Office of the Provost

Following a nationwide search, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced that Jeremy Counseller, J.D., The Abner V. McCall Chair of Evidence Law at Baylor, has been selected as dean of the University’s nationally ranked Baylor Law School. His appointment is effective July 1, 2024.

Baylor University’s Institute for Faith and Learning invites nominations for the position of director, with service beginning by August 2024. 

The Institute for Faith and Learning (IFL) was founded in 1997 to promote the university’s mission of integrating academic excellence in research and teaching with deep Christian commitment. Since its founding, the Institute has developed several major programs in support of this mission, cultivating high-quality research, sponsoring conferences, mentoring students, and encouraging teaching that is faithful to the Christian intellectual tradition.

Baylor University’s Academy for Teaching and Learning (ATL) invites applications and nominations for the position of director, with service beginning  June 1, 2024.

The Academy for Teaching and Learning has a two-fold mission: to support and inspire a flourishing community of learning and to promote the integration of teaching, scholarship, collegiality, and service in a Christian context.

Baylor University faculty are prolific writers, researchers, mentors, and teachers, and we welcome every opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments. "Readers Meet the Author," presented by the Office of the President and Office of the Provost, and hosted by the University Libraries, encourages opportunities for faculty and staff to gather for shared reflection and collegial conversation about big ideas.  

Featuring works selected by Baylor Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., each opportunity to meet the author consists of an introduction from either the Provost or Baylor President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., followed by a discussion with the author facilitated by a colleague or contemporary, and a question and answer session with attendees.

This next Readers Meet the Author session on January 30 at Noon welcomes Felipe Hinojosa, Ph.D., Professor of History and the Jackson Family Chair for Baylor in Latin America, who will be interviewed by his colleague Elesha Coffman, Associate Professor of History, about his recent publication, Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio.

The purpose of the Baylor/Xavier University Exchange Program is to coordinate efforts to introduce students to new environments that create an awareness of different institutional and cultural perspectives. The program provides students with a unique opportunity to enhance the high-quality education provided by each institution. For Baylor students, the program provides access to New Orleans’ diverse personality, Xavier’s unique identity as a higher education institution, and the impressive faculty found at an institution with 101 years of history. The Baylor/Xavier exchange extends the transformational education offered at Baylor by introducing students to compelling scholarship from new faculty, inspiring informed engagement within one of the world’s most exciting cities, and stimulating cross-cultural exchange with students who wish to learn about each partner institution.