Department Chairpersons
For faculty members their department chair is a central point of contact for many questions, planning assistance and challenges.
To ensure that faculty have access to this important resource the Office of Faculty Success keeps an up-to-date list regarding each department chair/proper point of contact across the entire University. Below is a list of each department chair/point of contact with pertinent contact information organized by school/college.
| Accounting | Hemang Desai | hdesai@smu.edu | 214-768-3185 |
| Finance | Jim Linck | jlinck@smu.edu | 214-768-3933 |
| Information Technology & Operations Management | Amit Basu | abasu@smu.edu | 214-768-8257 |
| Marketing | Ed Fox (ad interim) | efox@smu.edu | 214-768-3943 |
| Management & Organizations | Marcus Butts | mbutts@smu.edu | 214-768-3181 |
| Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Business Economics | Gordon Walker | gwalker@cox.smu.edu | 214-768-2191 |
| Anthropology | Mike Adler | madler@smu.edu | 214-768-1864 |
| Biological Sciences | Rick Jones | rjones@smu.edu | 214-768-3810 |
| Chemistry | Mike Lattman | mlattman@smu.edu | 214-768-2467 |
| Earth Sciences | Heather DeShon | hdeshon@smu.edu | 214-768-2916 |
| Economics | Dan Millimet | millimet@smu.edu | 214-768-3269 |
| English | Christopher Gonzalez | ctgonzalez@smu.edu |
214-768-6137 |
| History | Melissa Dowling | mdowling@smu.edu | 214-768-2976 |
| Mathematics | Peter Moore | pmoore@smu.edu | 214-768-3212 |
| Philosophy | Eric Barnes | ebarnes@smu.edu | 214-768-2128 |
| Physics | David Son (ad interim) | dson@smu.edu | 214-768-7832 |
| Political Science | Joseph Kobylka | jkobylka@smu.edu | 214-768-2525 |
| Psychology | Austin Baldwin | baldwin@smu.edu | 214-768-1027 |
| Religious Studies | Jill DeTemple | detemple@smu.edu | 214-768-2102 |
| Sociology | Anne Lincoln | lincoln@smu.edu | 214-768-1632 |
| Statistical Science | Dan Heitjan | dheitjan@smu.edu | 214-768-3012 |
| World Languages & Literatures | Elizabeth Russ | eruss@smu.edu | 214-768-2224 |
| Division Chair, Writer/English | Stephanie Amsel | samsel@smu.edu | 214-768-3832 |
| Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
Thomas Mayo |
churt@smu.edu |
214-768-3767 |
| Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs | Martin Camp | mlcamp@smu.edu | 214-768-2839 |
| Associate Dean for Research | Jessica Dixon Weaver | jdweaver@smu.edu |
214-768-2641 |
| Director of 91ΧΤΕΔ | Elizabeth Stringer | estringer@smu.edu | 214-768-5134 |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Kathleen Smits | ksmits@smu.edu | 214-768-6154 |
| Computer Science & Engineering | Jia Zhang (ad interim) | jiazhang@smu.edu | 214-768-3052 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Mahesh Krishnamurthy | mkrishnamurthy@smu.edu |
214-768-7045 |
| Operations Research & Engineering Management | Sila Cetinkaya | sila@smu.edu | 214-768-1117 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Amin Salehi-Khojin | asalehikhojin@smu.edu | 214-768-7068 |
| Division of Advertising | Joe Phua | jphua@smu.edu | 214-768-6133 |
| Division of Art & Design | Brian Molanphy | bmolanphy@smu.edu | 214-768-1455 |
| Division of Art History | Adam Herring | aherring@smu.edu | 214-768-3823 |
| Division of Arts Management & Arts Entrepreneurship | Sandy Duhe (ad interim) | sduhe@smu.edu | 214-768-1933 |
| Division of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs | Gordon Law | glaw@smu.edu | 214-768-3090 |
| Division of Dance | Christopher Dolder | cdolder@smu.edu | 214-768-1672 |
| Division of Film & Media Studies |
Mark Kerins |
mkerins@smu.edu | 214-768-2642 |
| Division of Journalism | Melissa Chessher | mchessher@smu.edu | 214-768-6149 |
| Division of Music | Tom Keck | tkeck@smu.edu | 214-768-1937 |
| Division of Theatre | Blake Hackler | jhackler@smu.edu | 214-768-4618 |
| Senior Assistant Dean | Alan Itkin | aitkin@smu.edu | aitkin@smu.edu |
| Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Abraham Smith | abrahams@smu.edu | 214-768-1888 |
| Chief of Staff | Andy Keck | akeck@smu.edu | 214-768-3473 |
| Applied Physiology & Sport Management | Willis Jones (ad interim) | wajones@smu.edu | 214-768-6561 |
| Counseling | Greta Davis | gretad@smu.edu | 214-768-5671 |
| Education Policy & Leadership | Aki Kamata | akamata@smu.edu | 214-768-7708 |
| Teaching and Learning | Lin Lin Lipsmeyer | llipsmeyer@smu.edu | 214-768-6123 |
| Graduate Liberal Studies & Dispute Resolution | Kate Montgomery (ad interim) | kmontgom@smu.edu | 214-768-7589 |
| University Foundations | Caitlin Anderson | caitlina@smu.edu | 214-768-2956 |