Scholars

Search Baylor ISR Scholars

More than 100 scholars participate in ISR’s mission to initiate, support, and publicize research on religious questions. Some of them are resident scholars, meaning distinguished scholars housed at Baylor University. Others are non-resident scholars located around the world, all of whom have produced first-rate studies in keeping with ISR’s commitment to quality.

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Abi-Hashem, Naji

Non-Resident Scholar, Psychology

Adamczyk, Amy

Non-Resident Scholar, Criminal Justice

Alexander, Denis

Non-Resident Senior Scholar, Science & Religion

Anderson, Charity

Resident Scholar, Philosophy

Autry, Jiexia Zhai

Non-Resident Scholar

Matthew L. Anderson

Bahkou, Abjar

Non-Resident Scholar, Arabic

Barr, Beth Allison

Resident Scholar, History

Beckwith, Francis

Resident Scholar, Philosophy & Church-State Studies

Boddie, Stephanie

Resident Scholar

Bratton, Susan

Resident Scholar, Environmental Studies

Brooks, Arthur C.

Non-Resident Senior Scholar, Culture, Politics, and American Life

Brown, Davis

Non-Resident Scholar

Brown, Michelle

Non-Resident Scholar

Buford, Cheryl A.

Non-Resident Scholar

Burris, Simon

Resident Scholar, Ancient Greek Literary Papyri

Carnes, Natalie

Resident Scholar, Theology

Clark, William R.

Non-Resident Scholar, World Politics, International Relations

Clifton, Jon

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Coffman, Elesha

Resident Scholar, History of Christianity

Colón, Carlos

Resident Scholar

Corcoran, Katie

Non-Resident Scholar

Corey, David

Resident Scholar, Political Science

Corey, Elizabeth

Resident Scholar, Political Science

Craft, Christy Moran

Non-Resident Scholar

Cranney, Stephen

Non-Resident Scholar

Davie, Grace R.C.

Non-Resident Scholar

Donnelly, Phillip

Resident Scholar

Dougherty, Kevin

Resident Scholar

Dreisbach, Daniel L.

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Duwe, Grant

Non-Resident Scholar Minnesota

Eckert, Jon

Resident Scholar

Elkins, Gary

Resident Scholar

Ellison, Christopher

Distinguished Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Emmons, Robert A.

Non-Resident Scholar, Psychology

Farr, Thomas

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Finke, Roger

Non-Resident Scholar

Freston, Paul

Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar

Froese, Paul

Resident Scholar

Gill, Anthony

Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar

Glanzer, Perry

Resident Scholar, Religion, Ethics and Higher Education

Gluck, Andrew

Non-Resident Scholar

González, Alessandra L.

Non-Resident Scholar

Grim, Brian J.

Non-Resident Scholar

Hall, Mark David

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Hallett, Michael

Non-Resident Scholar

Hancock, Christopher

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Hankins, Barry

Resident Scholar, Religion & American Culture

Hapenney, Sandra

Resident Scholar

Harper, Kyle

Non-Resident Scholar

Hays, William Joshua

Non-Resident Scholar

Heare, Scott

Non-Resident Fellow

Hein, Jay F.

Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar

Henriksson, Jan Artem

Hertzke, Allen D.

Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar, Religion and Politics

Hodge, David R

Senior Non-Resident Scholar, Spirituality

Howard, Lia

Non-Resident Scholar

Hutchinson, Mark

Non-Resident Scholar

John A. Humphrey

Non-Resident Scholar

Irwin, Kyle

Resident Scholar, Sociology

Jacobs, Alan

Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar

Jang, Daniel

Non-Resident Scholar

Jeynes, William H.

Non-Resident Scholar

Johnson, Andrew

Non-Resident Scholar

Joseph, Michael

Non-Resident Scholar

Kaufmann, Eric

Non-Resident Scholar, Politics and Sociology

Kent, Blake Victor

Non-Resident Scholar, Westmont College and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Kerley, Kent R.

Non-Resident Scholar, Criminology

Kim, Young-Il

Non-Resident Scholar

Koenig, Harold G.

