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Leadership

A Message from the Dean

Executive Staff

Jennifer S. Holmes
Dean
Lloyd V. Berkner Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy
jholmes@utdallas.edu
GR 3.104D | 972-883-6852

Dohyeong Kim
Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education
Professor of Public Policy, GIS and Social Data Analytics and Research
dohyeong.kim@utdallas.edu
GR 3.104A | 972-883-3512

Denise Boots
Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education 
Professor of Public Policy and Political Economy
deniseboots@utdallas.edu
GR 3.104F | 972-883-6468

Banks Miller
Associate Dean of Outreach and Recruitment
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy
millerbp@utdallas.edu
GR 3.209 | 972-883-2930

Daniel G. Arce
Program Head of Economics
Ashbel Smith Professor
ph.econ@utdallas.edu
GR 2.534 | 972-883-6857

Yongwan Chun
Program Head of Geospatial Information Sciences
Professor
ph.gis@utdallas.edu
GR 3.208 | 972-883-4719

Thomas Brunell
Program Head of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy
Professor of Political Science
ph.psci@utdallas.edu ; ph.pppe@utdallas.edu
GR 2.246 | 972-883-4963

James Harrington
Program Head of Public and Nonprofit Management
Associate Professor
ph.pnm@utdallas.edu
GR 3.218 | 972-883-3513

Richard K. Scotch
Program Head of Sociology and Public Health
Professor
ph.soc@utdallas.edu
GR 3.510 | 972-883-2922

Tony Love
Program Head of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Associate Professor
ph.crim@utdallas.edu
GR 2.600 | 972-883-6834

Dean’s Advisory Council Members

Michelle Adams
Founder and President
Marketing Brainology

John Ellis
Co-Founder, Ellis Research Institute, LLC

Barjis Ghadially
Chief Executive Officer
WorldLink

Bill Holston
Chief Operations Officer at Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center

Dan Johnson
Civic Leader, Retired City Manager
City of Richardson

Brenda Kihl

Brenda Kihl
Vice Provost Curricular Innovation & Academic Partnerships, UNT

Mary Poss
Executive Director
Ebby Halliday Foundation

Venise Stuart
Civic Leader

Gloria Snead
Civic Leader

Maurine Dickey
Chairman
The Dickey Foundation

Arik Garner
Senior Vice President
Bank of America

Harold Gross
Principal
Market Research Answers

Mabrie Jackson
Director of Public Affairs
HEB/Central Market

William Keffler
Chief Operating Officer
Catholic Diocese of Dallas

Bart McCollum
Integrator
Lime Media, Managing Partner Adlerian Capital

Amanda Rockow
Vice President for Public Affairs
UT Dallas

Jessica Shepard Watts
Chief Partnerships Officer
The Dallas Foundation

De’Edra Williams
Senior Vice President of Customer Success
CompTIA, Council Chair

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