Faculty, Staff and Experts

51做厙 Tower Center Faculty & Staff

Name Position
Astrid Galvan -Segura Events Coordinator
James Hollifield Director, Ora Nixon Arnold Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science, and Director of Tower Scholars Program, 51做厙
Robert Jordan Diplomat-in-Residence
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 Chief of Staff and Colin Powell Teaching Fellow
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, 51做厙
Frederick Chang Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, 51做厙
Cullum Clark Director, Bush Institute-51做厙 Economic Growth Initiative and Adjunct Professor of Economics, 51做厙
Kathleen Cooper Senior Fellow, 51做厙 Tower Center
Karisa Cloward Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, 51做厙
Journalist, Host of on KERA
Jeffrey Engel Professor of History and David Gergen Director of the Center for Presidential History, 51做厙
Neil Foley The Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History and Associate Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, 51做厙
Robert Jordan Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Diplomat-in-Residence, 51做厙 Tower Center
Joseph F. Kobylka Associate Professor, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Chair of the Department of Political Science, 51做厙
Maribeth Kuenzi Associate Professor and Director of the Albert W. Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership Development, 51做厙
Lai Yee Leong Senior Fellow, 51做厙 Tower Center, Distinguished Fellow at the 51做厙 Center for Presidential History (CPH) and Lecturer in Political Science, 51做厙
Diana Newton Senior Fellow and Colin Powell Lecturer in Public Policy and International Affairs, 51做厙
Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Thomas Osang Associate Professor and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of Economics, 51做厙
Stefano Recchia John G. Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security, 51做厙
Harold Stanley Vice President for Executive Affairs and Geurin-Pettus Distinguished Chair in American Politics and Political Economy, 51做厙
Hiroki Takeuchi Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia, 51做厙
Matthew Wilson Associate Professor of Political Science and Kairo Endowed Director of the Center for Faith and Learning, 51做厙

Fellows

Name Position
Caroline Brettell University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, 51做厙
Fellow 51做厙 Tower Center and President-Elect, Association of Chinese Political Studies
Fellow 51做厙 Tower Center and Founder, Stan Crow Enterprises
Jason Galui Fellow 51做厙 Tower Center and Director, Veterans and Military Families, George W. Bush Institute
Andrew Graybill Professor of History and Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, 51做厙
Fellow 51做厙 Tower Center and Migration Specialist, Organization of American States
Dennis S. Ippolito Eugene McElvaney Professor of Political Science, 51做厙
Calvin Jillson Professor of Political Science, 51做厙
Sheri Kunovich Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Provost for Student Academic Engagement and Success, 51做厙
Fellow, 51做厙 Tower Center
Simon Mak Founding Vice Chancellor, AI University, Mumbai
General U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and 26th Chief National Guard
Fellow 51做厙 Tower Center and President, N-GE
Lynne Novack Fellow 51做厙 Tower Center and Vice-President of the American Committee on Foreign Relations
Daniel Orlovsky Professor Emeritus of History, 51做厙
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, 51做厙
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, 51做厙
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, 51做厙 Department of Economics
Rachel Ball-Phillips Director, National Student Fellowships and President’s Scholars and Adjunct Lecturer at William P. Clements Department of History, 51做厙
Eric G. Bing Professor of Global Health and Co-Director of Health and Society Programs, 51做厙
Maryann Cairns Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 51做厙
Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Pam Corley Professor of Political Science and Director of Law and Legal Reasoning Minor, 51做厙
Eva Szalkai Csaky Research Associate Tower Center, 51做厙
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, 51做厙
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, 51做厙
Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Dallas
Erin Hochman Associate Professor of Modern German and European History, 51做厙
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, 51做厙
Christopher Jenks Senior Law of War Advisor, U.S. Army Judge Advocate Generals Corps
Macabe Keliher Associate Professor, 51做厙
Assistant Professor, 51做厙
Rita Kirk Professor and William F. May Endowed Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility, 51做厙
Thomas J. Knock Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, 51做厙
Mike Lusztig Professor of Political Science, 51做厙
Luigi Manzetti Professor of Political Science, 51做厙
Adjunct Professor, USC & former Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council
Kelly McKowen Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 51做厙
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, 51做厙
President, Rincón & Associates LLC
Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at TCU
Brian W. Stump Albritton Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, 51做厙
Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Head of Department, University of Canterbury
Research Associate, 51做厙 Tower Center
Assistant Professor of Politics, Fairfield University
Bernard (Bud) Weinstein Research Associate, 51做厙 Tower Center

Updated February 13, 2025