Emeritus Faculty
Faculty who have, by the time of retirement from Baylor University, reached an advanced rank (professor or associate professor; clinical or associate clinical; teaching professor or senior lecturer; librarian or associate librarian) may be considered for the designation of emeritus faculty if they have served twenty or more years of full-time college or university-level service with at least the last ten as a faculty member at Baylor and have an established a professional record of distinction. Emeritus Faculty are nominated by their deans to the president through the provost.
2025 Appointees
- Kendall Artz, Professor, Hankamer School of Business
- Frieda Blackwell, Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
- Jacqueline Duke, Senior Lecturer, College of Arts & Sciences
- James Garven, Professor, Hankamer School of Business
- Baudelio Garza, Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
- Jane Harvill, Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
- David White, Senior Lecturer, College of Arts & Sciences
- Kathy Hurtt, Associate Professor, Hankamer School of Business
- Michael Jacobson, Professor, School of Music
- Eric Lai, Professor, School of Music
- Peter Maurer, Professor, School of Engineering and Computer Science
- Linda McManness, Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
- Dennis R. Myers, Professor, Diana R. Garland School of Social Work
- Suzanne Nesmith, Associate Professor, School of Education
- Steven Rich, Associate Professor, Hankamer School of Business
- Allen Seward, Associate Professor, Hankamer School of Business
- Susan Sherman, Clinical Associate Professor, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences
- Janice Stewart, Clinical Associate Professor, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences
- Lynn Tatum, Senior Lecturer, Honors College
- Kirk Wakefield, Professor, Hankamer School of Business
- Robin Wallace, Professor, School of Music
- Terry W. York, Professor, George W. Truett Theological Seminary
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- Jane Abbott-Kirk, M.M., Associate Professor of Keyboard Studies
- L. Joseph Achor, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Bill T. Adams, Ph.D., Professor of Physics
- Linda S. Adams, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
- Dale Allen, Ph.D., Professor of Management
- Peter Allen, Professor of Geosciences
- Mark Anderson, M.F.A., Professor of Art and Art History
- F. Michael Ard, D.M.A., Professor of Keyboard Studies
- Wickramasinghe Ariyasinghe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics
- David M. Arnold, Ph.D., Ralph Jean Storm Professor of Mathematics
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- Carolyn A. Backus, D.M.A., Professor of Vocal Studies
- Ray Bagby, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
- Robert M. Baird, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
- Robert S. Baldridge, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- James E. Barcus, Ph.D., Professor of English and Interim Graduate Program Director
- James D. Bargainer, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering and Computer Science
- Lewis M. Barker, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Madalene R. Barnett, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Disorders
- E. Jeter Basden, Ed.D., Professor of Religion
- Jeff Bass, Ph.D., Professor of Communication
- Ronald Beal, LL.M., Professor of Law
- Michael Beaty, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
- Rosalie Beck, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religion
- Weldon E. Beckner, Ed.D., Professor of Educational Leadership
- John S. Belew, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Provost Emeritus
- William Bellinger, Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
- Helen E. Benedict, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
- Greg Benesh, Professor of Physics
- Barbara L. Bennett, Ph.D., Professor of Music Education
- Bruce Berg, D.M.A., Professor of Violin
- Rena Bonem, Ph.D., Professor of Geosciences
- Mary A. Booras, M.A., Associate Professor of Speech Communication
- Jean Ann Boyd, Ph.D., Professor of Music Literature and Director of Academics Studies
- Walter L. Bradley, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Martha J. Bradshaw, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing
- Susan Bratton, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Science
- James Breckenridge, Ph.D., Professor of Religion
- Roger L. Brooks, Ph.D., Professor of English
- Ellen K. Brown, M.L.I.S., Associate Professor of University Libraries
- Lyle C. Brown, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
- Larry J. Browning, Ed.D., Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
- Charlene S. Budd, Ph.D., Professor of Accounting
- Cynthia A. Burgess, M.L.I.S., Associate Professor of University Libraries and Curator of Books and Printed Materials
- Kenneth W. Busch, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
- Marianna S. Busch, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
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- Raymond J. Cannon, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- Michael N. Cassell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Accounting
- Delton L. Chesser, Ph.D., Professor of Accounting
- David Clinton, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
- Rinn M. Cloud, Ph.D., Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Robert Cloud, Ed.D., Professor of Education Administration
- Linda R. Cobbs, M.L.S., Associate Professor of University Libraries
- Jack H. Coldiron, M.C.M., Brown Visiting Professor of Voice
- Lane G. Collins, D.B.A., Professor of Accounting
- Betty J. Conaway, Ph.D., Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
- Patricia W. Cook, M.F.A., Professor of Theatre Arts
- William F. Cooper, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
- Bruce C. Cresson, Ph.D., Professor of Religion
- Vince Cronin, Ph.D., Professor of Geosciences
