Emeritus Faculty

THOMAS C. ALEXANDER, Ph.D.
Professor of Bible and Ministry. 1978, 2019.

DAVID L. ALLEN, M.B.A., CPA [Inactive]
Associate Professor of Business Administration. 1987, 2017.

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STEPHEN A. BABER, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science. 1983, 2020.

GEORGE EDWARD BAGGETT, D.M.E.
Professor of Music. 1949, 1993.

KARYL BAILEY, Ph.D.
Professor of Kinesiology. 1967, 2001.

BARBARA G. BARNES, M.A.T.
Professor of Kinesiology. 1965.1998.

JAMES BEHEL, Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration. 1981, 2014.

ALLEN BLACK, Ph.D.
Professor of New Testament, Harding School of Theology.  1983, 2021.

DAVE BLAND, D.Min., Ph.D.
Professor of Homiletics, Harding School of Theology. 1993, 2021.

RODGER BREWER, Ph.D.
Professor of English. 1973, 2011.

DAVID B. BURKS, Ph.D., CPA
Professor of Business Administration, University President, University Chancellor. 1967, 2023.

LOUIS F. BUTTERFIELD, Ed.D.
Professor of Communication. 1970, 2008.

JOHN K. CAMERON, Ph.D.
Professor of Behavioral Sciences. 1993, 2019.

CLARA CARROLL, Ed.D.
Professor of Education. 1997, 2022.

J. WARREN CASEY, Ph.D.
Professor of Music and Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities. 1982, 2023. 

MICHAEL CHANCE, D.M.A.
Professor of Music. 1996, 2019.

EDDIE CLOER, D.Min.
Professor of Bible and Ministry. 1976, 2019.

BOBBY L. COKER, Ed.D.
Distinguished Professor of Education. 1968, 2000.

DAVID COLE, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. 1989, 2017.

AVA M. CONLEY, M.A.
Professor of Foreign Languages and International Studies. 1973, 2019.

PATRICIA J. COX, Ph.D.
Professor of Music. 1981, 2010.

SHAREN CROCKETT, M.S.
Professor of Family & Consumer Sciences. 1968, 2010.

FAYE BREWER DORAN, Ed.D.
Professor of Art and Design. 1973, 2017.

DAVID T. ELLIOTT, M.A.T.
Professor of Kinesiology. 1969, 2019.

GARY ELLIOTT, Ph.D.
Professor of English. 1967, 2007.

MORRIS RAY ELLIS, Ph.D.
Professor of Theatre. 1972, 2013.

JAMES DONALD ENGLAND, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry. 1960, 2005.

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CLIFTON L. GANUS, JR., Ph.D.
Professor of History, University President, University Chancellor. 1946, 2013.

CLIFTON L. GANUS III, D.M.A.
Distinguished Professor of Music. 1968, 2020.

EDWARD A. GRAY, Ed.D.
Professor of Counseling. 1993, 2021.

KENNETH W. HAMMES, Ph.D.
Professor of English. 1989, 2017.

PAUL HAYNIE, Ph.D.
Professor of History. 1990, 2016.

BUDD HEBERT, Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration. 1993, 2013.

KENNETH L. HOBBY, Ph.D.
Professor of Behavioral Sciences. 1989, 2019.

WILLIAM W. HOLLAWAY, Ph.D.
Professor of Music. 1966, 1998.

KATHY HOWARD, Ed.D.
Professor of Psychology. 1987, 2016.

THOMAS M. HOWARD, Ed.D.
Distinguished Professor of History and Social Science. 1972, 2003.

EVERTT HUFFARD, Ph.D.
Professor of Missions and Leadership, Harding School of Theology.  1987, 2020.

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ALICE K. JEWELL, Ph.D.
Professor of English. 1968, 2009.

JOE JONES, M.A.
Professor of Bible. 1975, 2001.

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ROBERT J. KELLY, Ed.D.
Professor of Business Administration. 1969, 2004.

RANDY LAMBETH, Ed.D., ATC, LAT, CIE
Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences. 2000, 2019.

HELEN LAMBERT, Ed.D, R.N.
Professor of Nursing. 1982, 2002.

WILLIAM T. LAMBERT, Ed.D.
Professor of Bible. 1982, 2005.

THEODORE R. LLOYD, M.S.
Professor of Kinesiology. 1964, 1999.

LARRY R. LONG, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of English and Provost. 1976, 2016.

JAMES E. MACKEY, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering & Physics. 1968, 2014.

DALE MANOR, Ph.D.
Professor of Bible and Ministry. 1996, 2020.

WILT MARTIN, Ed.D.
Professor of Kinesiology. 1972, 2010.

JOHN W. MOON JR., Ph.D.
Professor of Biology. 1991, 2019.

JAN MORGAN, Ed.D.
Distinguished Professor of Education. 1988, 2012.

LAMBERT E. MURRAY, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering and Physics. 1982, 2019.

JERRY MYHAN, M.S.N., APRN, FNP-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing. 1978, 2017.

JAMES D. NICHOLS, Ed.D.
Distinguished Professor of Education. 1977, 2003.

NANCY O'BRIEN, M.S., R.N.
Associate Professor of Nursing. 1976, 1996.

HARRY OLREE, Ed.D.
Professor of Kinesiology. 1957, 1996.

DENNIS ORGAN, Ph.D.
Professor of English. 1967, 2011.

PAUL M. PITT, M.F.A.
Professor of Art & Design. 1971, 2023.

MICHAEL V. PLUMMER, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology. 1970, 2018.

J. PAUL POLLARD, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Bible. 1974, 2014.

MIKE PRUITT, D.A.
Professor of Kinesiology. 1989, 2017.

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VANN RACKLEY, Ph.D.
Professor of Marriage & Family Therapy. 1993, 2021.

ROBERT H. REELY JR., Ed.D.
Professor of Business Administration. 1980, 2019.

WILLIAM RICHARDSON, D.Min.
Professor of Bible and Ministry. 1995, 2021.

MARVIN ROBERTSON, J.D.
Professor of Business Administration. 1979, 2011.

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JOE T. SEGRAVES, Ph.D.
Professor of History. 1962, 1999.

DON SHACKELFORD, Th.D.
Professor of Bible. 1972, 2001.

ARTHUR L. SHEARIN, D.M.A.
Professor of Music. 1972, 2014.

CATHLEEN SHULTZ, Ph.D.
Professor and Founding Dean of the College of Nursing. 1976, 2015.

STEPHEN W. SMITH, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics. 1971, 2014.

DANIEL B. STOCKSTILL, Ph.D.
Professor of Bible & Ministry. 1990, 2022.

GORDON SUTHERLIN, Ed.D.
Professor of Education. 1990, 2015.

HENRY TERRILL, M.L.S.
Professor, Librarian. 1978, 2011.

JACK D. THOMAS, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology. 1974, 2009.

PHILIP THOMPSON, D.Min.
Professor of Bible & Ministry. 2001, 2022.

DANIEL C. TULLOS, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders. 1979, 2018.

BETTY ULREY, M.Ed.
Associate Professor of English. 1967, 1992.

EUGENE UNDERWOOD, Ed.D.
Professor of English. 1970, 2001.

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REBECCA O. WEAVER, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Founding Dean of the College of Allied Health. 1984, 2019.

JOHN E. WILLIAMS, Ph.D.
Professor of English. 1992, 2014.

EDMOND W. WILSON JR., Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. 1970, 2017.

ELIZABETH K. WILSON, Ed.D., CFCS, CFLE
Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences. 1971, 2017.

WINFRED O. WRIGHT, Dr.de l'Universite
Distinguished Professor of French. 1966, 2000.

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