List of Brigham Young University faculty

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Smoot Administration Building on the BYU campus

This list of Brigham Young University faculty includes notable current and former instructors and administrators of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and located in Provo, Utah, United States. It includes faculty at its related academic colleges and two schools, including the Marriott School of Management and the J. Reuben Clark Law School. As of the fall of 2007, BYU employed 1,300 instructional faculty, 88% of whom were tenured or on tenure track, and approximately 2,900 administrative and staff personnel. Part-time employees included approximately 900 faculty, administrative and staff personnel and 12,000 students.[1]

College of Engineering

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
L. Douglas Smoot Chemical Engineering 1960–1995 Noted for work fossil fuels and energy; led restoration of Brigham Young Academy building Yes [2]
Randal Beard Electrical and Computer Engineering 1996–present Guidance and control of unmanned aerial vehicles No [3]

College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
William Hamblin History
Mark Choate History 2001–present Bronze Star recipient for his handbook on village stability operations in Afghanistan, 2010–2011 No [4]

College of Fine Arts and Communications

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
James C. Christensen Visual Arts Fantasy painter Yes [5]

College of Humanities

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Brandon Sanderson English 2005–present Fantasy author Yes [6][7]
Dave Wolverton English Science-fiction author No [8]
Kimberly Johnson English Poet No [8]
James E. Faulconer Philosophy 1975–present Philosopher; founding editor of Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy; columnist for Patheos Yes [9][10]

College of Life Sciences

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Ralph Vary Chamberlin Biology 1908–1911 Prolific taxonomist, central to the 1911 modernism controversy No [11]
John S. K. Kauwe III Biology 2008–2020 President of Brigham Young University–Hawaii Yes [12]

College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Alan Ashton Computer Science 1987 Co-founder of WordPerfect, founder of Thanksgiving Point [13]

College of Religious Education

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Randy L. Bott Religion Author and highest-rated professor in America in 2008 at Ratemyprofessor.com. Yes [14][15]
Hugh B. Brown Religion Author and former member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints No [16]
Truman G. Madsen Philosophy Prolific LDS author, former director of BYU Jerusalem Center No [17]

J. Reuben Clark School of Law

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Dee Benson Law 1996 Federal Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Yes [18]
Larry Echo Hawk Law 1995–present Former Attorney General for Idaho Yes [19]
Gordon Gee Law 1979 President of Ohio State University, former president of Brown University No [20]
David Nuffer Law 2001–present Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah Yes [21]
Dale A. Whitman Law 1973–1978, 1989–1999 Former Dean of the University of Missouri School of Law, former president of the Association of American Law Schools Yes [22]
Bruce C. Hafen Law 1985–1989 Former President of Ricks College, Emeritus General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints No [23]

Marriott School of Management

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
W. Steve Albrecht Accounting Former President of the American Accounting Association, former (and first) president of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Yes [24][25]
Stephen Covey Organizational Leadership & Strategy Author of New York Times Best Seller The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People; one of Time magazine's Top 25 most influential Americans Yes [26]
Stephen D. Nadauld Management (Finance) 1976–1983 Ninth President of Weber State University, Seventeenth President of Dixie State College, and a former director of BYU's MBA program. Yes [27][28]

McKay School of Education

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Bonnie Brinton Communication Disorders 1994–present Language disorders researcher No [29]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Demographics". BYU. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  2. ^ "Smoot, L. Douglas (Leon Douglas) Biography". BYU Library – Special Collections. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Randal W. Beard". IEEE. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  4. ^ "Video: BYU professor receives Bronze Star for work in Afghanistan". Church News. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  5. ^ "James C. Christensen bio". Greenwich Workshop. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2008.
  6. ^ "Local Author". Daily Herald. Retrieved May 7, 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Part-time Faculty". BYU English Department. Archived from the original on May 7, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Dave Wolverton". Mormon Literature. Retrieved May 7, 2008.
  9. ^ "James E. Faulconer" (PDF). Brigham Young University. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  10. ^ "James Faulconer". Patheos. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  11. ^ Sherlock, Richard (January–February 1979). "Campus in Crisis: BYU's earliest conflict between secular knowledge and religious belief" (PDF). Sunstone (13): 10–16. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  12. ^ Walch, Tad (May 12, 2020). "BYU administrator named as BYU-Hawaii's new president, replacing John Tanner". Deseret News. Deseret News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  13. ^ "Alan C. Ashton". BYU Marriott School of Management. Retrieved May 7, 2008.
  14. ^ Peterson, Janice (December 9, 2008). "BYU professor rated 2008's best on Web site". The Daily Herald. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  15. ^ "Top 10". Ratemyprofessors.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  16. ^ "Hugh B. Brown bio". Utah History Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on April 2, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
  17. ^ "Truman G. Madsen". TrumanMadsen.com. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
  18. ^ "Hon. Dee V. Benson". Utah Bar Association. Archived from the original on June 21, 2002. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
  19. ^ "Larry EchoHawk". EchoHawk Law Offices. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  20. ^ "Office of the President, Gordon Gee". Ohio State University. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  21. ^ "Judge Nuffer". U.S. Courts. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  22. ^ "Dale A. Whitman". University of Missouri. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  23. ^ "Bruce and Marie Hafen". Brigham Young University-Idaho. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
  24. ^ "1998 Annual Meeting: An Invitation to New Orleans in August". American Accounting Association. Retrieved May 22, 2008.
  25. ^ "W. Steve Albrecht profile". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on January 26, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
  26. ^ "Dr. Stephen Covey". World Business Academy. Archived from the original on December 2, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2008.
  27. ^ "Elder Stephen D. Nadauld of the Seventy". LDS Church. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  28. ^ "Stephen D. Nadauld Named Interim President of Dixie State College" (PDF). Utah System of Higher Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  29. ^ "BYU McKay School of Education". education.byu.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

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