IDSER - Our People
Lloyd B. Potter, Director
Dr. Potter is a professor in the Department of Demography at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Potter received a Ph.D. in sociology and demography from The University of Texas at Austin, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Before joining the Institute, Dr. Potter was Director of the Center for Study and Prevention of Injury, Violence, and Suicide at the non-profit company Education Development Center. Earlier he managed the youth violence and suicide prevention program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over his career, his work has focused on applying demographic methods and social and behavioral science in public health settings. Recently, his work has focused on demographic aspects of mental health and addiction.
Research Staff
Miguel Flores
Dr. Flores obtained his Masters in Economics from the University of Essex, England, and his Ph.D. in Applied Demography from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. Flores has published research articles in the fields of health economics, migration, regional economics, and spatial economic analysis. He is currently involved in community needs assessments projects as well as in the analysis of internal migration trends and patterns in Texas.
Nazrul Hoque
Dr. Hoque is an assistant professor in the Department of Demography and Organization Studies at UTSA where he teaches courses in applied demography. He began his career as a research analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C. He then worked as a research scientist at the Department of Rural Sociology at Texas A&M University and at the Office of the State Demographer of Texas. Since 1989, he has been actively involved in the areas of research and application of population estimates and projections. He is specifically interested in the investigation, selection, and implementation of appropriate statistical and demographic techniques to produce annual population estimates for the state, counties, and places of Texas and biennial population projections for the state and counties of Texas. Other ongoing research includes projections of households, civilian labor force, and school enrollment in the state and counties of Texas. In addition to his work in Texas demography, Dr. Hoque has done extensive work on fertility and family planning issues in developing countries. He has published collaborative articles in refereed journals and book chapters. He has also co-authored two books published by Texas A&M University. Dr. Hoque received M.A.s from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and the University of Waterloo, Canada and a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a Fulbright scholar who was awarded a teaching and research grant to offer courses in Applied Demography at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He also conducted seminars on the implications of future demographic changes on different types of services and policy issues in Bangladesh.
Jeffrey A. Jordan
Dr. Jordan has been involved in numerous research projects that investigate the relationship between demography and various other socioeconomic issues in Texas including education, criminal justice, and social services. In addition, he provides data and programming expertise on the various projects at the Institute and Center and supervises the IT staff. Previously, he worked at the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University where he was involved in several research projects addressing topics from adult and juvenile criminal justice, substance abuse prevention, and mental health evaluation. Prior to that, he was involved in research investigating group learning protocols and computer-based training with the U.S. Air Force. He has co-authored articles in journals in the fields of psychology and human factors, several technical reports, and a book on the methods and data sources for demographics. Dr. Jordan received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology in 1997 from Texas A&M University in College Station.
Beverly Pecotte
Ms. Pecotte has over 20 years of experience coordinating the efforts of research, academic and programming staff on projects analyzing the demographic distribution patterns for Texas’ diverse environments, population groups and socioeconomic resources. She is currently responsible for the day-to-day management of the Texas State Data Center program and supervises the data collections needed to produce population estimates and projections for Texas. She has co-authored a number of books, articles, chapters and technical reports with other members of the research staff. Her background has proved valuable to the integrated research programs within this institute. Ms. Pecotte received a M.S. in Geography in 1983 from Texas A&M University.
Lila Valencia
Dr. Lila Valencia is a researcher and the Legislative Liaison at the Office of the State Demographer. She has over 10 years of experience in quantative and qualitative research in both the public and private sectors. Her current work focus involve understanding and communicating demographic trends and processes in Texas. Lila holds a Ph.D. in Applied Demography from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a Master of Arts in Psychology from the College of William and Mary in Virgina, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. She is from Brownsville, TX.
Steve White
Mr. White’s research centers on the interrelationships between public policy and demography and has involved a wide range of topics including hazardous waste facility siting, property tax issues, community care for the aged, higher education enrollment and funding, rural development issues, and various aspects of welfare reform. His policy and population research began in 1993 with the Center for Socioeconomic and Demographic Research at Texas A&M University in College Station, the precursor of IDSER. Prior to that, he was involved with affordable housing as a research associate with the Center for Housing and Urban Development in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University in College Station. Mr. White received a B.S. in Psychology in 1973 from The University of Texas in Austin and a M.S. in Land Development in 1987 from Texas A&M University in College Station.
Helen You
Ms. You works as a research scientist at the Office of the State Demographer in Austin. She has over 10 years of demographic research experience. During her years of work at the State Data Center and the Office of the State Demographer, she has provided data analyses and written reports covering a wide range of topics including welfare, education, migration, health and health care in Texas. With a general interest in demography and public policy in Texas, her recent research revolved around mortality, health and health related issues. Some of her recent work includes diabetes projections and projections of the uninsured in Texas at the county level. Ms. You received a Master’s degree in Sociology and Demography from Texas A&M University, College Station and is now a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas, Austin.