- James Curry, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy
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- Wallace L. Daniel, Jr., Ph.D., The Ralph L. and Bessie Mae Lynn Professor of History
- Robert F. Darden, III, M.J., Master Teacher and Professor of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media
- Mary Ellen Davenport, M.S., Assistant Professor of Nursing
- Charles Davis, Ph.D., Professor of Accounting
- Tommye Lou Davis, M.S., Associate Professor of Classics
- William V. Davis, Ph.D., Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence
- Charles J. Delaney, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
- Elizabeth Dell, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer of English
- Doris A. DeLoach, D.M., Professor of Oboe and Music Theory and Director of Instrumental Studies
- Dovalee Dorsett, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics and Quantitative Business Analysis
- Robert T. Doty, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Steve Driese, Ph.D., Professor of Geosciences
- Manfred Dugas, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- Richard E. Duhrkopf, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
- John Dunbar, Ph.D., Professor of Geosciences
- Richard Durán, Ph.D., Professor of French
- Preston M. Dyer, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work
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- Donald R. Edwards, Ph.D., Professor of Management
- Steven R. Eisenbarth, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- David W. Eldridge, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Jim Ellor, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work - Harry Elzinga, Ph.D., Professor of Musicology
- Jan Evans, Ph.D., Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures
- Stephen Evans, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
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- Elizabeth Farren, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing
- Donald R. Farris, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Lawrence G. Felice, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology
- John C. Flynn, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Karen Fredenburg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
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M. Lynne Gackle, Ph.D., Professor of Ensembles, Director of Choral Activities, Mary Gibbs Jones Chair in Music - Donald L. Gaitros, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science
- Steve Gardner, Ph.D., Professor of Economics
- David Garland, Ph.D., Professor of Theology, Truett Seminary
- Linda F. Garner, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing
- George Gawrych, Ph.D., Professor of History
- Frederick R. Gehlbach, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- Sandra J. Genrich, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing
- William K. Ghee, Ph.D., Professor of Finance and Insurance
- W. Hulitt Gloer, Ph.D., Professor of Preaching and Christian Scriptures
- L. Kent Gilbreath, Ph.D., Professor of Economics
- Norman L. Gilchrest, Ed.D., Professor of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
- Elizabeth S. Githens, M.A., Professor of English
- Thomas T. Goforth, Ph.D., W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics
- Clement T. Goode, Ph.D., Professor of English
- Jerry L. Gordon, D.M.A., Associate Professor of Vocal Studies
- Paul C. Grabow, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Van Dyke Gray, Ph.D., Professor of Management
- Georgia A. Green, Ph.D., Professor of Music Education
- Don Greene, Professor of Geosciences
- Joel Gregory, Ph.D., Professor of Preaching
- Earl L. Grinols, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Economics
- Johanna Guenther, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nursing
- David M. Guinn, L.L.M., Professor of Law and Master Teacher
- Kevin Gutzwiller, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
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- Delta R. Hafford, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
- William Hair, M.L.S., Associate Professor and Associate Dean and Director, Central University Libraries
- Jeff Hamilton, Ph.D., Professor of History
- D. Thomas Hanks, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of English and Master Teacher
- Donald L. Hardcastle, Ph.D., Professor of Physics
- Gary Hardie, Professor of Cello and Coordinator of Strings
- Helen Harris, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work
- Thomas Harrison, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Accounting
- Maxine B. Hart, Ed.D., Professor of Information Systems
- W. Keith Hartberg, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- Frauke A. Harvey, Ph.D., Professor of German, Russian, and Japanese
- Johnny Henderson, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
- David Hendon, Ph.D., Professor of History
- Mary L. Herrington, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
- Stephen Heyde, Professor of and Director of Orchestral Activities, The Mary Franks Thompson Professor of Orchestral Studies, and Conductor-in-Residence
- Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Culture
- Patricia A. Hickey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics
- William Hillis, M.D., Professor and The Cornelia Marschall Smith Distinguished Professor of Biology
- Julia Hitchcock, M.F.A., Professor of Art and Art History
- Walter C. Holmes, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- Sue Margaret Hughes, Ph.D., Professor of University Libraries
- Gary W. Hull, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History
- Maurice Hunt, Ph.D., Professor of English
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- Charles J. Isoline, Ed.D., Professor of Art
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- Buford Randall Jean, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- David L. Jeffrey, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Literature and the Humanities
