Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Administration and Faculty



Administration

Corporate Officers of the University

Jay C. Hartzell, President

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

Rakesh Dahiya, Chief Investment Officer

Rachel Davis Mersey, Executive Vice President and Provost

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

Chris Regis, Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Harold W. Stanley, Vice President for Executive Affairs

Paul J. Ward, Vice President for Legal Affairs and Government Relations, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Trustees

Academic Deans

Janan Jayawickramarajah, Elisabeth Martin Armstrong Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences​​

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

Nader Jalili, Mary and Richard Templeton Dean, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Holly Jeffcoat, Dean of SMU Libraries

Michael Harris, Dean ad interim of Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development

Bryan P. Stone, Dean of Joe and Lois Perkins School of Theology, The Leighton K. Farrell Endowed Deanship

Todd T. Milbourn, Dean of Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Tolleson Chair in Business Leadership

Jason P. Nance, Judge James Noel Dean of Dedman School of Law

Robin S. Poston, Dean of the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

Office of the President

Laura Clegg, Executive Assistant to the President

Maria Dixon Hall, Chief Cultural Intelligence Officer and Senior Advisor to the President 

Damon Evans, Director of Athletics

Michael H. Hites, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

Chandra McQueen, Director of Internal Auditing and Consulting Services

Samantha Thomas, Assistant Vice President for Access and Equity

Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

Daniel Eady, Associate Vice President for Strategy and Operations and Chief of Staff

Sheri Kunovich, Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success

David Lee, Assistant Vice President for Curricular Operations and Strategy

Neena Imam, Peter O’Donnell Jr. Director of the O’Donnell Data Science and Research Computing Institute

Sukumaran Nair, Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Officer and Director of the AT&T Center for Virtualization

Dayna Oscherwitz, Associate Provost for Institutional Planning and Effectiveness

Robin S. Poston, Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Dean, Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

Michael D. Tumeo, Chief Institutional Research Officer

Wes K. Waggoner, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, Chief Enrollment Officer

Paige Ware, Associate Provost for Faculty Success

Division of Enrollment Services

Wes K. Waggoner, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, Chief Enrollment Officer

Elena Hicks, Assistant Vice Provost and Dean of Admission

Bobby Lothringer, Executive Director of Enrollment Services and University Registrar

Mary Sauceda, Assistant Vice Provost of Student Financial Services

Claudia Sotomayor Hart, Executive Director of Enrollment Services and Director of International Student & Scholar Services

Office of the Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Ernie Barry, Vice President for Finance and Planning

Leigh Ann Moffett, Associate Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Michael Molina, Vice President for Facilities, Planning and Management, and University Architect

Sheri Starkey, Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer

Alison Tweedy, Associate Vice President of Campus Services

Jim Walters, Associate Vice President and Chief of Police

Melanie Bailey, Senior Contracts Administrator

Office of the Senior Vice President for Development and External Affairs

Dana Ayres, Associate Vice President for Program Services and Donor Relations

Robert Bucker, Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Strategic Affairs

Blake Davis, Vice President for Principal and Major Gifts

Regina Moldovan, Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Heather Shaw, Assistant to the Senior Vice President, Leadership Projects

Astria Smith, Vice President of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations

Paula Jewell, Vice President for School and Project Development

Chris Kollar, Associate Vice President for Development Services

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

Frank George, Associate University Counsel

Susan Howe, Senior Associate University Counsel

Donna Morrow, Associate University Counsel/Associate University Secretary

Kelly Thurman, Associate University Counsel

Elizabeth Priest, Higher Education Law Fellow

Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs

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

Dawn Norris, Chief of Staff

Aramis Watson, Dean of Residence Life and Student Housing

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

Lisa Garvin, Chaplain and Minister to the University

Jennifer “JJ” Jones, Executive Director for Student Development & Director of Social Change & Intercultural Engagement

Offices of the Academic Deans

Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Elisabeth Martin Armstrong Dean

Brian Zoltowski, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs ad interim

Thomas Osang, Associate Dean for Curriculum

Cox School of Business

Todd T. Milbourn, Dean and Tolleson Chair in Business Leadership and the Andrew H. Chen Endowed Chair in Financial Investments

William R. Dillon, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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

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

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

Shelly Heinrich, Senior Assistant Dean for Career Management Center and Graduate Admissions