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Li, Spencer

Non-Resident Scholar, Professor of Criminology

Little, Heidi Metcalf

Non-Resident Scholar

Liu, Boyun

Non-Resident Visiting Scholar

Longenecker, Bruce

Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar, Professor of Religion and W.W. Melton Chair

Lu, Yunfeng

Non-Resident Scholar

Matthew T Lee

Makridis, Christos

Non-Resident Scholar

Martin, David

Non-Resident Senior Scholar, Sociology of Religion

McClay, Wilfred

Non-Resident Scholar, History

McDermott, Gerald

Non-Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar, History of Christianity

McKechnie, Paul

Non-Resident Scholar

Meador, Keith

Non-Resident Scholar – Health & Spirituality

Mencken, Carson F.

Resident Scholar Criminology

Mittleman, Alan

Non-Resident Scholar

Moaddel, Mansoor

Non-Resident Scholar, Middle East

Mooney Suarez, Margarita A.

Non-Resident Scholar, Religion

Murray, Sarah-Jane

Resident Scholar

Neubert, Mitchell J.

Resident Scholar -Management, Entrepreneurship, and Ethics

Newport, Frank

Non-Resident Distinguished Scholar

North, Charles M.

Resident Scholar, Religion & Economics – Hankamer School of Business

Oaks, Jenni

Non-Resident Fellow

Offutt, Steven

Non-Resident Scholar

Pagano, Maria

Non-Resident Scholar

Pakaluk, Catherine Ruth

Non-Resident Scholar, Social Research and Economic Thought

Paltzer, Jason

Resident Scholar, Epidemiology

Pargament, Kenneth

Non-Resident Scholar, Health

Park, Jerry

Resident Scholar

Perry, Samuel L.

Non-Resident Scholar, Sociology, Religious Studies, Women and Gender Studies

Pfaff, Steven

Non-Resident Scholar, Historical Sociology

Polson, Edward C.

Resident Scholar, Religion and Civic Life

Post, Stephen G.

Resident Scholar, Religion and Civic Life

Ramsey, Charles M.

Resident Scholar

Regnerus, Mark

Non-Resident Scholar, Family & Religion

Rivers, Jacqueline C.

Non-Resident Scholar, African-American Studies and Sociology

Roberts, Robert C.

Resident Scholar

Routledge, Clay

Non-Resident Scholar

Rowatt, Wade C.

Resident Scholar

Rudy, David

Non-Resident Scholar

Salazar-Collier, Cindy Lynn

Non-Resident Scholar, Public Health

Schnitker, Sarah

Resident Scholar

Sherman, Amy L.

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Smith, Buster G.

Non-Resident Scholar

Smith, Emily

Resident Scholar

Stanford, Matthew

Non-Resident Scholar

Stanley, Brian

Non-Resident Scholar

Stetson, Chuck

Non-Resident Scholar

Stetzer, Edward

Non-Resident Scholar

Streeter, Ryan

Non-Resident Scholar

Sun, Anna Xiao Dong

Non-Resident Scholar

Swatos, Jr., William H.

Non-Resident Senior Scholar

Thomas, Matt

Resident Scholar

Towers, Hilary

Non-Resident Scholar

Tsang, JoAnn

Resident Scholar

Turpin, Andrea

Resident Scholar

Jeffrey Ulmer

Non-Resident Scholar, Criminology

Renée Umstattd Meyer

Resident Scholar

Uecker, Jeremy

Resident Scholar

VanderWeele, Tyler

Non-Resident Scholar

Wallace, John

Non-Resident Scholar, Social Work

Waltman, Jerold

Resident Scholar

Watters, Stephen

Non-Resident Scholar, Linguistics

Wei, Dedong

Non-Resident Scholar

Wellman Jr., James K.

Non-Resident Scholar, Comparative Religions

Wilcox, W. Bradford

Non-Resident Scholar, Marriage & Family

Williams, Daniel

Resident Scholar

Wood, Ralph

Resident Distinguished Senior Scholar

Wright, Bradley

Non-Resident Scholar, American Christianity

Wubbenhorst, William

Non-Resident Scholar

Xiao, Yang

Non-Resident Scholar

Yelderman, Logan

Non-Resident Scholar

Ylitalo, Kelly

Resident Scholar

Yu, Hongwei

Non-Resident Scholar