Faculty and Staff

The Office of the Provost administers the Hunt Leadership Scholarship Program. The Program Director is Professor Ellen S. Pryor, and the Program Coordinator is Rose Torres. In addition, as of 2007, we welcome a faculty mentor to the HLSP, Professor Miguel A. Quinones.

Ellen S. Pryor

Ellen S. Pryor, Director of the Hunt Leadership Scholars Program, is the Homer R. Mitchell Endowed Professor of Law, as well as one of three Associate Provosts for SMU. As Associate Provost, her work includes the Hunt Leadership Scholars, Educational Programs, and student academic petitions and appeals.

Professor Pryor graduated from Rice University in 1978 and from the University of Texas School of Law in 1982. In law school, Professor Pryor served as Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Law Review. Following graduation, she served as judicial clerk for a federal appeals court Judge, the Honorable Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

She has authored books and multiple articles on tort law, disability, insurance, and professional responsibility.

In 2001, she was named one of four inaugural members of SMU’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers. In 2000, she received SMU’s United Methodist Award for Scholar-Teacher of the Year. In 2002, she received the law school’s annual Don Smart award for teaching excellence. In May 2005, she received one of four annual Piper Professor awards, given by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation to professors at colleges or universities in Texas.

She has been married for 23 years to Will Pryor, and they have two daughters, ages 18 and 16.

Professor Pryor’s contact information is:
Perkins Administration Building, Second Floor;
Phone 214.768.2580; epryor@smu.edu

Rose Torres

Rose Torres is the administrative coordinator for the Hunt Leadership Scholars. She has worked at SMU for 14 years, including serving as associate director for registration and scheduling for the graduate students at the School of Engineering. She has been married to Israel Torres for 31 years, and they have a son and a daughter. Her son is a chemical engineer, and her daughter is an electrical engineer who also holds an MBA degree.

Her contact information is:
Perkins Administration Building, Second Floor;
Phone 214.768.4984; rose@smu.edu

Miguel A. Quinones

Miguel A. Quinones, the faculty mentor for the Hunt Leadership Scholars, is the Marilyn and Leo Corrigan Endowed Professor of Management and Organizations at the SMU Cox School of Business.

Professor Quinones received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Michigan State University, and his B.S. in Psychology, with a minor in Management from Texas A&M University. He started his academic career at Rice University, where he became a tenured professor and taught in the areas of psychology and management. At Rice, he received the University’s George R. Brown award for superior teaching in 3 separate years. He also served as the residential “Master” for Baker College, one of Rice’s residential colleges.

In 2005, he received a Fulbright Scholarship by which he served as visiting professor in Chile, at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

At the SMU Cox School of Business, he has received the Eugene T. Byrne Faculty Innovation Award. His areas of expertise include human resource management, developing organizational capabilities, and organizational change. He has published extensively in the top journals relating to organizational behavior and psychology within organizations. He has also provided consulting services to clients such as Chevron, Anthem, Minute Maid (Coca Cola), and NASA.