TUALP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Student / Research Assistant
Job Titles:
- Library Services Assistant
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Vice President of Administration
- Executive Staff
With more than 25 years of leadership and management experience, Angela Kouplen has held a variety of positions in information technology, human resources, contracts and facilities management. Since 2016, she has been an independent director for AAON, where she serves on the compensation and audit committees.
Kouplen currently serves as chief information officer. Before joining TU, she was responsible for human resources, executive compensation, information technology, real estate and facilities for WPX Energy. Prior to that, Kouplen worked in information technology with Williams and CITGO. Her roles have included managing IT planning and governance, third-party applications and applications development, e-business strategy as well as sourcing.
She received a bachelor of science degree in management with a minor in management information systems from Oklahoma State University and an MBA from The University of Tulsa.
Angela has served on a variety of nonprofit boards and committees supporting the Tulsa-area community including YWCA, Resonance Center for Women and the Tulsa Area United Way Women's Leadership Council. She currently serves on the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance Board of Directors, Junior Achievement Board of Directors, the OSU Alumni Association Board of Directors and TU's Collins College of Business Executive Advisory Board. Angela also serves as an Elder at South Point Church in Bixby.
Job Titles:
- Head of Finance for Product, Technology, and Customer Care Organizations, Chewy, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Student Association
Job Titles:
- Executive Staff
- the University of Tulsa 's Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Barbara Abercrombie is The University of Tulsa's vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to joining TU, Abercrombie served as vice chancellor for organizational effectiveness and chief human capital officer at the University of North Texas System. Before that, she was the vice president of human resources and organizational effectiveness and chief human resources officer at Texas A&M University in College Station. Other senior roles Abercrombie has held include associate vice chancellor for administration and chief human resources officer at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and director of human resources at the University of Oklahoma at Tulsa.
Abercrombie's leadership in human resources and organizational effectiveness is informed by a master's in human relations from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate in workforce education and human resource development from Oklahoma State University. An expert in the collaborative leadership model, Abercrombie is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources and a member of the National Board for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
Job Titles:
- Attorney at Law / Tulsa Chapter Alumni Association President
Job Titles:
- Interim Dean of the Library
Job Titles:
- President
- President, the University of Tulsa
- President, University of Tulsa
Brad Carson is The University of Tulsa's 21st president. Having built a distinguished career in public service, law and education, before becoming president of TU, Carson was a professor at the University of Virginia, teaching courses related to national security and public sector innovation. He also served as a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group. In 2015, President Barack Obama appointed Carson acting under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness at the U.S. Department of Defense. There, he oversaw the human resources, military readiness, education, training and health care of the nearly 5 million service members, civilian employees and their dependents within the Department of Defense and managed an internal organization of 30,000 employees.
Prior to that, Carson served as the under secretary of the U.S. Army, where he managed the daily operations of the largest military service, and as general counsel of the U.S. Army, where he oversaw the service's worldwide legal operations. Carson is widely published and is a noted authority on national security, energy policy and American politics. From 2001 to 2005, Carson served two terms as a U.S. congressman, representing Oklahoma's 2nd District. Later, he was appointed to the faculty of TU's Collins College of Business and College of Law, where he taught courses on energy policy, property law, negotiation and game theory, globalization and law and literature. In 2008, Carson deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom as an intelligence officer and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service.
Carson brings to TU a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, having spent most of his career working, directly or indirectly, in this area. This interest arises naturally from his childhood growing up on Indian reservations around the country and, later, representing the congressional district that is home to the Cherokee Nation. Carson served as president and chief executive officer of Cherokee Nation Businesses, where he refocused the organization's corporate strategy and governance and significantly increased revenues. Raised in Oklahoma, Carson received his BA from Baylor University and was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. He then went on to earn a JD at the University of Oklahoma.
