TCU Lead On.

Meet a Spirited School of Quiet Greatness

Where Academic
Teams Shine Together.

We’re TCU, and these are some of our stories.

We've Created A New Kind Of Med School.

No Lectures.
More Compassion.
Better Doctors.

By putting the human element of health care front and center, we're charting new ground in physician education.

Discover How

Is a Top National
University.

98% of Faculty Teach Undergrad
#1 MBA Faculty Quality in the World (The Economist)
80% Acceptance Rate to Medical School
#6 Musical Theatre Program (onstageblog.com)
#10 Best Schools for Internships (2021 Princeton Review)
#15 Best Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program (Entrepreneur and The Princeton Review, 2020)
Graduate Supply Chain Program Ranked Top 20 in North America (Gartner)
#8 Criminal Justice Program (niche.com)

We're Home to Extraordinary Academics

working to make the greater good even greater.

Rethinking Campus Mental Health Support

Eric Wood, Ph.D., and his team are changing how universities handle student mental health needs through a new model focused on collaboration, peer support communities and a dedicated crisis and triage team.

Explore Our New Model

Dancing Across Disciplines

How can cross-campus teams sync research for the greater good? Nina Martin, Ph.D., and Eric Simanek, Ph.D., are integrating their knowledge to explore the therapeutic potential of spontaneous movement.

Watch How

This Research Team's Conservation Efforts Are a Win-Win

Conservation geneticist Dean Williams, Ph.D., conducts research about horned lizards that embodies team spirit. His work with students, zoos and Texas Parks & Wildlife is saving a mascot from extinction.

See How

Recent Publications

FROM OUR FACULTY

Kara Dixon Vuic, Ph.D., Benjamin Schmidt Professor of War, Conflict, and Society in 20th-Century America

THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR: BRINGING THE HOME FRONT TO THE FRONT LINES

HARVARD PRESS | 2019
Debbie Rhea, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Health Sciences & Research

WRONG TURNS, RIGHT MOVES IN EDUCATION

ARCHWAY PRESS | 2019
Zygmunt Gryczynski, Ph.D., W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Chair and Professor of Physics

PRACTICAL FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

CRC PRESS | 2019
Yashoda Bhagwat, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Marketing

Corporate Sociopolitical Activism and Firm Value

JOURNAL OF MARKETING | 2020
William Gibbons, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Musicology

MUSIC IN THE ROLE-PLAYING GAME: HEROES & HARMONIES

ROUTLEDGE | 2019
Quinghua Yang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Communication Studies

THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AVOIDANCE IN MANAGING UNCERTAINTY FROM CONFLICTING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES.

COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS |2020

National Media

LOOK TO TCU FOR VOICE AND REASON

Associated Press

“HISTORY, RIGHT NOW: ECHOES OF 1968, AND OTHER AMERICAN YEARS”

Frederick Gooding Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of African American Studies
CNN.COM

“WHEN A POLICE WELLNESS CHECK BECOMES A DEATH SENTENCE”

Johnny Nhan, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Graduate Director of Criminal Justice
THE WASHINGTON POST

“THE TRUTH ABOUT COLLEGE ADMISSIONS – FROM COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DEANS”

Heath Einstein, MPP, Dean of Admission
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

“MAKING MEDICINE MORE COMPASSIONATE”

Valeri Lantz-Gefroh, MFA, Artistic Director, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
THE NEW YORK TIMES

“HOW MOUNT RUSHMORE BECAME MOUNT RUSHMORE”

Gene Smith, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Center for Texas Studies
FORBES.COM

“3 STEPS TO PREVENT EMPLOYEE TURNOVER”

David Allen, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Neeley School of Business
WALL STREET JOURNAL

“AI WILL ASSUME MOST PROJECT MANAGEMENT TASKS, GARTNER SAYS”

Tyson Browning, Ph.D., Professor of Operations Management

WHAT WILL WE TAKE ON NEXT?

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