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 |
Finance | Jim Linck | jlinck@smu.edu | 214-768-3933 |
Information Technology & Operations Management | Amit Basu | abasu@smu.edu | 214-768-8257 |
Marketing | Ed Fox (ad interim) | efox@smu.edu | 214-768-3943 |
Management & Organizations | Marcus Butts | mbutts@smu.edu | 214-768-3181 |
Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Business Economics | Gordon Walker | gwalker@cox.smu.edu | 214-768-2191 |
Anthropology | Mike Adler | madler@smu.edu | 214-768-1864 |
Biological Sciences | Rick Jones | rjones@smu.edu | 214-768-3810 |
Chemistry | Mike Lattman | mlattman@smu.edu | 214-768-2467 |
Earth Sciences | Heather DeShon | hdeshon@smu.edu | 214-768-2916 |
Economics | Dan Millimet | millimet@smu.edu | 214-768-3269 |
English | Christopher Gonzalez | ctgonzalez@smu.edu |
214-768-6137 |
History | Melissa Dowling | mdowling@smu.edu | 214-768-2976 |
Mathematics | Peter Moore | pmoore@smu.edu | 214-768-3212 |
Philosophy | Eric Barnes | ebarnes@smu.edu | 214-768-2128 |
Physics | David Son (ad interim) | dson@smu.edu | 214-768-7832 |
Political Science | Joseph Kobylka | jkobylka@smu.edu | 214-768-2525 |
Psychology | Austin Baldwin | baldwin@smu.edu | 214-768-1027 |
Religious Studies | Jill DeTemple | detemple@smu.edu | 214-768-2102 |
Sociology | Anne Lincoln | lincoln@smu.edu | 214-768-1632 |
Statistical Science | Dan Heitjan | dheitjan@smu.edu | 214-768-3012 |
World Languages & Literatures | Elizabeth Russ | eruss@smu.edu | 214-768-2224 |
Division Chair, Writer/English | Stephanie Amsel | samsel@smu.edu | 214-768-3832 |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
Thomas Mayo |
churt@smu.edu |
214-768-3767 |
Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs | Martin Camp | mlcamp@smu.edu | 214-768-2839 |
Associate Dean for Research | Jessica Dixon Weaver | jdweaver@smu.edu |
214-768-2641 |
Director of Academics | Elizabeth Stringer | estringer@smu.edu | 214-768-5134 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering | Kathleen Smits | ksmits@smu.edu | 214-768-6154 |
Computer Science & Engineering | Jia Zhang (ad interim) | jiazhang@smu.edu | 214-768-3052 |
Electrical & Computer Engineering | Mahesh Krishnamurthy | mkrishnamurthy@smu.edu |
214-768-7045 |
Operations Research & Engineering Management | Sila Cetinkaya | sila@smu.edu | 214-768-1117 |
Mechanical Engineering | Amin Salehi-Khojin | asalehikhojin@smu.edu | 214-768-7068 |
Division of Advertising | Joe Phua | jphua@smu.edu | 214-768-6133 |
Division of Art & Design | Brian Molanphy | bmolanphy@smu.edu | 214-768-1455 |
Division of Art History | Adam Herring | aherring@smu.edu | 214-768-3823 |
Division of Arts Management & Arts Entrepreneurship | Sandy Duhe (ad interim) | sduhe@smu.edu | 214-768-1933 |
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 |
Division of Film & Media Studies |
Mark Kerins |
mkerins@smu.edu | 214-768-2642 |
Division of Journalism | Melissa Chessher | mchessher@smu.edu | 214-768-6149 |
Division of Music | Tom Keck | tkeck@smu.edu | 214-768-1937 |
Division of Theatre | Blake Hackler | jhackler@smu.edu | 214-768-4618 |
Senior Assistant Dean | Alan Itkin | aitkin@smu.edu | aitkin@smu.edu |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Abraham Smith | abrahams@smu.edu | 214-768-1888 |
Chief of Staff | Andy Keck | akeck@smu.edu | 214-768-3473 |
Applied Physiology & Sport Management | Willis Jones (ad interim) | wajones@smu.edu | 214-768-6561 |
Counseling | Greta Davis | gretad@smu.edu | 214-768-5671 |
Education Policy & Leadership | Aki Kamata | akamata@smu.edu | 214-768-7708 |
Teaching and Learning | Lin Lin Lipsmeyer | llipsmeyer@smu.edu | 214-768-6123 |
Graduate Liberal Studies & Dispute Resolution | Kate Montgomery (ad interim) | kmontgom@smu.edu | 214-768-7589 |
University Foundations | Caitlin Anderson | caitlina@smu.edu | 214-768-2956 |