Job Titles:
- Library Services Assistant
Job Titles:
- President & CEO, Big Thought
Job Titles:
- Electronic Resources Librarian
Job Titles:
- General Counsel and Secretary to the Board
Job Titles:
- Mariner Wealth Advisor
- President, Freemount Corp
Job Titles:
- Mariner Wealth Advisor
- President / CEO, Webco Industries Inc
Job Titles:
- Senior Technical Advisor of TUPREP
Dr. Albert C. Reynolds is the Senior Technical Advisor of TUPREP and Emeritus Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Mathematics. A faculty member at the U. of Tulsa since 1970, Reynolds has served as associate graduate dean, associate director of research, and Chairman of the Dept. of Petroleum Engineering. He holds a BA degree from the U. of New Hampshire, an MS degree from Case Institute of Technology, and a PhD degree from Case Western Reserve University, all in Mathematics. Reynolds received the 1983 SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty, the 2003 SPE Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, the 2005 SPE Formation Evaluation Award and the 2013 SPE John Franklin Carll Award. He is a SPE Distinguished Member since 1999 and became an SPE Honorary Member in 2014. His research areas include inverse problems, assisted history matching, uncertainty quantification, reservoir and production optimization, data-driven models, machine learning, well testing and reservoir simulation. Click to view his vita.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor With the Department of Computer Science
Dr. Mahdi Khodayar is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, The University of Tulsa, and Research Associate of TUPREP. He received the B.Sc. degree in computer engineering and the M.Sc. degree in artificial intelligence from the Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA, in 2020. In 2017, he was a Research Assistant with the College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. His main research interests include machine learning and statistical pattern recognition. He is focused on deep learning, sparse modeling, and spatiotemporal pattern recognition. Dr. Khodayar has served as a Reviewer for many reputable journals in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, including the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, and the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
Dr. Mustafa Onur is the McMan Professor and Chairman of the McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering at University of Tulsa, and the Director of TUPREP. Before joining TU, he was the Professor of Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey, from 1989 to 2016. He also held the Schlumberger Professorial Chair at the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Malaysia, from 2012 to 2014. Onur holds a BS degree from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey and MS and PhD degrees from the University of Tulsa, all in petroleum engineering. He is the recipient of the 2010 SPE Formation Evaluation Award and a distinguished SPE member since 2014. He has served on the editorial committees of SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering and SPE Journal. Previously, he served as the Executive Editor of SPE Journal from to 2013 to 2016. Currently, he serves as the Associate Editors of SPE Journal and Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. His research interests include pressure/temperature-transient analysis, wireline formation testing, reservoir modeling and simulation, nonlinear parameter estimation, enhanced oil recovery methods, and geothermal reservoir engineering. Click to view his vita.
Job Titles:
- Director of Library Bibliographic Services
Job Titles:
- Student / Research Assistant
Job Titles:
- International Student & Scholar Services
- Student Center
- Student Life ( Student Affairs )
- Student Success Coaches
Job Titles:
- Libraries System Administrator
Job Titles:
- SVP & Chief Information Security Officer, Walmart, Inc
Job Titles:
- Director of Library Public Services
Job Titles:
- Regional Chief Medical Officer, Ascension St. John Health System
Job Titles:
- President, Student Association
Job Titles:
- Executive Staff
- Vice President of University Advancement and Alumni Engagement
As vice president of University Advancement and Alumni Engagement, Dr. Hale leads a team of 50 professionals in the areas of fundraising, alumni relations, special events and advancement services. Hale has 32 years of direct experience in the field of higher education advancement at progressive levels of responsibility and leadership and in both public and private settings. As a member of the President's Administrative Leadership Team, she serves as an adviser to the president and key members of the university's Board of Trustees. Hale serves as a liaison between faculty and non-faculty constituencies at the university and is responsible for a strong, team-oriented advancement program based upon creating fundraising strategy and establishing plans, goals and metrics.
Hale has been an active participant in two comprehensive fundraising campaigns at The University of Tulsa that, collectively, raised more than $800 million for the institution. She and her team are in the silent phase of the next fundraising campaign, A Greater Commitment, a $540.5 million effort that focuses on need-based scholarships, endowed faculty support and student support initiatives.
She previously held the position of assistant vice president for university development at OU-Tulsa; she also served as director of development and alumni relations at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma, and director of public relations and publications at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. Hale has been actively involved in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education for 31 years and has served CASE District IV in a number of leadership capacities. She is a regular speaker for CASE at the national and district level, and she has been a faculty member for CASE at 13 national conferences.
