See also: List of Texas Tech University alumni. This is a partial list of notable past and present faculty members at Texas Tech University.
See also: Texas Tech University College of Architecture.
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognized for her scholarship on Architecture discipline and gender. | 2019 | (Active) | no | [1] | |||
| Internationally recognized because of the design of his house. | 1998 | (Active) | no | [2] |
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Curry Holden | Archaeologist and historian | ||||||
| Dan Flores | Historian of the American West, formerly at Texas Tech, later with the University of Montana | ||||||
| Sankar Chatterjee | Paleontologist | ||||||
| F. Alton Wade | Scientist, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition and namesake of Mount Wade in Antarctica | [3] | |||||
| Stephen Graham Jones | Blackfeet author, former associate professor at Texas Tech | ||||||
| Burwell B. Bell III | US Army general, former ROTC instructor at Texas Tech | ||||||
| Alberto Gonzales | Former United States Attorney General, political science professor and diversity recruiter | ||||||
| Daniel O. Nathan | Philosophy | Paradox of Intentionalism |
See also: Rawls College of Business.
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| assistant professor of Management (1984–1986); president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (1997–2004) | 1984 | 1986 | no | [4] | |||
| Highly cited marketing professor. | 1980 | Active | no | [5] < | -- [6] -->[7] | ||
| Professor of Business Law (1968–1973); Texas State Senator (1975–1979); U.S. House Representative (1979–1985); Texas Tech University System Chancellor (2006–2014) | 1968 | 1973 | yes |
See also: Texas Tech University College of Education.
See also: Whitacre College of Engineering.
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer in the field of Ergonomics | — | no | [9] | ||||
| National Academy of Engineering member, | 2013 | (Active) | no | [10] [11] | |||
| National Academy of Engineering member, | 2013 | (Active) | no | ||||
| Pulsed power expert and recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal | — | no | [12] [13] [14] | ||||
| National Academy of Engineering member, former director of the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, and developed the Enhanced Fujita Scale. | 1965 | (Active) | no | [15] | |||
| National Academy of Engineering member, | 2013 | (Active) | no | [16] [17] |
See also: Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences.
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas C. Butler | Former professor, credited with making oral hydration the standard treatment for diarrhea, lost samples of the bacteria that causes bubonic plague | |||||
| Carlos Manuel Chavez, | Heart surgeon | |||||
| Pioneer in the treatment of chronic pain | [18] | |||||
| Tom Shires | Chair of the Surgery department (1991–1995), trauma surgeon who pioneered administering saline to shock and surgical patients | |||||
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Active | no | |||||
| State Photographer of Texas, | — | — | 1974 |
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julien Paul Blitz | Cellist, conductor, and teacher; first music director of the Houston Symphony | ||||||
| Mary Jeanne van Appledorn | Composer |
See also: Texas Tech Red Raiders.