FACULTY & RESEARCH

SMU Cox Faculty Experts: Diversity

•Steven Denson currently serves as the Cox School's director of diversity, and is also a member of the Chickasaw Nation. He can speak to what schools and corporations should do to increase minority representation. Denson was named Native American of the Year for 2004 by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce, and the Cox School was named as one of the top 25 schools for Hispanic MBAs by Hispanic Trends. Denson can be reached at 214-768-3153 or sdenson@mail.cox.smu.edu.

•Marci Armstrong, associate dean of masters programs, can provide knowledgeable comments about trends in – and the value of – executive education and MBA programs, including the full-time MBA, Professional MBA, and Executive MBA.Marci can speak to women in business and women in business education. She can be reached at 214-768-4486 or marci@mail.cox.smu.edu. Her vita may be found at http://www.cox.smu.edu/academic/professor.do/marci.

•Paula Hill Strasser is director of the Edwin L. Cox Business Leadership Center and the Edwin L. Cox Business Leadership Institute, which can be found at http://blc.cox.smu.edu/ She can speak to the importance of having proven business leaders guide the leaders of tomorrow. She can also discuss the SMU Cox partnership with The Disney Institute as the only MBA program with a custom-designed program for its students. Her areas of expertise include leadership, communications,team building, and women in business.