Hale holds a bachelor's degree from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, and a master's degree in business management from Friends University. In 2008, she received her Ph.D. degree in organizational leadership from the University of Oklahoma.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Capital Advisors Inc
Job Titles:
- Executive Staff
- Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Kelli McLoud-Schingen is excited to return to higher education where she worked for 18 years before she left to serve as an international consultant for all issues related to cultural diversity, inclusion and cultural competence. She has facilitated development workshops, trainings and storytelling presentations for educational, nonprofit, governmental and corporate institutions in 15 different countries on four continents, as well as assisted them with strategic plans to develop, foster or strengthen their inclusion and belonging initiatives.
A certified professional mediator, she holds a bachelor of arts degree in communication from Aurora University and a master of arts in cross-cultural studies from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Additionally, Kelli co-authored the African American Cultural Detective©, an in-depth training tool for business managers, and contributed the article "Bias, Prejudice, and Discrimination" to the Sage Publication The Encyclopedia of Intercultural Competence. She has extensive training and leadership experience in the intercultural and diversity fields.
She is a member of the Diversity Collegium (a think tank of diversity practitioners) and has served on the board of directors for the premier intercultural organization the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research since 2002 as well as served on the organizing committee for the Global Community Dialogue on Leadership, Diversity and Change since 2003.
Job Titles:
- Student Success Librarian
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Law
Matt Warren - Chief Compliance Officer, VP
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Vice President
- Executive Staff
As vice president and chief compliance officer, Matt Warren (BA '06, MA '09) provides strategic leadership, direction and integration of enterprise risk management, campus safety and security, emergency preparedness and regulatory compliance at The University of Tulsa.
Prior to joining TU in 2017, Warren practiced employment and business law at the firm of Connor & Winters. He is also a former Oklahoma assistant attorney general as well as a former assistant district attorney in Tulsa County. Warren is a proud two-time alumnus of TU, where he was recognized as a top ten senior and most outstanding graduate in political science.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Case & Associates Properties, Inc
Job Titles:
- Student / Research Assistant
Job Titles:
- Executive Staff
- Senior Executive Director for Marketing & Communications
- Senior Executive Director for Marketing and Communications at the University
Mona Chamberlin is senior executive director for marketing and communications at The University of Tulsa. She oversees print and digital publications; marketing and advertising campaigns; news and social media; internal and executive communications; website content; and brand building. Chamberlin has served at TU since 2010.
Before coming to TU, she was a reporter and editor at The Associated Press, Gannett, McClatchy and other news outlets in several states, covering education, business, government and politics. Chamberlin holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Oklahoma State University. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and serves on the board for Tulsa Tech Education Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Project Coordinator
- McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering
Job Titles:
- Emeritus Associate Director / Emeritus Faculty, Prof.Dr., TU - Chemistry Department
Job Titles:
- Project Coordinator / the University of Tulsa
Job Titles:
- Provost
- Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Provost and Professor of English at the University
George Justice is provost and professor of English at The University of Tulsa. He comes to TU from Arizona State University, where he served as dean of humanities in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 2013 to 2017.
Justice is one of the nation's leading thinkers on issues facing universities and a long-time columnist for The Chronicle for Higher Education. Much of his work focuses on the opportunities for collaboration between faculty and administration - particularly during times of crisis - and the importance of arts and humanities. He is the author of How to be a Dean from Johns Hopkins Press, a consultant on faculty development projects and a scholar of Jane Austen and 18th-century English literature, particularly women's writing and the relationship between the publishing industry and authors.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Job Titles:
- Consultant, RAF Consulting
Job Titles:
- Lead Technician / the University of Tulsa
Job Titles:
- Director of Athletics
- Executive Staff
Director of intercollegiate athletics at three major institutions - The University of Tulsa, Washington State University and Tulane University - with a career spanning 28 years, Dickson's leadership skills were highlighted in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and throughout his career. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1972 he graduated from Bishop Kelly High School, where he was a multi-sport athlete, earning All-State accolades in football and baseball. Dickson played defensive back from 1972 to 1976 for The University of Tulsa, where he began his career in athletic administration as interim athletic director in 1988. In 1989, Dickson was appointed director of athletics at the age of 34.
He spent six years as athletic director at his alma mater, where he was instrumental in forming a football scheduling alliance that evolved into Conference USA and the expansion of the Western Athletic Conference. He played a lead role in the campaign to attract an invitation to the 1991 Freedom Bowl as an independent collegiate football team with the city-wide Take Tulsa Campaign. His hiring of men's basketball coach Tubby Smith resulted in schools first-ever Sweet 16 appearance in history and launched a decade of success in men's basketball.
