Posted on August 13, 2025 by Rebekah Alegria
Five faculty members named to two-year fellowship supporting business research.
UTSA Alvarez Fellows 2025
The Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA has named five faculty members as the inaugural recipients of the Alvarez Research Fellowship, a new college initiative designed to support outstanding scholarly research and elevate the college's academic profile.
“It is an honor to recognize these exceptional scholars and to support their continued contributions to research that meaningfully enhance the college’s academic reputation and research rankings,” said Juan Manuel Sanchez, senior associate dean for faculty success and research.
This announcement comes on the heels of a significant milestone for the college; being ranked among the top 100 business schools in North America for research productivity, according to the 2025 UT Dallas Business School Research Rankings™. The Alvarez Research Fellows include Alper Arslan, assistant professor of economics; Huy Le, professor of management; Alexander Lewis, assistant professor of management; Jonathan Moreno-Medina, assistant professor of economics; and Stephen Schwab, assistant professor of management.
“This new fellowship reflects the college’s commitment to advancing a strong research culture,” added Sanchez. “It’s about giving our faculty the resources and tools to build a national research reputation that elevates not only their careers, but also the college’s reputation.”
Each faculty member will receive an annual research stipend and carry the title of Alvarez Research Fellow for a two-year term. The program aims to foster high-impact scholarship, encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and further the college’s mission of advancing innovative business research.
Arslan’s research focuses on empirical industrial organization, market design and revenue management—especially in auction and ticket markets. His recent work includes an analysis of variable ticket pricing in the NFL and advances in auction theory. He has published in leading journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Management Science.
Le is an expert in human capital and meta-analytic methods. He employs psychometric and multilevel modeling to examine staffing practices, employee retention, and educational outcomes. His research has appeared in top-ranked journals, including the Journal of Applied Psychology.
Lewis explores the intersection of entrepreneurship, economic sociology, and social value creation. His work addresses how markets function in contexts of inequality and transformation. He has published in prestigious outlets such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing and Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Moreno-Medina applies tools from microeconomics, natural language processing and machine learning to examine issues related to urban systems, media and crime. His recent study on weather shocks and crime appeared in the Review of Economics and Statistics.
Schwab studies organizational health economics with an emphasis on interpersonal dynamics in healthcare settings. His research on physician behavior and decision-making has been featured in Science, and he has forthcoming work in Management Science.
“Being named one of the first Alvarez Research Fellows is a great honor and is a meaningful recognition for me,” said Le. “It’s both an honor and an incentive to keep striving for meaningful, evidence-based research that can inform policy and practice.”
The Alvarez Research Fellows Program was established to recognize faculty who demonstrate exceptional research productivity, thought leadership in their disciplines, and potential for national and global scholarly impact.
— Rebekah Alegria
