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 [email protected] 214-768-3185
Finance Jim Linck [email protected] 214-768-3933
Information Technology & Operations Management Amit Basu [email protected] 214-768-8257
Marketing Ed Fox (ad interim [email protected] 214-768-3943
Management & Organizations Marcus Butts [email protected] 214-768-3181
Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Business Economics Gordon Walker [email protected] 214-768-2191

Anthropology Mike Adler [email protected] 214-768-1864
Biological Sciences Rick Jones [email protected] 214-768-3810
Chemistry Mike Lattman [email protected] 214-768-2467
Earth Sciences Heather DeShon [email protected] 214-768-2916
Economics Dan Millimet [email protected] 214-768-3269
English Christopher Gonzalez  [email protected]
214-768-6137
History Melissa Dowling [email protected] 214-768-2976
Mathematics Peter Moore [email protected] 214-768-3212
Philosophy Eric Barnes [email protected] 214-768-2128
Physics David Son (ad interim) [email protected] 214-768-7832
Political Science Joseph Kobylka [email protected] 214-768-2525
Psychology Austin Baldwin [email protected] 214-768-1027
Religious Studies Jill DeTemple [email protected] 214-768-2102
Sociology Anne Lincoln [email protected] 214-768-1632
Statistical Science Dan Heitjan [email protected] 214-768-3012
World Languages & Literatures Elizabeth Russ [email protected] 214-768-2224
Division Chair, Writer/English Stephanie Amsel [email protected] 214-768-3832

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Thomas Mayo
[email protected]
214-768-3767
Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs  Martin Camp  [email protected]  214-768-2839 
Associate Dean for Research  Jessica Dixon Weaver  [email protected]
214-768-2641

Director of Academics Elizabeth Stringer [email protected] 214-768-5134

Civil & Environmental Engineering Kathleen Smits [email protected] 214-768-6154
Computer Science & Engineering Jia Zhang (ad interim) [email protected] 214-768-3052
Electrical & Computer Engineering Mahesh Krishnamurthy  [email protected]
214-768-7045 
Operations Research & Engineering Management  Sila Cetinkaya [email protected] 214-768-1117
Mechanical Engineering Amin Salehi-Khojin [email protected]  214-768-7068 

Division of Advertising Joe Phua [email protected] 214-768-6133
Division of Art & Design Brian Molanphy [email protected] 214-768-1455
Division of Art History Adam Herring [email protected] 214-768-3823
Division of Arts Management & Arts Entrepreneurship Sandy Duhe (ad interim [email protected] 214-768-1933
Division of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs  Gordon Law [email protected] 214-768-3090
Division of Dance Christopher Dolder [email protected] 214-768-1672
Division of Film & Media Studies

Mark Kerins

[email protected] 214-768-2642
Division of Journalism Melissa Chessher [email protected] 214-768-6149
Division of Music Tom Keck [email protected] 214-768-1937
Division of Theatre Blake Hackler [email protected] 214-768-4618

Senior Assistant Dean  Alan Itkin  [email protected]  [email protected]

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Abraham Smith [email protected] 214-768-1888
Chief of Staff  Andy Keck  [email protected]  214-768-3473 

Applied Physiology & Sport Management Willis Jones (ad interim) [email protected] 214-768-6561
Counseling Greta Davis [email protected] 214-768-5671
Education Policy & Leadership Aki Kamata [email protected] 214-768-7708
Teaching and Learning Lin Lin Lipsmeyer [email protected] 214-768-6123
Graduate Liberal Studies & Dispute Resolution Kate Montgomery (ad interim [email protected] 214-768-7589

University Foundations  Caitlin Anderson  [email protected] 214-768-2956