In 1994, Dickson began his tenure at Washington State, where he served as athletics director until spring 2000. There, Dickson oversaw an athletics program that was recognized nationally for its success in dealing with gender equity issues. He raised funds for a capital campaign for scholarships and endowments, an indoor practice facility and the renovation of Bohler Gymnasium. Washington State enjoyed on-the-field success during his tenure as they achieved a Top 50 Sears Cup ranking for first time in history, highlighted by the football team's first Rose Bowl appearance in 67 years in 1998.
During his tenure at Tulane (2000-2016), he garnered support from the campus community, donors and alumni to: sustain the university through an internal review of the program's D-1 status; build or rebuild every GreenWave facility after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans; and restore Tulane's athletics department to the required 16 D-1 sports.
Dickson was the recipient of the 2004 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame for his leadership in guiding Tulane Athletics through the difficult time of the university's board review.
During the 2005-06 campaign, Dickson kept Tulane teams viable by overseeing the evacuation of student-athletes from New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Katrina, and then providing opportunities for the Green Wave's teams to continue competing while dispersed to four campuses in Louisiana and Texas. Working with no home facilities, a depleted budget and the university shuttered for the fall, Tulane Athletics was charged to "Carry the Torch, Be the Face and Represent the Name" not only of Tulane but New Orleans and the entire Gulf region.
Job Titles:
- Mariner Wealth Advisor
- Chief Investment Officer, George Kaiser Family Foundation
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, EtribeLLC
Research Interest:
History Matching
Pressure/Rate Transient Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs
Optimization
Job Titles:
- Siamack Shirazi Consultant
Job Titles:
- Emeritus Director Emeritus Faculty, Prof.Dr., TU - Petroleum Engineering Department
Susan Neal joined The University of Tulsa in May 2010. Neal comes to TU with more than 30 years of experience in government and community relations. While in Washington, D.C., Neal served as chief of staff to Congressman Mickey Edwards prior to her recruitment as a House and Senate lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business. Upon her return to Tulsa in 1984, Neal served as vice president of Downtown Tulsa Unlimited for seven years working in community development.
Neal operated her own public relations company before becoming director of Jumpstart, Tulsa's comprehensive early childhood education campaign. She was elected to serve two terms on Tulsa's City Council after which she served on both Mayor Kathy Taylor's and Mayor Dewey Bartlett's management teams as director of community development and education. Neal continues to serve on numerous city and nonprofit boards in support of the Tulsa community.
Neal earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Oklahoma State University in 1976.
Job Titles:
- Assistant to the Dean for Fiscal and Administrative Services
Terri Wickliffe, Assistant to the Dean for Fiscal and Administrative Services
terri-wickliffe@utulsa.edu | (918) 631-3552
Job Titles:
- Library Services Assistant
Job Titles:
- President, William K. Warren Foundation
Job Titles:
- Technician / the University of Tulsa
Job Titles:
- Vice President for Innovation
Job Titles:
- Attorney at Law / Tulsa Chapter Alumni Association President
Job Titles:
- Executive Staff
- Vice President of Institutional Research and Data Analytics
Victor Soe serves as The University of Tulsa's vice president for institutional research and data analytics. Soe facilitates access to information for internal and external stakeholders, develops data-driven solutions and aligns institutional data with resources to support institutional mission, vision and strategy.
Prior to joining TU, Soe was the director of institutional effectiveness at Adams State University. While at Adams State, he oversaw reporting and research functions, worked closely with various units in implementing assessment activities and contributed to the efforts of securing re-accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. Previously, he was an assistant director of admissions at Purdue University Fort Wayne where he analyzed recruitment territories and assisted in the development of enrollment analytics. He also served as a research assistant in the Management Department of Wharton Business School and an NGO delegate at the United Nations.
Soe holds a doctorate from Cornell University, a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from Lehigh University. He is certified in higher education planning by the Society for College and University Planning and is a member of the HLC Peer Corps.
Job Titles:
- Partner, Susman Godfrey, LLP
Job Titles:
- Student / Research Assistant
Research Interest:
Reservoir simulation and characterization
History matching
Production optimization