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Faculty, Staff and Experts
SMU Tower Center Faculty & Staff
Name | Position |
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Jennifer Apperti | Deputy Director |
Astrid Galvan -Segura | Events Coordinator |
James Hollifield | Academic Director, Ora Nixon Arnold Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science, and Director of Tower Scholars Program, SMU |
Robert Jordan |
Diplomat-in-Residence |
Lauren Kelly | Assistant Director of Student Engagement |
Diana Newton | Colin Powell Teaching Fellow, Tower Scholars Program |
Ray Rafidi | Senior Associate Director |
Stefano Recchia | John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security |
Luisa del Rosal | Colin Powell Teaching Fellow, Tower Scholars Program, Special Advisor |
Hiroki Takeuchi | Director of the Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia |
Senior Fellows
Name | Position |
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Sabri Ates | Associate Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies, SMU |
Frederick Chang | Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, SMU |
Cullum Clark | Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative and Adjunct Professor of Economics, SMU |
Kathleen Cooper | Senior Fellow, SMU Tower Center |
Karisa Cloward | Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, SMU |
Lee Cullum | Journalist, Host of CEO on KERA |
Jeffrey Engel | Professor of History and David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History, SMU |
Neil Foley | The Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, SMU |
Robert Jordan | Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Diplomat-in-Residence, SMU Tower Center |
Joseph F. Kobylka | Associate Professor, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Chair of the Department of Political Science, SMU |
Maribeth Kuenzi | Associate Professor and Director of the Albert W. Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership Development, SMU |
Lai Yee Leong | Senior Fellow, SMU Tower Center, Distinguished Fellow at the SMU Center for Presidential History (CPH) and Lecturer in Political Science, SMU |
Diana Newton | Senior Fellow and Colin Powell Lecturer in Public Policy and International Affairs, SMU |
Pia M. Orrenius | Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
Thomas Osang | Associate Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of Economics, SMU |
Stefano Recchia | John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security, SMU |
Harold Stanley | Vice President for Executive Affairs and Geurin-Pettus Distinguished Chair in American Politics and Political Economy, SMU |
Hiroki Takeuchi | Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia, SMU |
Matthew Wilson | Associate Professor of Political Science and Kairo Endowed Director of the Center for Faith and Learning, SMU |
Fellows
Name | Position |
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Caroline Brettell |
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, SMU |
Xi Chen | Fellow SMU Tower Center and President-Elect, Association of Chinese Political Studies |
Stan Crow | Fellow SMU Tower Center and Founder, Stan Crow Enterprises |
Jason Galui | Fellow SMU Tower Center and Director, Veterans and Military Families, George W. Bush Institute |
Andrew Graybill | Professor of History and Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, SMU |
Miryam Hazan | Fellow SMU Tower Center and Migration Specialist, Organization of American States |
Dennis S. Ippolito | Eugene McElvaney Professor of Political Science, SMU |
Calvin Jillson | Professor of Political Science, SMU |
Sheri Kunovich | Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success, SMU |
Danielle Casarez Lemi | Fellow, SMU Tower Center |
Simon Mak | Founding Vice Chancellor, AI University, Mumbai |
Craig McKinley | General U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and 26th Chief National Guard |
Alejandro Nieto | Fellow SMU Tower Center and President, N-GE |
Lynne Novack | Fellow SMU Tower Center and Vice-President of the American Committee on Foreign Relations |
Daniel Orlovsky | Professor Emeritus of History, SMU |
Jieun Pyun | Director for Asia at Yale University |
Idean Salehyan | Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas |
Steven M. Shepro | Lieutenant General U.S. Air Force, (Ret.) 21st Deputy Chairman of NATO |
Marianne Stewart | Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Dallas |
Herve Tchumkam | Associate Professor of French and World Languages and Literature for French, SMU |
Pat Walsh | Admiral U.S. Navy (Ret.), former Commander of the Pacific Fleet and President of Cristo Rey Dallas |
Stephen Wegren | Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies, SMU |
Mark Wynne | Vice President, Associate Director of Research and Director of the Globalization , Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
Jay Young |
Colin Powell Teaching Fellow and President of the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations |
Associates
Name | Position |
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Nathan Balke | Interim Dean of Dedman College and Dedman Family Distinguished Professor, SMU Department of Economics |
Rachel Ball-Phillips | Director, National Student Fellowships and President’s Scholars and Adjunct Lecturer at William P. Clements Department of History, SMU |
Eric G. Bing |
Professor of Global Health and Co-Director of Health and Society Programs, SMU |
Maryann Cairns | Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SMU |
Jesus Cañas | Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
Pam Corley | Professor of Political Science and Director of Law and Legal Reasoning Minor, SMU |
Eva Szalkai Csaky | Research Associate Tower Center, SMU |
Carrie Liu Currier | Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, TCU |
Manochehr Dorraj | Professor of Political Science, TCU |
Klaus Desmet | Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor of Economics, SMU |
Gianna Englert | Assistant Professor of Humanities, University of Florida |
Shubha Ghosh | Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and Director of the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute, Syracuse University |
Kenneth Hamilton | Professor of History and Director of Ethnic Studies, SMU |
Karl Ho | Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Dallas |
Erin Hochman | Associate Professor of Modern German and European History, SMU |
Jennifer Holmes | Dean of The School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas |
Robert Hunt | Professor of Global Theological Education and Director of the Center for Evangelism, SMU |
Christopher Jenks | Senior Law of War Advisor, U.S. Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps |
Macabe Keliher | Associate Professor, SMU |
Woo Kim | Assistant Professor, SMU |
Rita Kirk | Professor and William F. May Endowed Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility, SMU |
Thomas J. Knock | Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, SMU |
Mike Lusztig | Professor of Political Science, SMU |
Luigi Manzetti | Professor of Political Science, SMU |
Garrett Marquis | Adjunct Professor, USC & former Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council |
Kelly McKowen | Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SMU |
Daniel Nuckols | John T. Jones Chair of Economics and Associate Professor of Economics, Austin College |
Dayna Oscherwitz | Professor of French and Associate Provost for Institutional Planning and Effectiveness, SMU |
Edward T. Rincón | President, Rincón & Associates LLC |
Michael Strausz | Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at TCU |
Brian W. Stump | Albritton Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, SMU |
Alexander Tan | Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Head of Department, University of Canterbury |
Sandy Thatcher | Research Associate, SMU Tower Center |
Lembe Tiky | Assistant Professor of Politics, Fairfield University |
Bernard (Bud) Weinstein | Research Associate, SMU Tower Center |
Updated August 21, 2024