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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]

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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 [2]

College of Fine Arts and Communications

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
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]
James C. Christensen Visual Arts Fantasy painter Yes [4]

College of Humanities

Name Department Service Notability Alumnus Reference
Brandon Sanderson English 2005 - present Fantasy author Yes [5][6]
Dave Wolverton English Science-fiction author No [7]
Kimberly Johnson English Poet No [7]
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
Ralph 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
Alan Ashton Computer Science 1987 Co-founder of WordPerfect, founder of Thanksgiving Point [11]

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 [12][13]
Hugh B. Brown Religion Author and former member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints No [14]
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
Dee Benson Law 1996 Federal Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Yes [16]
Larry EchoHawk Law 1995 - present Former Attorney General for Idaho Yes [17]
Gordon Gee Law 1979 President of The Ohio State University, former President of Brown University No [18]
David Nuffer Law 2001 - present Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah Yes [19]
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]
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
W. Steve Albrecht Accounting Former President of the American Accounting Association, former (and first) President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Yes [22][23]
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 [24]
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

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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.
  3. ^ "Randall W. Boothe". BYUH. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  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. [dead link‍]
  7. ^ a b "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. {{cite news}}: 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.
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