Radhika Brinkopf, Assistant Dean for Working Professionals MBA Programs

Catherine Collins, Assistant Dean for Administration and Facilities

Steven Denson, Assistant Dean of Student Success

Linda Kao, Assistant Dean for Global Operations

Kevin Knox, Assistant Dean for Alumni and External Relations

Julie Maass, Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Enrollment and Engagement

Deborah Macedonia, Assistant Dean for FT/MS Graduate Admissions

Lacey Jeffrey, Executive Director of Marketing

Anna Martinez, Executive Director for Communications

Lyle School of Engineering

Nader Jalili, Mary and Richard Templeton Dean, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Ali Beşkök, Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Ph.D. Education, George R. Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Kathy Hubbard, Assistant Dean for Student Success and Inclusive Excellence

Nancy Huff, Executive Assistant to the Dean

Rebecca Lothringer, Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Strategic Enrollment

Dinesh Rajan, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Curriculum Innovation, Cecil and Ida Green Chair of Engineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ben Zoghi, Associate Dean for Advanced Studies and Industrial Partnerships, Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Professor of Engineering Innovation

Meadows School of the Arts

Samuel S. Holland, Algur H. Meadows Dean

Barbara Hill Moore, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty

Derek Kompare, Associate Dean for Faculty

Gretchen Elizabeth Smith, Associate Dean for Students

Karen Thomas, Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Cultural Intelligence

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

Ryan Cole, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Recruitment and Admissions

Timmie Hathorn, Assistant Dean for Alumni Affairs

Simmons School of Education and Human Development

Michael S. Harris, Dean ad interim,

Corey Brady, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach

Willis Jones, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Rebecca Hood, Senior Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs and Operations

Kathryn Canterbury, Assistant Dean for Research and Grants Accounting

Francesca Go, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation

Dedman School of Law

Jason P. Nance, Dean, Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law

Christine Hurt, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, and Securities Law, and Professor of Law

Greg Ivy, Associate Dean for Library and Technology

Mary Spector, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning

Jessica Dixon Weaver, Associate Dean for Research

Laura G. Burstein, Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono

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

John Churchill, Assistant Dean for Marketing and Strategic Communications

Marcie Davis, Assistant Dean for Career Services

Erica S. Fadel, Assistant Dean for Cultural Intelligence

Christine Powers Leatherberry, Assistant Dean for Administration and Chief of Staff

Jill Nikirk, Assistant Dean for Admissions

Stephen B. Yeager, Assistant Dean for Students Affairs

Perkins School of Theology

Bryan Stone, Dean of Joe and Lois Perkins School of Theology, The Leighton K. Farrell Endowed Deanship

Hugo Magallanes, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies

Robin S. Poston, Dean of the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies and Associate Provost for Graduate Education

Karen Wray, Executive Assistant to Dean

Alan Itkin, Senior Assistant Dean

Stevie Otto, Assistant Dean of Recruitment and Admissions

Kerri Bennett, Associate Director and Diversity Officer

Rachel Ball-Phillips, Assistant Dean of Fellowships and Awards

Jean Nixon, Program Specialist

Robert Pearson, Director of Graduate Career Development & Postdoctoral Affairs

Joe Hoselton, Associate Director of Graduate Admissions,

Zephaniah Bartie, Associate Director of Communications and Student Life

Alicia Watkins, Graduate Admissions Coordinator II

Beena Varnan, Financial Business Manager – Moody Graduate School & Dedman College

Office of Research and Innovation

Suku Nair, Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Officer

Kristina Olofsson, Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost for Research and Chief Innovation Officer

Mary Travis, Director of Research Compliance

Mary Moua, Director of Operations and Infrastructure

Marco Marchetti, Director of Technology Transfer

David Monkman, Associate Director, Technology Transfer Office

Douglas Engel, Licensing Manager

Angelita Trevino, Director of Sponsored Projects and Contracts

Adriana A. Contreras, Grants Management Specialist

Brianna Kendall, Grants and Contracts Specialist

Danielle Duarte, Research Compliance Administrator

Nancy Plough, Grant & Contract Management Specialist

Nikki Thompson, Grant & Contract Management Specialist

Lauren Gilmore, Grant Writer

Reneisha Ester, Business Operations Manager

Sergio Padulla, Associate Director, Sponsored Projects Administration

Scott Douglas, Associate Vice Provost for Research

Alberto Azagra Malo, Contract Management Specialist

Faculty