Simone Meskelis

Simone Meskelis
Sales Systems Manager at Essilor

Simone Meskelis is a DBA student and an Adjunct Professor of Management in the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business at the University of Dallas. She is also an adjunct professor at Fundacao Dom Cabral, in Brazil.

Her research has been presented in several conferences including the Academy of International Business and Western Academy of Management. Her research interests are related to engagement, work meaningfulness, personality traits and leadership.

In addition to the academic experience, she has worked as a business consultant for 15 years serving organizations in Brazil and in the United States. She currently works with Sales Analytics at Essilor.

Education

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) - Economics

Fundacao Dom Cabral (Brazil) - Master in Business Administration

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News

Alumni Reimagine Education for Boys

Peter Searby, BA '01, feels that modern schools -- with a scarcity of opportunities for children to work with their hands and use their imaginations to explore their worlds -- are doing boys in particular a disservice. From this recognized deficiency, Searby conceived the idea for Riverside Center for Imaginative Learning. Also finding the education of boys to be a primary concern, Daniel Kerr, BA '03, opened St. Martin's Academy, a Catholic boys' boarding high school in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 2018.

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Crowley Trio: An Evening of Beauty

In an intimate gathering at the Museum of Biblical Art in February, UD celebrated the inaugural Crowley Chamber Trio Concert, "Music in the Museum," the first of three concerts that took place this spring. The opening performance rekindled the university's popular Crowley concerts, which first took breath more than two decades ago.

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Professor Applies Lessons Learned from Autistic Sons to All Life

Former Affiliate Assistant Professor of Spanish Nicole (Hammerschmidt) Lasswell, BA '03, and her husband, Martin, have two sons, Will and Stevie, both of whom have autism. For World Autism Awareness Day, the family was interviewed on Telemundo; because the boys are thriving, it seemed particularly important to the Lasswells to share their story and their hope with others.

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