Tower Fellows Program Academic Council
The Academic Council consists of faculty from across the University, providing insight into their respective college's structure, network, and opportunities.

Council members provide individual mentorship to the Tower Fellows and connect them to various intellectual and academic resources.

Mary Steinhardt
Faculty Chair, Tower Fellows Program
Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
Associate Vice President for Research - Research Integrity Officer
College of Education

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Mary Neuburger
Faculty Chair Elect, Tower Fellows Program
Mildred Hajek Vacek and John Roman Vacek Distinguished University Chair in Russian and Slavic Languages
Director of CREEES
Chair of the Slavic & Eurasian Studies Department
College of Liberal Arts

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Gaylen Paulson
Ex-Officio Member, Tower Fellows Program Academic Council
Associate Dean and Executive Director of Texas Executive Education
Associate Professor, Rosenthal Department of Management
McCombs School of Business

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Thorsten Becker
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Geophysics
Faculty Associate, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Shell Companies Foundation Distinguished Chair in Geophysics
Jackson School of Geosciences

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Ben Bentzin
Associate Professor of Instruction
Department of Marketing
Red McCombs School of Business

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Mechele Dickerson
Arthur L. Moller Chair in Bankruptcy Law and Practice
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor
School of Law

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Diana M. DiNitto
Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Hicks School of Social Work

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Steven Finkelstein
Professor, Department of Astronomy
Isabel McCutcheon Harte Centennial Chair in Astronomy
College of Natural Sciences

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Ken Fleischmann
Interim Associate Dean for Research 
Director of Doctoral Studies
Professor
School of Information

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Kathy Fuller-Seeley
William P. Hobby Centennial Professor of Communication
Area Head of Media Studies
Associate Chair, Department of Radio-Television-Film
Moody College of Communication

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Manish Kumar
Mr. N. Doug Williams Memorial Centennial Fellowship in Engineering
Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering

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Kavita Radhakrishnan
Associate Dean for Research
Director, Cain Center
Professor
School of Nursing

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Mary Rose
Professor, Department of Sociology
Director, Human Dimensions of Organizations Program
College of Liberal Arts

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Allan Shearer
Potter Rose Professor in Urban Planning
Associate Dean for Research and Technology
Assistant Program Director for Landscape Architecture
School of Architecture

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Lisa B. Thompson
Bobby and Sherri Patton Endowed Professor of African & African Diaspora Studies
Affiliate faculty: English, Theatre & Dance (Performance as Public Practice, Playwriting/Directing) 
Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Academic Affairs | College of Fine Arts 
Advisor to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring & Support | College of Liberal Arts 

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Paul von Hippel
Dr. T. Spike! Terwilliger Professor of Public Policy
Associate Dean for Research
LBJ School of Public Affairs

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