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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Administration


Corporate Officers of the University

R. Gerald Turner, President

Brad E. Cheves, Vice President for Development and External Affairs

Rakesh Dahiya, Chief Investment Officer

Elizabeth G. Loboa, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Kenechukwu (K.C.) Mmeje, Vice President for Student Affairs

Chris Regis, Vice President for Business and Finance and Treasurer

Harold W. Stanley, Vice President for Executive Affairs

Paul J. Ward, Vice President for Legal Affairs and Government Relations, General Counsel and Secretary

Academic Deans

Marc P. Christensen, Dean of Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering, Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor of Engineering Innovation

Jennifer M. Collins, Dean of Dedman School of Law, Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law

Thomas DiPiero, Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

Craig C. Hill, Dean of Joe and Lois Perkins School of Theology

Samuel S. Holland, Dean of Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts, Algur H. Meadows Deanship

Holly Jeffcoat, Dean of Central SMU Libraries

Stephanie L. Knight, Dean of Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Leon Simmons Endowed Deanship

Matthew B. Myers, Dean of Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Tolleson Chair in Business Leadership

James E. Quick, Dean of the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

Office of the President

Director of Internal Audit (search in progress, June 2021)

Laura Clegg, Executive Assistant to the President

Maria Dixon Hall, Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor to the President for Campus Cultural Intelligence Initiatives

Rick Hart, Director of Athletics

Michael H. Hites, Chief Information Officer

Samantha Thomas, Executive Director of Institutional Access and Equity and Executive Assistant to the President

Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Patricia Alvey, Associate Provost for Institutional Planning and Effectiveness

Daniel Eady, Assistant Provost (Chief of Staff)

Sheri Kunovich, Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success

Peter Moore, Associate Provost for Curricular Innovation and Policy

James E. Quick, Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies

Michael D. Tumeo, Director for Institutional Research

Wes K. Waggoner, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Paige Ware, Associate Provost for Faculty Success

Division of Enrollment Services

Elena Hicks, Dean of Admission and Executive Director of Enrollment Services

Albert Jabour, Bursar and Executive Director of Enrollment Services

Bobby Lothringer, University Registrar and Executive Director of Enrollment Services

Marc Peterson, Director of Financial Aid and Executive Director of Enrollment Services

Claudia Sotomayor Hart, Director, International Student & Scholar Services

Wes K. Waggoner, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Office of the Vice President for Business and Finance

Ernie Barry, Associate Vice President for Budgets and Finance

Warren Ricks, Associate Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Michael Molina, Associate Vice President and Chief Architect for Facilities Planning and Management

Sheri Starkey, Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer

Alison Tweedy, Associate Vice President of Campus Services

Jim Walters, Chief of Police

Melanie Bailey, Senior Contracts Administrator

Office of the Vice President for Development and External Affairs

Dana Ayres, Senior Executive Director for Program Services and Donor Relations

Robert Bucker, Assistant to the Vice President for Strategic Affairs

Kushal Dasgupta, Senior Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer for Development and External Affairs

Blake Davis, Assistant Vice President for Principal and Major Gifts

Regina Moldovan, Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Heather Shaw, Assistant to the Vice President for Leadership Projects

Astria Smith, Senior Executive Director for Annual Giving and Alumni Relations

Paula Voyles, Assistant Vice President for School and Project Development

Office of the Vice President for Legal Affairs and Government Relations, General Counsel and Secretary

Jesse Adkins, Associate University Counsel

Susan Howe, Associate University Counsel

Kelly Thurman, Associate University Counsel

Briana August, Higher Education Law Fellow

Mary Anne Rogers, Associate University Secretary

Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs

Mindy Sutton, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Adam R. Cebulski, Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff

Melinda Carlson, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Residence Life and Student Housing

Crystal L. Clayton, Executive Director of Hegi Family Career Development Center

Lisa Garvin, Chaplain to the University

Offices of the Academic Deans

Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

Thomas DiPiero, Dean

Renee McDonald, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs

Thomas W. Carr, Associate Dean for Curriculum

David Doyle, Jr., Assistant Dean and Director of the University Honors Program

Cox School of Business

Matthew B. Myers, Dean, Tolleson Chair in Business Leadership and David B. Miller Endowed Professor in Business

