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201 faculty · 0 courses · data as of 2026-07-02
William Maxwell, Professor, Mary Jo Vaughn Rauscher Chair, Department Chair h-index 32
Notable: “Corporate governance and firm cash holdings in the US” (2007) · 1,771 citations
Darius Miller, Professor, Caruth Chair of Financial Management h-index 29
Notable: “ADRs, Analysts, and Accuracy: Does Cross Listing in the United States Improve a Firm's Information Environment and Increase Market Value?” (2003) · 1,170 citations
Kumar Venkataraman, Professor, Maguire Chair of Oil and Gas Management h-index 28
Notable: “Market transparency, liquidity externalities, and institutional trading costs in corporate bonds☆” (2006) · 596 citations
Todd Milbourn, Dean, Tolleson Chair, Andrew H. Chen Endowed Chair h-index 25
Notable: “How did increased competition affect credit ratings?” (2011) · 721 citations
Daniel Millimet, Dedman Trustee Professor and Department Chair h-index 37
Es on understanding the causal effects of public policies (labor, educational, environmental, trade) on economic outcomes. Recently, his work emphasizes the importance of addressing econometric issues such as measurement error and missing d
Notable: “Strategic Interaction and the Determination of Environmental Policy across U.S. States” (2002) · 489 citations
Bo Chen, Professor and Director of Master Studies h-index 31
Lies in understanding economic agents’ incentives in dynamic interactions and market processes, as well as the effects of information asymmetry in the design of various real-world mechanisms. Specifically, his research has explored co
Notable: “A Review of Machine Scheduling: Complexity, Algorithms and Approximability” (1998) · 291 citations
Klaus Desmet, Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor h-index 27
Notable: “The political economy of linguistic cleavages” (2011) · 355 citations
Nathan Balke, Professor / 2007 Dedman Family Distinguished Professor h-index 25
In macroeconomics and applied time series analysis. Much of his current research examines linkage between financial markets, credit frictions and macroeconomic activity. He is also interested in the determinants of oil price
Notable: “The Estimation of Prewar Gross National Product: Methodology and New Evidence” (1989) · 408 citations
Jake Batsell, Associate Professor and William J. O'Neil Chair in Business Journalism h-index 4
Business Journalism and the O’Neil Program in Business Journalism , an interdisciplinary program for Journalism and/or Fashion Media students who also are enrolled in the Cox School of Business. He also chairs the
Myles Ethan Lascity, Associate Professor, Director of Fashion Media h-index 4
Aleaya Bradley, Student Media Lab Manager
Alicia Stepp, Adjunct Lecturer
Raj Sethuraman, Professor, Harold Simmons Chair h-index 29
Es on national brand-store brand competition, price-advertising strategies and brand equity. He has published articles in several leading journals and won many research awards, including the "John D.C. Little Award" for the best paper
Notable: “The Introduction and Performance of Store Brands” (1995) · 568 citations
Roger Kerin, Emeritus Professor h-index 28
Notable: “First-Mover Advantage: A Synthesis, Conceptual Framework, and Research Propositions” (1992) · 981 citations
Michael Braun, Associate Professor h-index 23
Jacquelyn Thomas, Emeritus Professor h-index 18
Notable: “Challenges and Opportunities in Multichannel Customer Management” (2006) · 1,128 citations
Hemang Desai, Professor, Distinguished Chair in Accounting, Department Chair h-index 20
Notable: “The Reputational Penalty for Aggressive Accounting: Earnings Restatements and Management Turnover” (2006) · 886 citations
Wayne Shaw, Professor, Robert B. Cullum Chair h-index 18
Notable: “The Pricing of Initial Public Offerings: Tests of Adverse-Selection and Signaling Theories” (1994) · 747 citations
Gauri Bhat, Associate Professor h-index 13
Notable: “Does corporate governance transparency affect the accuracy of analyst forecasts?” (2006) · 208 citations
J. Douglas Hanna, Associate Professor h-index 9
Stephen K. Wegren, Professor h-index 27
Es on the study of communist and post-communist political economy in Russia. He is the author or co-author of 18 books and more than 160 articles and book chapters. His most recent books are Food Policy and Food Security in Russia: Putting
Notable: “Food Security and Russia's 2010 Drought” (2011) · 207 citations
Jim Hollifield, Professor, Director of Tower Center h-index 21
Notable: “The Emerging Migration State” (2004) · 749 citations
Luigi Manzetti, Professor, Director of International Studies h-index 18
Notable: “Why Do Corrupt Governments Maintain Public Support?” (2007) · 307 citations
Harold Stanley, Vice President for Executive Affairs, Geurin-Pettus Distinguished Chair h-index 13
Notable: “State Economies and State Taxes: Do Voters Hold Governors Accountable?” (1995) · 217 citations
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Partial — enrichment ongoing.
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About Southern Methodist University. Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX reports an overall acceptance rate of 47.6%, an early-round acceptance rate of 87.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1340–1480, a class size of 1,592, and a yield of 19.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Dallas-area private university with strong business (Cox), engineering, and data science programs. Now in the ACC. Test-optional through 2025 cycle.