SMU Tower Center Faculty & Staff
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jennifer Apperti | Deputy Director |
| Astrid Galvan | Events Coordinator |
| James Hollifield | Academic Director and Professor, Department of Political Science, 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 |
|---|---|
| Sabri Ates | Associate Professor of History and Director of Undergraduate Studies, SMU |
| Frederick Chang | Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Bobby B. Lyle Centennial Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cyber Security, 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, SMU |
| Lee Cullum | Journalist, Host on KERA |
| Jeffrey Engel | Professor of History and 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 of Political Science and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Political Science Department, 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 |
| Diana Newton | Director of Tower Scholars Program, 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 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, SMU |
Fellows
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Caroline Brettell | Chair and Ruth Collins Altshuler Professor of Anthropology, SMU |
| Xi Chen | President-Elect, Association of Chinese Political Studies |
| Stan Crow | Founder, Stan Crow Enterprises |
| Jason Galui | Director, Veterans and Military Families, George W. Bush Institute |
| Andrew Graybill | Professor of History and Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, SMU |
| Miryam Hazan | 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 and Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success, SMU |
| Danielle Casarez Lemi | Fellow, SMU Tower Center |
| Simon Mak | Professor of Practice and Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, SMU |
| Craig McKinley | General U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and 26th Chief National Guard |
| Alejandro Nieto | President, N-GE |
| Joseph Norton | James L. Walsh Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor in Financial Institutions Law, SMU |
| Daniel Orlovsky | Professor and George A. Bouhe Research Fellow in Russian Studies, SMU |
| Jieun Pyun | Senior Program Manager, Human Freedom Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Associates
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nathan Balke | Professor, 2007 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 |
| Marc Christensen | Dean of the Lyle School of Engineering, SMU |
| Jennifer Cook | Assistant Professor of the Practice in International Studies and International Business, Fairfield University |
| Pam Corley | Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Law and Legal Reasoning Minor, SMU |
| Eva Szalkai Csaky | Executive Director of the Hunter and Stephanie Hunt Institute for Engineering & Humanity in the Lyle School of Engineering, SMU |
| Carrie Liu Currier | Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, TCU |
| Manochehr Dorraj | Professor, TCU |
| Klaus Desmet | Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor and Professor of Economics, SMU |
| Gianna Englert | Assistant Professor of Political Science, SMU |
| 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 | Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic and Associate Professor of Law, SMU |
| Macabe Keliher | Assistant 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 | Department Chair and 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 |
| Lynne Novack | Associate, SMU Tower Center |
| Daniel Nuckols | John T. Jones Chair of Economics and Associate Professor of Economics, Austin College |
| Dayna Oscherwitz | Professor of French and Assistant Provost for General Education and Senior Internal Officer for World Languages and Literature for French, SMU |
| Edward T. Rincón | President, Rincón & Associates LLC |
| Michael Strausz | Associate Professor and Director of Asian Studies, TCU |
| Brian W. Stump | Albritton Professor of Earth Sciences, SMU |
| Alexander Tan | Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Head of Department, University of Canterbury |
| Sandy Thatcher | Associate, SMU Tower Center |
| Lembe Tiky | Director of Academic Development, Global Affairs, University of Connecticut |
| Bud Weinstein | Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute, SMU |