Additional Faculty Positions Bolster Business, School of Ed, Honors College
More than 40 endowed faculty positions have been created since the start of Baylor’s strategic plan Illuminate and the Give Light campaign — many of these are prestigious endowed chair positions that enable Baylor to support and retain top scholars in their fields. Baylor continues to welcome new endowed chairs from around the world. This spring, Baylor announced three new endowed chair faculty, welcoming colleagues both new and well-known.
Erik Carter, Ph.D.
The Luther Sweet Endowed Chair in Disabilities
Expertise:
Faith and Disability
Notes:
After serving as a chair and program co-director at Vanderbilt University, Carter will serve as executive director at the Baylor Center for Developmental Disabilities in the School of Education. Carter’s passion is helping schools, churches and communities become places of flourishing and belonging for people with disabilities and their families.
Alan Jacobs, Ph.D.
The Jim and Sharon Harrod Endowed Chair of Christian Thought
Expertise:
Literary Criticism, Theology and Literature, Christian Thought
Notes:
Jacobs has spent the last decade at Baylor as a professor, researcher, author and public intellectual. In his new role, Jacobs will promote deep study of the relationship between faith and knowledge, while fostering rich avenues for transformational learning among Baylor’s students within the Honors College.
Hannah Stolze, Ph.D.
William E. Crenshaw Endowed Chair in Supply Chain Management
Expertise: Supply Chain Management, Business and Ministry
Notes:
Stolze formed the Wheaton Center for Faith & Innovation and held a dual faculty appointment at Wheaton College and Lipscomb University before coming to Baylor. A U.S. Army veteran, she has worked on supply chain issues with the Department of Defense and numerous leading private organizations.