- Baxter Johns, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- Susan K. Johnsen, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology
- Jerry Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing
- Pauline T. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing
- Deborah Johnston, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
- Dennis Johnston, Ph.D., Professor of Statistical Science
- Joyce Jones, D.M.A., Professor of Organ, The Joyce Oliver Bowden Professor of Music and Organist-in-Residence
- Krassimira Jordan, M.M.A., Professor of Piano
- William Jordan, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering
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- Ann W. Karaffa, Ph.D., Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
- Phyllis S. Karns, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing
- Naymond H. Keathley, Ph.D., Professor of Religion
- Paul Z. Kemp, M.F.A., Professor of Art
- Diana Kendall, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology
- James Kennedy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religion
- Roger L. Keyes, M.M., Professor of Piano
- Roger E. Kirk, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Statistics and Master Teacher
- Berry J. Klingman, M.F.A., Professor of Art
- Robert B. Kruschwitz, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
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- Kwang Lee, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Larry Lehr, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer of Environmental Sciences
- Dorothy Leidner, Ph.D., Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics
- Owen T. Lind, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- J. Mark Long, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
- Judith W. Lott, D.S.N., Professor of Nursing
- Judith R. Lusk, Ph.D., Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
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- Charles S. Madden, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing
- Terry Maness, D.B.A., Dean of the Hankamer School of Business and Professor of Finance
- David Mangelsdorff, Ph.D., Professor of Health Administration
- Michael W. Mansfield, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
- Carlos Manzanares, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
- Brian Marks, D.M.A., Associate Professor of Piano
- John D. Martin, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
- Philip A. Martin, M.A., Associate Professor of German
- Frank H. Mathis, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- William V. May, Jr., Ph.D. Dean of the School of Music and Professor of Music Education
- Dorothy W. McAlister, Ph.D., Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
- William E. McBride, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science
- John D. McClanahan, M.F.A., Professor of Art
- Paul A. McCoy, M.F.A., Professor of Art, Ceramist-in-Residence and Director of The Allbritton Art Institute
- Janice M. McCullagh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History and Senior Faculty Member of the Albritton Art Institute
- Joseph A. McKinney, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of International Economics and Senior Research Fellow in the McBride Center for International Business
- Martin Medhurst, Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication
- Glenn Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
- William A. Mitchell, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
- Andy J. Moore, Ph.D., Professor of English
- Kris K. Moore, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics and Quantitative Business Analysis
- Michael D. Morrison, J.D., Professor and The Jo Murphy Chair International Education and the William J. Boswell Professor of Law
- Louis Muldrow, J.D., Professor and the Abner V. McCall Professor of Evidence
- D.E. Mungello, Ph.D., Professor of History
- David W. Music, D.M.A., Professor of Academic Studies
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- Mary P. Nichols, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
- Daniel J. Nodes, Ph.D., Professor of Classics
- Billie H. Nowlin, Ed.D., Professor of Home Economics
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- Patrick L. Odell, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- Roger Olson, Ph.D., Professor of Theology, Truett Seminary
- Pattie Orr, M.Ed., Vice President for Information Technology and Dean of University Libraries
- Dennis O’Neal, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Manuel J. Ortuño, Ph.D., Professor of Spanish
- Harold W. Osborne, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Master Teacher
- Edwin P. Oxford, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
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- Don F. Parker, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Geology
- T. Michael Parrish, Ph.D., Professor of History
- Rita A. Patteson, M.L.S., Associate Professor and Director of the Armstrong Browning Library
- Bob E. Patterson, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Religion
- David E. Pennington, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- J. William Petty, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Holder of The W.W. Caruth Chair of Entrepreneurship
- John L. Pisciotta, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics
- William L. Pitts, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Religion
- Robert Piziak, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- Lee R. Polk, Ph.D., Professor of Communication
- Franklin Potts, Ph.D., Professor of Finance
- Tom Potts, Ph.D., Professor of Finance
- William B. Poucher, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science
- Gerald R. Powell, J.D., Professor and the Abner V. McCall Professor of Evidence
- J. T. Powers, Ed.D., Professor of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
- Jeffrey S. Powers, M.M., Professor of Instrumental Studies
