List of Texas Tech University faculty

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
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	Refs
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

Name	Department	Notability	Joined TTU	Left/retired	Alumnus/na?	Refs
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
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	Notability	Refs
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

Architecture

Name	Department	Notability	Joined TTU	Left/retired	Alumnus/na?	Refs
Julien Paul Blitz		Cellist, conductor, and teacher; first music director of the Houston Symphony
Mary Jeanne van Appledorn		Composer