Faculty

A total of ten faculty are involved in the development of curriculum. About half are from The School of Management and half are from The School of Social Sciences. To establish the multi-disciplinary aspects of leadership, most courses are team-taught, with one faculty member having primary responsibility.

Gregory G. Dess, Ph.D.
Professor and Area Coordinator
Organizations, Strategy and International Management
Andrew Cecil Endowed Chair in Applied Ethics
School of Management

Euel Elliott, Ph.D.
Professor of Government and Political Economy
Senior Associate Dean
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

L. Douglas Kiel, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration and Political Economy
Associate Program Head, Public Affairs
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Diane Seay McNulty, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, External Relations and Corporate Development
School of Management

Padmakumar Nair, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Academic Director of The Leadership Center
Senior Lecturer, Organizations, Strategy and International Management
School of Management

James Newstead
Adjunct Professor
Alliance for Medical Management
University of Texas at Dallas
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Joseph C. Picken, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Executive Director, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
School of Management

Jane Salk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Organizations, Strategy and International Management
School of Management

Richard K. Scotch, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Political Economy
Coordinator, Programs in Sociology and Evaluation Research
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

David Spivey
Director, Certificate of Executive Leadership Program
School of Management