
Lead UTD 2024-25 Cohort

Dr. Prajakti Akarte
Director of BS in Business Analytics, Information Systems
Assistant Professor
Naveen Jindal School of Management

Dr. Rhonda Bush
Assistant Dean of Global Leadership MBA Program
Naveen Jindal School of Management

Dr. Ben Carrion Schaefer
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Amanda Clark
Visiting Assistant Professor
Interim director of UT Dallas Initiative for Civic Leadership
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Dr. Sean Cotter
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Literature and Translation Studies
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

Dr. Nikki Delk
Assistant Vice President for Research Development
Fellow, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Dr. Eugenia Gorina
Director of Graduate Studies, Public and Nonprofit Management
Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Dr. Meridith Grant
Program Head for Child Learning and Development (BS) and Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders (MS)
Associate Professor
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Dr. Kimberly Hill
Associate Professor of U.S. and African American History
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

Dr. Michael Kesden
Professor of Physics
Speaker of the Faculty
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Dr. Dong Qian
Associate Department Head for Graduate
Studies
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Manuel Quevedo-Lopez
TI Distinguished University Chair in Nanoelectronics
Department Head for Materials Science and Engineering
Professor
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

Dr. Muhammad Rahman
Director of Graduate Studies, Geospatial Information Sciences
Associate Professor of Geospatial Information Sciences
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Dr. Rukhsana Sultana
Program Head for Neuroscience (BS)
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Dr. Emily Touchstone
Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Dr. Victor Valcarcel
Associate Professor of Economics
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Dr. Christine Veras
Director of experimental.l
Assistant Professor
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

Dr. Duane Winkler
Head of Biology Department
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics