This is a partial list of notable past and present faculty members at Texas Tech University.
Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
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Dora Epstein-Jones | Architecture | Recognized for her scholarship on Architecture discipline and gender. | 2019 | (Active) | no | [1] |
Upe Flueckiger | Architecture | Internationally recognized because of the design of his house. | 1998 | (Active) | no | [2] |
Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
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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 |
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David A. Bednar | Management | assistant professor of Management (1984–1986); president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (1997–2004) | 1984 | 1986 | no | [4] |
Shelby D. Hunt | Marketing | Highly cited marketing professor. | 1980 | Active | no | [5][6] |
Kent Hance | Business Law | 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 |
Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
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Michael Shonrock | Educational Psychology | Educational psychologist, former Texas Tech University administrator, and Emporia State University president. | 1990 | 2011 | no | [7] |
See also: Whitacre College of Engineering |
Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
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M. M. Ayoub | Ergonomics | Pioneer in the field of Ergonomics | — | no | [8] | |
Chau-Chyun Chen | Molecular Thermodynamics | National Academy of Engineering member, | 2013 | (Active) | no | [9][10] |
Fazle Hussain | Fluid Dynamics | National Academy of Engineering member, | 2013 | (Active) | no | [9][10] |
Magne Kristiansen | Pulsed Power | Pulsed power expert and recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal | — | no | [11][12][13] | |
Kishor C. Mehta | Wind Engineering | National Academy of Engineering member, former director of the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, and developed the Enhanced Fujita Scale. | 1965 | (Active) | no | [10][14] |
Danny Reible | Water Resources | National Academy of Engineering member, | 2013 | (Active) | no | [10][15][16] |
Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
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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 | |||||
Gabor B. Racz | Pioneer in the treatment of chronic pain | [17] | ||||
Tom Shires | Chair of the Surgery department (1991–1995), trauma surgeon who pioneered administering saline to shock and surgical patients |
See also: Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication |
Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
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Pete Brewton | Journalism | — | Active | no | ||
Wyman Meinzer | Photography | State Photographer of Texas, | — | — | 1974 |
Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
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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 |