Staff
Operations Research & Engineering Management Department Staff
Administrative Specialist
Erin Brown
214-768-1100
erinb@smu.edu
Project Manager
Preston Sanderson
psanderson@smu.edu
School-Level Administrative Staff
Student Success & Inclusive Excellence
Kathy Hubbard
Assistant Dean, Student Success & Inclusive Excellence
Interim Director, Hart Center for Engineering Leadership
214-768-3033
khubbard@smu.edu
Undergraduate Advising
Misti Compton, MS NCC
Director, Undergraduate Advising and Student Records
214-768-3415
Dorie Kaye Beitchman, M.Ed.
Senior Academic Advisor
214-768-2189
Dallas Forbes
Degree Counselor
214-768-6262
dforbes@smu.edu
Career Services
Linda Parker
Director, Career Services
214-768-1845
lcparker@smu.edu
Sonjia Stanford
Associate Director, Graduate Career Services
214-768-3204
sstanford@smu.edu
Student Experience & Scholarship
Jim Dees
Executive Director, Student Experience & Scholarship
214-768-1456
jdees@smu.edu
Academic Research Center
Ali Beskok, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Industry Partnerships
214-768-6531
abeskok@smu.edu
Jason Bradberry
214-768-6062
jbradberry@smu.edu
Amanda Martin
214-768-2345
amandamartin@smu.edu
Mark Giles
214-768-6882
gilesm@smu.edu
Machine Shop
Kenny Sangston
214-768-3635
ksangston@smu.edu
Necdet Yildrimer
nyildiri@smu.edu
Recruiting and Strategic Enrollment
Rebecca Lothringer, EdD
Assistant Dean, Recruitment and Strategic Enrollment
rebeccall@smu.edu
Anam Iqbal, MPA
Associate Director, Graduate and International Recruitment
214-768-6541
ajiqbal@smu.edu
Karla Hernandez, M.Ed
Assistant Director of Recruitment
214-768-6860
karlah@smu.edu
Meet the recruiting and enrollment team
Brand Marketing and Strategic Communications
Megan Jacob
Associate Director, Content Marketing
meganjacob@smu.edu
Sarah Sedaghatzadeh
Internal Communications & Alumni Relations
ssedaghatzadeh@smu.edu
McKenna Wierman
Enrollment Marketing
mwierman@smu.edu