- Patricia W. Prewitt, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology
- Juanita G. Price, M.S., Associate Professor of Nursing
- Barbara Purdum-Cassidy, Ed.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
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- Robert H. Ray, Ph.D., Professor of English
- William R. Reichenstein, Ph.D., Professor of Finance Richard B. Riley, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
- David L. Rivers, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Robert C. Roberts, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Ethics in Philosophy
- William C. Robinson, M.M., Associate Professor of Music Tillman B. Rodabough, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology
- Helen Denyse Rodgers, M.L.S., Associate Professor of Libraries
- Doug Rogers, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
- R. Michael Rogers, J.D., Professor of Law
- Howard L. Rolf, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- Terry M. Roller, M.F.A., Professor of Art
- John "J.T." Rose, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
- Stuart Rosenbaum, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy
- Ann E. Rushing, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- Eric C. Rust, Professor of History
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- Martha L. Sanford, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nursing
- E. E. Schroeder, M.Ed., Associate Professor of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
- Daniel E. Scott, D.Mus., Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Studies
- Helen Shanley, M.M., Professor of Music
- Richard Shanley, D.M.A., Professor of Music
- Patricia A. Sharp, Ph.D., Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
- Mary Margaret Shoaf, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Janet E. Sheets, M.L.S., Associate Professor of University Libraries
- Alden Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Classics Calvin B. Smith, M.S., Associate Professor of Museum Studies
- Mary Ruth Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Art and Art History
- LuAnn L. Soliah, Ph.D., Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Jim SoRelle, Ph.D., Professor of History
- Rufus B. Spain, Ph.D., Professor of History
- Lori Spies, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nursing
- Ron Stanke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Kathryn Steely, D.M., Professor of Viola
- Joan Supplee, Ph.D., The Ralph L. and Bessie Mae Lynn Associate Professor of History
- David Swenson, J.D., Professor of Law and the George G. Kelly Professor of Law
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- Charles H. Talbert, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Religion
- John F. Tanner, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing
C. William Thomas, Professor of Accounting and Business Law and Master Teacher - F. Eugene Tidmore, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics
- Brad Toben, LL.M., Dean of the Baylor School of Law
- Charles M. Tolbert, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology
- Charles M. Tolbert II, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology
- S. Kay Toombs, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy
- William R. Trail, J.D., Professor and The Darrell L. Keith Professor of Law and Medicine
- Jack Tubbs, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics
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- Elisabeth J. Umble, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management
- M. Michael Umble, Ph.D., Professor of Management
- Karl A. Umlauf, M.F.A., Professor of Art and Artist in Residence
- John Van Cura, D.M., Professor of Vocal Studies
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- Kenneth Van Treuren, DPhil, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Robert W. Vargas, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science
- Randal L. Vaughn, Ph.D., Professor of Information Systems
- Joseph F. Vélez, Ph.D., Professor of Spanish
- Dianna M. Vitanza, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English
- Darrell S. Vodopich, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
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- Patricia D. Wallace, Ph.D., Professor of History
- Janelle Walter, Ph.D., Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Jerry Waltman, Ph.D., The R. W. Morrison Professor of Political Science
- Ken-Hsi Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Physics
- James M. Warren, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering
- Julian F. Watkins II, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- William A. Weeks, D.B.A., Professor of Marketing
- Mary K. "Suzy" Weems, Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition Sciences
- Kathy Whipple, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Joseph White, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- James B. Williams, D.M.A., Professor of Piano and Director of Keyboard Studies
- Kenneth T. Wilkins, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
- W. C. Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology
- James L. Williamson, Ed.D., Professor of Educational Leadership and The Fred and Edith Hale Emeritus Professor in Education
- G.W.K. Willis, Ph.D., Professor of Information Systems
- Darryn Willoughby, Ph.D., Professor of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
- James E. Wood, Jr., Ph.D., The Simon and Ethel Bunn Distinguished Professor of Church-State Studies
- John A. Wood, Ph.D., Professor of Religion
- Ralph C. Wood, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Literature
- Randy Wood, Ph.D., Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
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- Dean Young, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics
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- Karin Waugh Zucker, L.L.M., Professor of Healthcare Administration