List of Brigham Young University faculty explained

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

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
1960–1995Noted for work fossil fuels and energy; led restoration of Brigham Young Academy buildingYes[2]
1996–presentGuidance and control of unmanned aerial vehiclesNo[3]

College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
<-- years -->
2001–presentBronze Star recipient for his handbook on village stability operations in Afghanistan, 2010-2011No[4]

College of Humanities

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
2005–presentFantasy authorYes[6] [7]
Science-fiction authorNo[8]
PoetNo
1975–presentPhilosopher; founding editor of ; columnist for PatheosYes[9] [10]

College of Life Sciences

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
1908–1911Prolific taxonomist, central to the 1911 modernism controversyNo[11]
2008–2020President of Brigham Young University–HawaiiYes[12]

College of Religious Education

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Author and highest-rated professor in America in 2008 at Ratemyprofessor.com.Yes[14] [15]
Author and former member of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsNo[16]
Prolific LDS author, former director of BYU Jerusalem CenterNo[17]

J. Reuben Clark School of Law

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
1996Federal Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance CourtYes[18]
1995–presentFormer Attorney General for IdahoYes[19]
1979President of Ohio State University<--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->, former president of Brown UniversityNo[20]
2001–presentFederal Judge of the United States District Court for the District of UtahYes[21]
1973–1978, 1989–1999Former Dean of the University of Missouri School of Law, former president of the Association of American Law SchoolsYes[22]
1985–1989Former President of Ricks College, Emeritus General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsNo[23]

Marriott School of Management

NameDepartmentServiceNotabilityAlumnusReference
Former President of the American Accounting Association, former (and first) president of the Association of Certified Fraud ExaminersYes[24] [25]
Author of New York Times Best Seller The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People; one of Time magazine's Top 25 most influential AmericansYes[26]
1976–1983Ninth President of Weber State University, Seventeenth President of Dixie State College, and a former director of BYU's MBA program.Yes[27] [28]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Demographics . BYU . 2008-05-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608222029/http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=135 . 2008-06-08 .
  2. Web site: Smoot, L. Douglas (Leon Douglas) Biography . BYU Library - Special Collections . 2024-05-23 .
  3. Web site: Randal W. Beard . IEEE . 2024-05-23 .
  4. Web site: Video: BYU professor receives Bronze Star for work in Afghanistan . Church News . 2012-05-06 .
  5. Web site: James C. Christensen bio . Greenwich Workshop. 2008-05-07 .
  6. Web site: Local Author . Daily Herald . 2008-05-07 .
  7. Web site: Part-time Faculty . BYU English Department . 2008-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080507010101/http://english2.byu.edu/asp/employee/roster.asp?whichlist=Part+Time . 2008-05-07 .
  8. Web site: Dave Wolverton. Mormon Literature . 2008-05-07 .
  9. Web site: James E. Faulconer. Brigham Young University . 2013-09-18 .
  10. Web site: James Faulconer. Patheos . 2013-09-18 .
  11. Sherlock. Richard. Campus in Crisis: BYU’s earliest conflict between secular knowledge and religious belief. January–February 1979. Sunstone. 13. 10–16. 2015-08-13. 2018-10-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20181013203310/https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/013-10-16.pdf. dead.
  12. News: Walch . Tad . BYU administrator named as BYU-Hawaii’s new president, replacing John Tanner . 13 May 2020 . Deseret News . Deseret News . 2020-05-12.
  13. Web site: Alan C. Ashton . BYU Marriott School of Management . 2008-05-07 .
  14. Web site: BYU professor rated 2008's best on Web site . Janice . Peterson . 9 December 2008 . The Daily Herald . 2008-12-20 . 2008-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081216093815/http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/291478/ . dead .
  15. Web site: Top 10 . . 2008-12-20.
  16. Web site: Hugh B. Brown bio . Utah History Encyclopedia . 2008-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080402160232/http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/b/BROWN,HUGH.html . 2008-04-02 . dead .
  17. Web site: Truman G. Madsen . TrumanMadsen.com . 2008-05-24 .
  18. News: Hon. Dee V. Benson . Utah Bar Association . 2008-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020621185549/http://www.utahbar.org/sites/midyear/html/hon__dee_v__benson.html . 2002-06-21 .
  19. News: Larry EchoHawk . https://web.archive.org/web/20060614202541/http://echohawk.com/larry.html . 2006-06-14 . EchoHawk Law Offices . 2008-05-14 .
  20. Web site: Office of the President, Gordon Gee . . 2008-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509154746/http://president.osu.edu/bio.php . 2008-05-09 . dead .
  21. News: Judge Nuffer . U.S. Courts . 2008-05-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516063455/http://www.utd.uscourts.gov/judges/nuffer_resume.html . 2008-05-16 .
  22. News: Dale A. Whitman . . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080421181055/http://law.missouri.edu/faculty/whitmand.html . 2008-04-21.
  23. News: Bruce and Marie Hafen . . 2008-06-03 .
  24. Web site: 1998 Annual Meeting: An Invitation to New Orleans in August . American Accounting Association . 2008-05-22 .
  25. Web site: W. Steve Albrecht profile . . 2008-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080126045102/http://marriottschool.byu.edu/emp/employee.cfm?emp=wsa . 2008-01-26.
  26. Web site: Dr. Stephen Covey . World Business Academy . 2008-05-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071202083957/http://www.worldbusiness.org/about/academy-fellows/stephen-covey/ . 2007-12-02 .
  27. Web site: Elder Stephen D. Nadauld of the Seventy . . 2008-05-12 .
  28. Web site: Stephen D. Nadauld Named Interim President of Dixie State College . . 2008-05-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613011016/http://www.utahsbr.edu/PressRelease/PR_2008/PR_Mar_27_2008.pdf . 2010-06-13 .
  29. Web site: BYU McKay School of Education. education.byu.edu. en. 2018-05-29.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of Brigham Young University faculty".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.