Who We Are
Centers and Projects
The Budd Center: Involving Communities in Education
The trauma of living in poverty too often causes children to struggle academically. Without having their social, emotional and educational needs met, many students disengage from learning, drop out or graduate from high school unprepared for college and careers. Schools and nonprofits strive to address students’ complex needs; however, information gaps and limited resources hinder their efforts. The Budd Center addresses these challenges by equipping schools and nonprofits to work together and meet the extraordinary needs of children in poverty. Learn more
CERI is a collaboration between 黑料老司机 (SMU) and the Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD). 黑料老司机and Dallas ISD are working together to identify and support mutually beneficial research, evaluation and improvement projects. Learn more
The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform. Learn more
The Robert and Margaret Folsom Institute for Real Estate bridges the academic and professional worlds to provide students with hands-on experience in the real estate market. In 2022, the Folsom Institute set out to launch a new initiative around experiential learning. This initiative resulted in the creation of the student-managed 黑料老司机Cox Real Estate Impact Investment Fund. The fund, which, as of June 2023, had grown to $4 million, has a double-bottom line goal in that all investments must achieve both a risk adjusted financial return and a positive return on the community that the students invest in.
This combination of financial gain and community gain forces students to underwrite opportunities that are challenging to capitalize, while simultaneously helping them to become better citizens and leaders in the community that we live in. The profits from the fund’s investment will growth both the fund’s corpus and create a new endowed scholarship with a preference for students who live in the communities where the fund invests. Learn more
Restorative Farms is developing a community based food system dedicated to addressing the lack of healthy food options and economic development opportunities in Dallas with special focus on the South Dallas and the Fair Park area.
In 1993, 黑料老司机Professor Willie Baronet began We Are All Homeless, an art and social justice project. Baronet created art exhibits showcasing various signs in different configurations. Since 2009, there have been over 35 art installations of We Are All Homeless in museums and art galleries in the United States and the United Kingdom.
We Are All Homeless has over 7.7 million website views, 100,000 video shares, and has raised close to $500,000 for non-profits dedicated to assisting unhoused persons and families. Baronet has recorded 3 TEDx Talks and conducted over 40 workshops with students and community members. The documentary, , records his trek across the United States where Professor Baronet collected over 280 signs and conducted 100 interviews of unhoused persons. Signs of Humanity has been featured in 8 film festivals and has won best documentary awards.
Faculty
- Vishal Ahuja, Information Technology and Operations Management
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Joseph Cahoon, Folsom Institute for Real Estate
- Daniel Bolger, Sociology
- Klaus Desmet, Economics
- Crystal Donkor, English
- Isaiah Ellis, Religious Studies
- Neil Foley, History
- Kenneth Hamilton, History
- Matthew Keller, Sociology
- Wookun Kim, Economics
- Daniel Millimet, Economics
- Neely Myers, Anthropology
- Alberto Pastor, World Languages & Literatures
- Elizabeth Russ, World Languages & Literatures
- Ariana Peruzzi Sancio, Philosophy
- Alicia Schortgen, Sociology
- Elyse Singer, Anthropology
- Yichen Su, Economics
- Herve Tchumkam, World Languages & Literatures
- Gabriela Vokic, World Languages & Literatures
- Alicia Zeuse, World Languages & Literatures
- Nathan Cortez, Tsai Center for Law, Science, and Innovation
- Jessica Dixon Weaver
- Pamela Metzger, Deason Center for Criminal Justice Reform
- Seema Mohapatra
- Anna Offit
- Eric Ruben
- Mary Spector
- Leo Yu
- Khaled Abdelghany, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Mohammad Khodayar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Nicos Makris, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Barbara Minsker, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Janille Smith-Colin, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Kathleen Smits, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Jianhui Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jessie Zarazaga, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Willie Baronet, Advertising
- Christie Bondade, Dance
- Roberto Conduru, Art History
- Maria Dixon Hall, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs
- Doric Earle, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs
- Michelle N. Gibson, Dance
- Adam Herring, Art History
- Owen Lynch, Corporate Communication & Public Affairs
- Eric Bing, Applied Physiology and Sport Management
- Damion Davis, Counseling
- Greta Davis, Counseling
- Tom Hartsell, Counseling
- Xiaodan Hu, Education Policy & Leadership
- Johnitha Watkins Johnson, Teaching & Learning
- Magdalena Pando, Teaching & Learning
- Alexandra Pavlakis, Education Policy & Leadership
- Meredith Richards, Education Policy & Leadership
- Karla del Rosal, Teaching & Learning
- Brandy Schumann, Counseling
- Quentin Sedlacek, Teaching & Learning
- Terra Wagner, Counseling
- Denise Walker, Counseling