Readers Meet the Author

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, encourages opportunities for faculty and staff to gather virtually or in person 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 from the discipline and a question and answer session with attendees.

"This series presents a unique opportunity to showcase the exceptional work of our faculty while also celebrating that which is great about the academe — our ability to share perspectives and ideas with each other for the sake of civil academic discourse. These conversations also serve to sharpen our own intellectual sensibilities and make faculty scholarship even more accessible to our peers within the Baylor community,"
-President Linda Livingstone

Featured Authors for 2022-2023

The first ten folks to register for the event and provide a One Bear Place address will receive a FREE copy of the author's book. Please register for an event by clicking on the date. Want to catch up on an event you missed? Check out our Readers Meet the Author archive. 

September 23, 2022: The first installment of our "Readers Meet the Author" series spotlighted the scholarly work of Baylor faculty member Jonathan Tran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology, and George W. Baines Chair of Religion, who has authored "Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism."

October 20, 2022: The second installment of our "Readers Meet the Author" series spotlighted the scholarly work of Baylor faculty member Holly Oxhandler, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Associate Professor, Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, who has authored "The Soul of the Helper: Seven Stages to Seeing the Sacred Within Yourself So You Can See It in Others."

November 10, 2022: The third installment of our "Readers Meet the Author" series will spotlight the scholarly work of Baylor faculty member J. Lenore Wright, Ph.D., Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning (ATL) and Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies & Philosophy, who has authored "Athena to Barbie: Bodies, Archetypes, and Women's Search for Self."

January 31, 2023: The fourth installment of our "Readers Meet the Author" series will spotlight the scholarly work of Baylor faculty member George Yancey, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, who has authored "Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism."

February 28, 2023: The fifth installment of our "Readers Meet the Author" series will spotlight the scholarly work of Baylor faculty member Barry Harvey, Ph.D., Professor of Theology in the Honors College and faculty member in the Graduate Program in Religion as well as the Great Texts Program, who has authored "Baptists and the Catholic Tradition: Reimagining the Church's Witness in the Modern World."

March 23, 2023: The sixth installment of our "Readers Meet the Author" series will spotlight the scholarly work of Baylor faculty member Coretta Pittman, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the English Department, who has authored "Literacy in a Long Blues Note: Black Women's Literature and Music in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries."

April 19, 2023: The seventh installment of our "Readers Meet the Author" series will spotlight the scholarly work of Baylor faculty member Jessica Peck, DNP, Clinical Professor in the Louise Herrington School of Nursing, who has authored "Behind Closed Doors: A Guide to Help Parents and Teens Navigate Through Life's Toughest Issues."