movies: American History X, Kill Bill Vol. 1-2
Favorite Book: A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
Favorite Austin Restaurant: Dave & Buster's

first-year advising

Meet the Advisors