Faculty, Staff and Experts
SMU Tower Center Faculty & Staff
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jennifer Apperti | Deputy Director |
| Astrid Galvan -Segura | Events Coordinator |
| James Hollifield | Academic Director, Ora Nixon Arnold Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science, and Director of Tower Scholars Program, 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 Emeritus of Computer Science, 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 and Director of Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, SMU |
| Journalist, Host of on KERA | |
| Jeffrey Engel | Professor of History and David Gergen 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, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Chair of the Department of Political Science, 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, Distinguished Fellow at the SMU Center for Presidential History (CPH) and Lecturer in Political Science, SMU |
| Diana Newton | Senior Fellow and Colin Powell Lecturer in Public Policy and International Affairs, SMU |
| Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | |
| Thomas Osang | Associate Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching 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 and Kairo Endowed Director of the Center for Faith and Learning, SMU |
Fellows
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Caroline Brettell |
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, SMU |
| Fellow SMU Tower Center and President-Elect, Association of Chinese Political Studies | |
| Fellow SMU Tower Center and Founder, Stan Crow Enterprises | |
| Jason Galui | Fellow SMU Tower Center and Director, Veterans and Military Families, George W. Bush Institute |
| Andrew Graybill | Professor of History and Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, SMU |
| Fellow SMU Tower Center and 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 of Sociology and Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success, SMU |
| Fellow, SMU Tower Center | |
| Simon Mak | Founding Vice Chancellor, AI University, Mumbai |
| General U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and 26th Chief National Guard | |
| Fellow SMU Tower Center and President, N-GE | |
| Lynne Novack | Fellow SMU Tower Center and Vice-President of the American Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Daniel Orlovsky | Professor Emeritus of History, SMU |
| Director for Asia at Yale University |
|
| Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas | |
| Lieutenant General U.S. Air Force, (Ret.) 21st Deputy Chairman of NATO | |
| Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Dallas | |
| Herve Tchumkam | Associate Professor of French and World Languages and Literature for French, SMU |
| Admiral U.S. Navy (Ret.), former Commander of the Pacific Fleet and President of Cristo Rey Dallas | |
| Stephen Wegren | Professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies, SMU |
| Vice President, Associate Director of Research and Director of the Globalization , Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | |
| Jay Young |
Colin Powell Teaching Fellow and President of the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations |
Associates
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nathan Balke | Interim Dean of Dedman College and 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 |
| Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | |
| Pam Corley | Professor of Political Science and Director of Law and Legal Reasoning Minor, SMU |
| Eva Szalkai Csaky | Research Associate Tower Center, SMU |
| Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, TCU | |
| Professor of Political Science, TCU | |
| Klaus Desmet | Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor of Economics, SMU |
| Gianna Englert | Assistant Professor of Humanities, University of Florida |
| 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 |
| Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Dallas |
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| Erin Hochman | Associate Professor of Modern German and European History, SMU |
| 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 |
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| Robert Hunt | Professor of Global Theological Education and Director of the Center for Evangelism, SMU |
| Christopher Jenks | Senior Law of War Advisor, U.S. Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps |
| Macabe Keliher | Associate Professor, SMU |
| 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 | Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, SMU |
| Mike Lusztig | Professor of Political Science, SMU |
| Luigi Manzetti | Professor of Political Science, SMU |
| Adjunct Professor, USC & former Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council | |
| Kelly McKowen | Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SMU |
| John T. Jones Chair of Economics and Associate Professor of Economics, Austin College | |
| Dayna Oscherwitz | Professor of French and Associate Provost for Institutional Planning and Effectiveness, SMU |
| President, Rincón & Associates LLC | |
| Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at TCU | |
| Brian W. Stump | Albritton Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, SMU |
| Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Head of Department, University of Canterbury | |
| Research Associate, SMU Tower Center | |
| Assistant Professor of Politics, Fairfield University | |
| Bernard (Bud) Weinstein | Research Associate, SMU Tower Center |
Updated August 21, 2024