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List of Brigham Young University faculty

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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]

Smoot Administration Building on the BYU campus

College of Engineering

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

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

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

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

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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]
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College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

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Alan Ashton Computer Science 1987 Co-founder of WordPerfect, founder of Thanksgiving Point [13]
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College of Religious Education

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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]
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J. Reuben Clark School of Law

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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]
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]
David Nuffer Law 2001–present Federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah Yes [22]
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 [23]
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Marriott School of Management

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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, 17th president of Dixie State College, former director of BYU's MBA program Yes [27][28]
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McKay School of Education

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