University of North Texas 
DMI PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Kara Fulton
Clinical Professor and Department Chair
Program Director, Applied Arts & Sciences
Program Director, Applied Heritage Management minor
Anthropology (cultural and archaeology)
Dr. Fulton is an archaeologist and cultural anthropologist focusing on community identity and shared practices in the past and present. She earned her MA and Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology from the University of South Florida and her BS in Anthropology from Kent State University. She has been with UNT since Jan. 2019 and is the recipient of the DSI CLEAR Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award and the UNT Community Award.
The geographic focus of Dr. Fulton's archaeological research is the Maya Lowlands of Belize. Her current research explores how community identities affected the resilience of Classic Maya populations when faced with environmental, political, and economic change. Dr. Fulton's methodological expertise includes geochemistry, microartifact analysis, and quantitative modeling.
Dr. Fulton’s cultural research focuses on high-impact practices in higher education contexts, including in online and face-to-face courses. She’s also interested in approaches to collaboration, drawing from organizational and design anthropology.
Dr. Fulton is an archaeologist and cultural anthropologist focusing on community identity and shared practices in the past and present. She earned her MA and Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology from the University of South Florida and her BS in Anthropology from Kent State University. She has been with UNT since Jan. 2019 and is the recipient of the DSI CLEAR Outstanding Online Teacher & Course Award and the UNT Community Award.
The geographic focus of Dr. Fulton's archaeological research is the Maya Lowlands of Belize. Her current research explores how community identities affected the resilience of Classic Maya populations when faced with environmental, political, and economic change. Dr. Fulton's methodological expertise includes geochemistry, microartifact analysis, and quantitative modeling.
Dr. Fulton’s cultural research focuses on high-impact practices in higher education contexts, including in online and face-to-face courses. She’s also interested in approaches to collaboration, drawing from organizational and design anthropology.
Bill Morgan
Program Director, Project Design & Analysis
Clinical Assistant Professor
Design (architectural, interior, strategic, ethics)
Bill Morgan received his Master of Fine Arts – Design from the University of North Texas in 2018 and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston in 1982. He is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Texas, specializing in design and design research courses. Mr. Morgan’s research investigates the intricate interplay between design and ethics and emphasizes designers' profound responsibility for shaping the natural and built environment.
Sarvjeet Singh
Program Director, Applied Project Design & Analysis
Clinical Associate Professor
Cellular and Molecular Biology (Cancer, Cardiovascular, Muscle)
Dr. Singh holds a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology with advanced scientific training as a postdoctoral
fellow in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center (UT Southwestern). In addition, Dr. Singh holds an MBA with a specialization
in Project Management, Entrepreneurship, and Healthcare Management from the University
of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Singh served as a faculty member in the Division of Cardiology
at UT Southwestern before joining UNT at Frisco and continues to serve there as an
Adjunct Faculty.
During his appointments at UT Southwestern, Dr. Singh has received numerous awards from the American Heart Association, including research fellowships, grants, and selection as a finalist for the 2010 Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Award.
Dr. Singh has an expertise in working with different disease models ranging from cancer, muscle, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, to immunology, and his research findings have been published in high-impact journals with over 1000 citations. Dr. Singh’s research interests include transcriptional regulation of cardiovascular and skeletal muscle response to injury, cardiac and skeletal muscle regeneration, inducible pluripotent stem cells, and cellular response to acute injury and stress.
During his appointments at UT Southwestern, Dr. Singh has received numerous awards from the American Heart Association, including research fellowships, grants, and selection as a finalist for the 2010 Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Award.
Dr. Singh has an expertise in working with different disease models ranging from cancer, muscle, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, to immunology, and his research findings have been published in high-impact journals with over 1000 citations. Dr. Singh’s research interests include transcriptional regulation of cardiovascular and skeletal muscle response to injury, cardiac and skeletal muscle regeneration, inducible pluripotent stem cells, and cellular response to acute injury and stress.
Thomas Brindle
Program Director, Industrial Distribution
Clinical Associate Professor
Operations Management & Humanitarian Systems
Thomas Ryan Brindle received a DSc from Jacksonville State University in 2023. Dr.
Brindle also has a MS in Supply Chain Management from The University of Texas at Dallas
as well as a BS in Economics from The University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Brindle’s
research includes economic disaster resilience and humanitarian logistics and operations
management.
Featured Publications:
Brindle, T. (2023). Using Industry Sector Entropy to Measure Economic Community Disaster Resilience: Real-World Verification from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dissertation. Jacksonville State University Doctor of Science in Emergency Management Program. Dr. SK Huang, Dissertation Committee Chair.
Brindle, T., Huang, S.K., Wu, H.C., Lu, C.L., Lin, C.C., Jing, C.L., Hung, T.J., & Lindell, M. K. (2022). Households’ Protective Actions in Response to a Night Time Earthquake: The 2018 Eastern Taiwan Earthquake. Conference Paper. ASCE UCLA Lifelines Conference 2021-22. January 31 - February 4 2022.
Featured Publications:
Brindle, T. (2023). Using Industry Sector Entropy to Measure Economic Community Disaster Resilience: Real-World Verification from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dissertation. Jacksonville State University Doctor of Science in Emergency Management Program. Dr. SK Huang, Dissertation Committee Chair.
Brindle, T., Huang, S.K., Wu, H.C., Lu, C.L., Lin, C.C., Jing, C.L., Hung, T.J., & Lindell, M. K. (2022). Households’ Protective Actions in Response to a Night Time Earthquake: The 2018 Eastern Taiwan Earthquake. Conference Paper. ASCE UCLA Lifelines Conference 2021-22. January 31 - February 4 2022.
Danielle Dumaine
Program Director, North Texas NOW!
Clinical Assistant Professor
History (20th Century US); Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Andrew Snyder
Program Director, Enology & Brewing minor
Clinical Professor
Fermentation Science (Enology and Brewing)
Andrew Snyder, CSS, CSW is the Fermentation Science Professor in the newly established Enology and Brewing minor at UNT. He has taught in higher education for the past 25 years. Professor Snyder earned three master’s degrees from the University of Oklahoma in Human Relations, Adult Education and Communications. He earned his undergraduate degree in Business from Schiller International University in Heidelberg, Germany where he lived for 14 years. Snyder has twice won teaching innovation awards from the Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges.
Snyder has served as president of the Oklahoma Grape Growers and Winemakers Association, a member of the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association, American Society of Enology and Viticulture and the Society of Wine Educators, where he has earned the (CSW) Certified Specialist of Wine and (CSS) Certified Specialist of Spirits accreditations. He holds WSET II certification in spirits. He has served as a wine judge in the Lone Star International Wine Competition.