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Dr. José D. Villalobos is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at UTEP. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at San Antonio and his doctoral degree from Texas A&M Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é. He is a recipient of the , a Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas System Curricular Innovation Grant, UTEP's Most Distinguished Faculty Member Award, and UTEP's Outstanding Service to the College Award in Liberal Arts. Dr. Villalobos has also garnered numerous recognitions for his research, including the  and four book awards: the , the , the , and the . He has served as an Inaugural Member of UTEP's Academy of Distinguished Teachers, the Provost’s Faculty Fellow-in-Residence for Community Engagement, and Chair of the Dean's Community Engagement & Leadership (CEL) Program in Liberal Arts. He currently serves as Faculty Fellow for UTEP's Center for Community Engagement (CCE) and member of the Provost's Community Engagement Council.

His research examines institutional leadership, public opinion and behavior dynamics, and policymaking. His journal publications include articles in: The Journal of Politics, Political Psychology, Politics & Gender, American Behavioral Scientist, Political Research Quarterly, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Public Administration, Administration & Society, and other scholarly venues. His latest journal publication is a co-authored article in Politics & Gender () that examines how group empathy served as a catalyst for people to act on their opposition to the overturning of Roe v. Wade during the 2022 midterm elections. Dr. Villalobos is also co-author of  (Cambridge Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Press 2021) and  (Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Michigan Press 2015). For his scholarly work connected to teaching and engagement, he is co-author of Analyzing American Democracy: Politics and Political Science, 6th edition (Routledge forthcoming) and has a chapter applying Villalobos et al.'s  framework for curricular innovation in community-engaged learning (Springer 2022). There is also an upcoming co-authored chapter on how group empathy functions as a key driver of pro-LGBTQ+ attitudes ().