Faculty, Staff and Experts

èßäÊÓƵapp 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, èßäÊÓƵapp
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, èßäÊÓƵapp
Frederick Chang Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, èßäÊÓƵapp
Cullum Clark   Director, Bush Institute-èßäÊÓƵapp Economic Growth Initiative and Adjunct Professor of Economics, èßäÊÓƵapp 
Kathleen Cooper Senior Fellow, èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center
Karisa Cloward  Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, èßäÊÓƵapp 
Journalist, Host of  on KERA
Jeffrey Engel Professor of History and David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History, èßäÊÓƵapp
Neil Foley The Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, èßäÊÓƵapp
Robert Jordan Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Diplomat-in-Residence, èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center
Joseph F. Kobylka  Associate Professor, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Chair of the Department of Political Science, èßäÊÓƵapp 
Maribeth Kuenzi Associate Professor and Director of the Albert W. Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership Development, èßäÊÓƵapp
Lai Yee Leong Senior Fellow, èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center, Distinguished Fellow at the Ã¨ßäÊÓƵapp Center for Presidential History (CPH) and Lecturer in Political Science, èßäÊÓƵapp
Diana Newton Senior Fellow and Colin Powell Lecturer in Public Policy and International Affairs, èßäÊÓƵapp
Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Thomas Osang Associate Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of Economics, èßäÊÓƵapp
Stefano Recchia John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security, èßäÊÓƵapp
Harold Stanley Vice President for Executive Affairs and Geurin-Pettus Distinguished Chair in American Politics and Political Economy, èßäÊÓƵapp
Hiroki Takeuchi Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia, èßäÊÓƵapp
Matthew Wilson Associate Professor of Political Science and Kairo Endowed Director of the Center for Faith and Learning, èßäÊÓƵapp


Fellows

Name Position
Caroline Brettell 

University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, èßäÊÓƵapp 

  Fellow èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center and President-Elect, Association of Chinese Political Studies 
  Fellow èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center and Founder, Stan Crow Enterprises 
Jason Galui  Fellow èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center and Director, Veterans and Military Families, George W. Bush Institute
Andrew Graybill Professor of History and Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, èßäÊÓƵapp
  Fellow èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center and Migration Specialist, Organization of American States 
Dennis S. Ippolito  Eugene McElvaney Professor of Political Science, èßäÊÓƵapp 
Calvin Jillson  Professor of Political Science, èßäÊÓƵapp 
Sheri Kunovich  Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success, èßäÊÓƵapp
  Fellow, èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center
Simon Mak Founding Vice Chancellor, AI University, Mumbai
  General U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and 26th Chief National Guard  
  Fellow èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center and President, N-GE
 Lynne Novack Fellow èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center and Vice-President of the American Committee on Foreign Relations
Daniel Orlovsky  Professor Emeritus of History, èßäÊÓƵapp 
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, èßäÊÓƵapp
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, èßäÊÓƵapp
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, èßäÊÓƵapp Department of Economics 
Rachel Ball-Phillips  Director, National Student Fellowships and President’s Scholars and Adjunct Lecturer at William P. Clements Department of History, Ã¨ßäÊÓƵapp
Eric G. Bing
Professor of Global Health and Co-Director of Health and Society Programs, èßäÊÓƵapp
Maryann Cairns  Assistant Professor of Anthropology, èßäÊÓƵapp
  Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 
Pam Corley  Professor of Political Science and Director of Law and Legal Reasoning Minor, èßäÊÓƵapp
Eva Szalkai Csaky  Research Associate Tower Center, èßäÊÓƵapp 
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, èßäÊÓƵapp 
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, èßäÊÓƵapp
Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Dallas
Erin Hochman  Associate Professor of Modern German and European History, èßäÊÓƵapp
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, èßäÊÓƵapp
Christopher Jenks Senior Law of War Advisor, U.S. Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps
Macabe Keliher  Associate Professor, èßäÊÓƵapp 
Assistant Professor, èßäÊÓƵapp 
Rita Kirk Professor and William F. May Endowed Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility, èßäÊÓƵapp
Thomas J. Knock  Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, èßäÊÓƵapp
Mike Lusztig  Professor of Political Science, èßäÊÓƵapp
Luigi Manzetti  Professor of Political Science, èßäÊÓƵapp
Adjunct Professor, USC & former Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council
Kelly McKowen Assistant Professor of Anthropology, èßäÊÓƵapp
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, èßäÊÓƵapp
President, Rincón & Associates LLC
Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at TCU
Brian W. Stump  Albritton Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, èßäÊÓƵapp
Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Head of Department, University of Canterbury
Research Associate, èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center
Assistant Professor of Politics, Fairfield University 
Bernard (Bud) Weinstein Research Associate, èßäÊÓƵapp Tower Center

Updated August 21, 2024