Department Chairpersons
For faculty members their department chair is a central point of contact for many questions, planning assistance and challenges.
To ensure that faculty have access to this important resource the Office of Faculty Success keeps an up-to-date list regarding each department chair/proper point of contact across the entire University. Below is a list of each department chair/point of contact with pertinent contact information organized by school/college.
Accounting | Hemang Desai | hdesai@smu.edu | 214-768-3185 | Crow 386 |
Finance | Jim Linck | jlinck@smu.edu | 214-768-3933 | Fincher 400C |
Information Technology & Operations Management | Amit Basu | abasu@smu.edu | 214-768-8257 | Fincher 440A |
Marketing | Ed Fox (ad interim) | efox@smu.edu | 214-768-3943 | Fincher 310 |
Management & Organizations | Marcus Butts | mbutts@smu.edu | 214-768-3181 | Crow 278D |
Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Business Economics | Gordon Walker | gwalker@cox.smu.edu | 214-768-2191 | Fincher 410C |
Anthropology | Mike Adler | madler@smu.edu | 214-768-1864 | Heroy Hall 403 |
Biological Sciences | Rick Jones | rjones@smu.edu | 214-768-3810 | Dedman Life Sciences 333 |
Chemistry | Mike Lattman | mlattman@smu.edu | 214-768-2467 | Fondren Science 310 |
Earth Sciences | Heather DeShon | hdeshon@smu.edu | 214-768-2916 | Heroy Hall 313 |
Economics | Dan Millimet | millimet@smu.edu | 214-768-3269 | Umphrey Lee 301A |
English | Christopher Gonzalez | ctgonzalez@smu.edu |
214-768-6137 | Dallas Hall 236 |
History | Melissa Dowling | mdowling@smu.edu | 214-768-2976 | Dallas Hall 356B |
Mathematics | Peter Moore | pmoore@smu.edu | 214-768-3212 | |
Philosophy | Eric Barnes | ebarnes@smu.edu | 214-768-2128 | Hyer Hall 211F |
Physics | David Son (ad interim) | dson@smu.edu | 214-768-7832 | Fondren Science 039 |
Political Science | Joseph Kobylka | jkobylka@smu.edu | 214-768-2525 | Carr Collins 209 |
Psychology | Austin Baldwin | baldwin@smu.edu | 214-768-1027 | Expressway Tower 1300 |
Religious Studies | Jill DeTemple | detemple@smu.edu | 214-768-2102 | Hyer Hall 300G |
Sociology | Anne Lincoln | lincoln@smu.edu | 214-768-1632 | Hyer Hall 306C |
Statistical Science | Dan Heitjan | dheitjan@smu.edu | 214-768-3012 | Heroy Hal 138A |
World Languages & Literatures | Elizabeth Russ | eruss@smu.edu | 214-768-2224 | Clements Hall 309B |
Division Chair, Writer/English | Stephanie Amsel | samsel@smu.edu | 214-768-3832 | Clements Hall 108C |
Civil & Environmental Engineering | Kathleen Smits | ksmits@smu.edu | 214-768-6154 | Embrey 203H |
Computer Science & Engineering | Jia Zhang (ad interim) | jiazhang@smu.edu | 214-768-3052 | Caruth Hall 483 |
Electrical & Computer Engineering | Mahesh Krishnamurthy | |||
Operations Research & Engineering Management | Sila Cetinkaya | sila@smu.edu | 214-768-1117 | Caruth Hall 321 |
Mechanical Engineering | Amin Salehi-Khojin |
Division of Advertising | Joe Phua | jphua@smu.edu | 214-768-6133 | Umphrey Lee |
Division of Art & Design | Brian Molanphy | bmolanphy@smu.edu | 214-768-1455 | Caruth Hall |
Division of Art History | Adam Herring | aherring@smu.edu | 214-768-3823 | Owens Art Center 1623 |
Division of Arts Management & Arts Entrepreneurship | Sandy Duhe (ad interim) | sduhe@smu.edu | 214-768-1933 | Umphrey Lee 229B |
Division of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs | Gordon Law | glaw@smu.edu | 214-768-3090 | |
Division of Dance | Christopher Dolder | cdolder@smu.edu | 214-768-1672 | Owens Art Center |
Division of Film & Media Studies |
Mark Kerins |
mkerins@smu.edu | 214-768-2642 | |
Division of Journalism | Melissa Chessher | mchessher@smu.edu | 214-768-6149 | Umphrey Lee |
Division of Music | Tom Keck | tkeck@smu.edu | 214-768-1937 | Owens Art Center 1011 |
Division of Theatre | Blake Hackler | jhackler@smu.edu | 214-768-4618 | Owens Art Center |
Applied Physiology & Wellness | Willis Jones (ad interim) | wajones@smu.edu | 214-768-6561 | Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall 345 |
Dispute Resolution & Counseling | Greta Davis | gretad@smu.edu | 214-768-5671 | Expressway Tower 300 |
Education Policy & Leadership | Aki Kamata | akamata@smu.edu | 214-768-7708 | Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall 345 |
Teaching and Learning | Lin Lin Lipsmeyer | llipsmeyer@smu.edu | 214-768-6123 | Harold Clark Simmons Hall 301 |
Graduate Liberal Studies | Kate Montgomery (ad interim) | kmontgom@smu.edu | 214-768-7589 | Annette Caldwell Simmons Hall 234 |
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs | Stephen Yeager | syeager@smu.edu | 214-768-4178 | Storey Hall 130A |
Sr Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Thomas Mayo | tmayo@smu.edu | 214-768-3767 | Storey Hall 303 |
Director of Guildhall | Elizabeth Stringer | estringer@smu.edu | 214-768-5134 | Ford Hall 306D |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Hugo Magallanes | hugo@smu.edu | 214-768-4808 | Selecman Hall 102 |