List of Brigham Young University faculty

Brigham Young, the university's namesake.

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 Fall 2007, BYU employs 1,300 instructional faculty, 88% of whom are tenured or on tenure track, and approximately 2,900 administrative and staff personnel. Part-time employees include approximately 900 faculty, administrative and staff personnel and 12,000 students.^[1]

College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Hamblin, WilliamWilliam Hamblin	History
Choate, MarkMark Choate	History	2001–present	Bronze Star recipient for his handbook on village stability operations in Afghanistan, 2010-2011	No	[2]

College of Fine Arts and Communications

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Boothe, Randall W.Randall W. Boothe	Music		Director of Light of the World and Faith in Every Footstep; former director of Disney's All American College Singers, Dancers and Show Band and artistic director for the Young Ambassadors	No	[3]
Christensen, James C.James C. Christensen	Visual Arts		Fantasy painter	Yes	[4]

College of Humanities

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Sanderson, BrandonBrandon Sanderson	English	2005 - present	Fantasy author	Yes	[5][6]
Wolverton, DaveDave Wolverton	English		Science-fiction author	No	[7]
Johnson, KimberlyKimberly Johnson	English		Poet	No	[7]
Faulconer, James E.James E. Faulconer	Philosophy	1975–present	Philosopher; founding editor of Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy; columnist for Patheos	Yes	[8][9]

College of Life Sciences

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Chamberlin, Ralph VaryRalph Vary Chamberlin	Biology	1908-1911	Prolific taxonomist, central to the 1911 modernism controversy	No	[10]

College of Nursing

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference

College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Ashton, AlanAlan Ashton	Computer Science	1987	Co-founder of WordPerfect, founder of Thanksgiving Point	[11]

College of Religious Education

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Bott, Randy L.Randy L. Bott	Religion		Author and highest-rated professor in America in 2008 at Ratemyprofessor.com.	Yes	[12][13]
Brown, Hugh B.Hugh B. Brown	Religion		Author and former member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	No	[14]
Madsen, Truman G.Truman G. Madsen	Philosophy		Prolific LDS author, former director of BYU Jerusalem Center	No	[15]

College of Undergraduate Education

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference

Fulton College of Engineering and Technology

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference

J. Reuben Clark School of Law

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Benson, DeeDee Benson	Law	1996	Federal Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court	Yes	[16]
EchoHawk, LarryLarry EchoHawk	Law	1995 - present	Former Attorney General for Idaho	Yes	[17]
Gee, GordonGordon Gee	Law	1979	President of The Ohio State University, former President of Brown University	No	[18]
Nuffer, DavidDavid Nuffer	Law	2001 - present	Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah	Yes	[19]
Whitman, Dale A.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	[20]
Hafen, Bruce C.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	[21]

Marriott School of Management

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference
Albrecht, W. SteveW. Steve Albrecht	Accounting		Former President of the American Accounting Association, former (and first) President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners	Yes	[22][23]
Covey, StephenStephen 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	[24]
Nadauld, Stephen D.Stephen D. Nadauld	Management (Finance)	1976–1983	Ninth President of Weber State University, former Director of BYU MBA program, current interim President of Dixie State College	Yes	[25][26]

McKay School of Education

Name	Department	Service	Notability	Alumnus	Reference

See also

• List of presidents of Brigham Young University
• List of Brigham Young University alumni

References

1. "Demographics". BYU. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
2. "Video: BYU professor receives Bronze Star for work in Afghanistan". Church News. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
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4. "James C. Christensen bio". Greenwich Workshop. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
5. "Local Author". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
6. "Part-time Faculty". BYU English Department. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
7. "Dave Wolverton". Mormon Literature. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
8. "James E. Faulconer" (PDF). Brigham Young University. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
9. "James Faulconer". Patheos. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
10. Sherlock, Richard (January–February 1979). "Campus in Crisis: BYU's earliest conflict between secular knowledge and religious belief" (PDF). Sunstone (13): 10–16.
11. "Alan C. Ashton". BYU Marriott School of Management. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
12. Peterson, Janice (9 December 2008). "BYU professor rated 2008's best on Web site". The Daily Herald. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
13. "Top 10". Ratemyprofessors.com. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
14. "Hugh B. Brown bio". Utah History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
15. "Truman G. Madsen". TrumanMadsen.com. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
16. "Hon. Dee V. Benson". Utah Bar Association. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
17. "Larry EchoHawk". EchoHawk Law Offices. Archived from the original on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2008-05-14. External link in |publisher= (help)
18. "Office of the President, Gordon Gee". The Ohio State University. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
19. "Judge Nuffer". U.S. Courts. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
20. "Dale A. Whitman". University of Missouri. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
21. "Bruce and Marie Hafen". Brigham Young University-Idaho. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
22. "1998 Annual Meeting: An Invitation to New Orleans in August". American Accounting Association. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
23. "W. Steve Albrecht profile". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 2008-01-26. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
24. "Dr. Stephen Covey". World Business Academy. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
25. "Elder Stephen D. Nadauld of the Seventy". LDS Church. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
26. "Stephen D. Nadauld Named Interim President of Dixie State College" (PDF). Utah System of Higher Education. Retrieved 2008-05-12.

External links

• BYU Faculty Directory