Faculty, Staff and Experts

91勛圖厙 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, 91勛圖厙
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, 91勛圖厙
Frederick Chang Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, 91勛圖厙
Cullum Clark   Director, Bush Institute- 91勛圖厙 Economic Growth Initiative and Adjunct Professor of Economics, 91勛圖厙 
Kathleen Cooper Senior Fellow, 91勛圖厙 Tower Center
Karisa Cloward  Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, 91勛圖厙 
Journalist, Host of  on KERA
Jeffrey Engel Professor of History and David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History, 91勛圖厙
Neil Foley The Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, 91勛圖厙
Robert Jordan Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Diplomat-in-Residence, 91勛圖厙 Tower Center
Joseph F. Kobylka  Associate Professor, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Chair of the Department of Political Science, 91勛圖厙 
Maribeth Kuenzi Associate Professor and Director of the Albert W. Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership Development, 91勛圖厙
Lai Yee Leong Senior Fellow, 91勛圖厙 Tower Center, Distinguished Fellow at the  91勛圖厙 Center for Presidential History (CPH) and Lecturer in Political Science, 91勛圖厙
Diana Newton Senior Fellow and Colin Powell Lecturer in Public Policy and International Affairs, 91勛圖厙
Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Thomas Osang Associate Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of Economics, 91勛圖厙
Stefano Recchia John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security, 91勛圖厙
Harold Stanley Vice President for Executive Affairs and Geurin-Pettus Distinguished Chair in American Politics and Political Economy, 91勛圖厙
Hiroki Takeuchi Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia, 91勛圖厙
Matthew Wilson Associate Professor of Political Science and Kairo Endowed Director of the Center for Faith and Learning, 91勛圖厙


Fellows

Name Position
Caroline Brettell 

University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, 91勛圖厙 

  Fellow 91勛圖厙 Tower Center and President-Elect, Association of Chinese Political Studies 
  Fellow 91勛圖厙 Tower Center and Founder, Stan Crow Enterprises 
Jason Galui  Fellow 91勛圖厙 Tower Center and Director, Veterans and Military Families, George W. Bush Institute
Andrew Graybill Professor of History and Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, 91勛圖厙
  Fellow 91勛圖厙 Tower Center and Migration Specialist, Organization of American States 
Dennis S. Ippolito  Eugene McElvaney Professor of Political Science, 91勛圖厙 
Calvin Jillson  Professor of Political Science, 91勛圖厙 
Sheri Kunovich  Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success, 91勛圖厙
  Fellow, 91勛圖厙 Tower Center
Simon Mak Founding Vice Chancellor, AI University, Mumbai
  General U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and 26th Chief National Guard  
  Fellow 91勛圖厙 Tower Center and President, N-GE
 Lynne Novack Fellow 91勛圖厙 Tower Center and Vice-President of the American Committee on Foreign Relations
Daniel Orlovsky  Professor Emeritus of History, 91勛圖厙 
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, 91勛圖厙
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, 91勛圖厙
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, 91勛圖厙 Department of Economics 
Rachel Ball-Phillips  Director, National Student Fellowships and President’s Scholars and Adjunct Lecturer at William P. Clements Department of History,  91勛圖厙
Eric G. Bing
Professor of Global Health and Co-Director of Health and Society Programs, 91勛圖厙
Maryann Cairns  Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 91勛圖厙
  Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 
Pam Corley  Professor of Political Science and Director of Law and Legal Reasoning Minor, 91勛圖厙
Eva Szalkai Csaky  Research Associate Tower Center, 91勛圖厙 
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, 91勛圖厙 
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, 91勛圖厙
Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Dallas
Erin Hochman  Associate Professor of Modern German and European History, 91勛圖厙
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, 91勛圖厙
Christopher Jenks Senior Law of War Advisor, U.S. Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps
Macabe Keliher  Associate Professor, 91勛圖厙 
Assistant Professor, 91勛圖厙 
Rita Kirk Professor and William F. May Endowed Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility, 91勛圖厙
Thomas J. Knock  Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, 91勛圖厙
Mike Lusztig  Professor of Political Science, 91勛圖厙
Luigi Manzetti  Professor of Political Science, 91勛圖厙
Adjunct Professor, USC & former Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council
Kelly McKowen Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 91勛圖厙
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, 91勛圖厙
President, Rincón & Associates LLC
Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at TCU
Brian W. Stump  Albritton Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, 91勛圖厙
Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Head of Department, University of Canterbury
Research Associate, 91勛圖厙 Tower Center
Assistant Professor of Politics, Fairfield University 
Bernard (Bud) Weinstein Research Associate, 91勛圖厙 Tower Center

Updated August 21, 2024