William R. Dillon, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Shane C. Goodwin, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Executive Education

James N. Bryan, Associate Dean for BBA Admissions and Advising

Gary T. Moskowitz, Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Accreditation

Catherine Collins, Assistant Dean for Administration and Facilities

Linda Kao, Assistant Dean for Global Operations

Kevin Knox, Assistant Dean for Alumni and External Relations

Anna Martinez, Executive Director for Communications

Julie Maass, Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Enrollment and Engagement

Jason Rife, Senior Assistant Dean for Career Management Center and Graduate Admissions

Lyle School of Engineering

Marc P. Christensen, Dean, Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor of Engineering Innovation

M. Volkan Otugen, Senior Associate Dean, George R. Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering

Duncan L. MacFarlane, Associate Dean for Engineering Entrepreneurship, Bobby B. Lyle Centennial Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship

DeeDee Conway, Associate Dean of Operations

Jim Dees, Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Experience and Enrollment Management

Kathy Hubbard, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Meadows School of the Arts

Samuel S. Holland, Algur H. Meadows Dean

Kevin Paul Hofeditz, Executive Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Barbara Hill Moore, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty

David Sedman, Associate Dean for Finance and Operations

Gretchen Smith, Associate Dean for Students

Karen Drennan, Associate Dean for Communications and Strategy, Chief of Staff

Corinna Nash-Wnuk, Associate Dean for Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness

Simmons School of Education and Human Development

Stephanie L. Knight, Dean, Leon Simmons Endowed Deanship

Anthony Petrosino, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach

Tim Jacobbe, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Rebecca Hood, Senior Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs and Operations

Kathryn Canterbury, Assistant Dean for Research and Grants Accounting

Anthony Cuevas, Assistant Dean for Learning Technology

Yolette Garcia, Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Outreach

Dedman School of Law

Jennifer M. Collins, Dean, Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law

Lolita Buckner Inniss, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Meghan J. Ryan, Associate Dean for Research

Greg Ivy, Associate Dean for Library and Technology

Mary Spector, Associate Dean for Clinics

Martin L. Camp, Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs

Becca Henley, Assistant Dean for Administration

Jill Nikirk, Assistant Dean for Admissions

Karen C. Sargent, Assistant Dean and Executive Director for Career Services

Stephen B. Yeager, Assistant Dean for Students Affairs

Anne G. Beard, Director of Development

Laura G. Burstein, Director of Public Service

Lynn McVicker Dempsey, Director of External Relations

Erica Fadel, Director of Career Services

Natalie Thompson Greco, Director of Programs and Operations, Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation

Christine Leatherberry, Director of Alumni Relations

Dana Minissale, Director, Office of Career Services

Kristy Offenburger, Director of Communications and Marketing

Laura Amberson, Registrar

Perkins School of Theology

Craig C. Hill, Dean of Joe and Lois Perkins School of Theology

Hugo Magallanes, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director, Houston-Galveston Extension Program, Associate Professor of Christianity and Culture

Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

James E. Quick, Dean

Karen Wray, Executive Assistant II to Dean

Alan Itkin, Assistant Dean

Stevie Otto, Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Kerri Bennett, Associate Director

Rachel Ball-Phillips, Director of Fellowships and Awards

Jean Nixon, Program Specialist

Office of Research

James E. Quick, Associate Provost for Research

Karen Wray, Executive Assistant II to Dean

Shannon Lunt, Assistant Vice President for Research

Heather McClary, Director of Research Compliance

Ruth V. Lozano, Director of Sponsored Projects and Contracts

Kimberly Jones-Ross, Director of Technology Management

Laura Hamilton, Research Compliance Coordinator II

Elvin Franklin, Associate Director of Contracts

Nicole Babilya, Senior Grant Management Specialist

Katie Wu, Grant Management Specialist

Shanteria Cobb, Contract Management Specialist

Benisha Young, Research Coordinator I