Baylor Connections

Nancy Brickhouse

The Fall Semester has been a busy time at Baylor—substantial faculty growth, expansion of resources for research and scholarship, and accolades in areas like core curriculum and University trust. In this Baylor Connections, Provost Nancy Brickhouse unpacks those topics and highlights research integrity at Baylor for National Compliance & Ethics Week.

David Corey

How can citizens, in this political environment, approach politics from a healthy viewpoint and form opinions about complex issues? David Corey, professor of political science and director of the Baylor in Washington program, tackles these topics and more in this Baylor Connections. Dr. Corey examines healthy ways to view the role of politics and shares steps that allow people to better consider their own opinions, and those of others— promoting civil discourse and understanding.

Stephanie Boddie

What does it mean to mentor students? How can multiple disciplines come together to examine how churches address social challenges? For Stephanie Boddie, these are questions she lives out every day. Boddie serves as Assistant Professor of Church and Community Ministries—a joint position in Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, School of Education, and George W. Truett Theological Seminary and, in 2020, she was named as an Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. In this Baylor Connections, she shares how those threads come together to address food insecurity, social services, racial issues and more.

Jordy Dickey and Kalliyana Tep

Homecoming week is here! Traditions old and new invite the Baylor Family to re-connect with friends and the campus they love. On this Baylor Connections, go behind the scenes at Homecoming. Jordy Dickey and Kalliyana Tep provide both staff and student perspectives. Jordy Dickey serves as Senior Associate Director of Student Activities, and Kalliyana Tep is a junior Double Major in Finance and Marketing who serves as president of Baylor Activities Council. Hear what it’s like to march in the parade, review new traditions and be reminded of what makes Homecoming at Baylor so special.

Alan Wang

Alan Wang brings a prolific record as a researcher and inventor to his role as the Mearse Chair in Biological and Biomedical Engineering at Baylor. Wang, who came to Baylor from Oregon State University, discusses the importance and uses of photonics in everyday life on this Baylor Connections, and unpacks inventions that impact health care, communication, environmental protection and more.

Meghan Becker

October is one of the busiest times of year for university counseling centers across the nation. Beginning next week, be on the lookout for a series of communications and engagement opportunities to practice mental health wellbeing and learn more about the mental health resources available to our students, faculty and staff. Students, if you are struggling with mental health concerns, please contact the Counseling Center at 254-710-2467. Faculty and staff also have many resources available through our employee assistance program. I strongly encourage you to take advantage of these learning opportunities and resources and hope the coming weeks will help us all adopt best practices to stay well spiritually, physically and mentally.

John Wood

Mentorship is a driving force for John Wood in research that could eventually lead to cancer drugs. Wood serves as the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Co-Director of the Baylor Synthesis & Drug-Lead Discovery Lab. Since coming to Baylor in 2013 after serving at Yale and Colorado State, he has continued to build a nationally recognized research portfolio while focusing on the next generation of researchers who come through his laboratory.

Kevin Chambliss and Susan Stearsman

Goals as big as R1 require a team effort to accomplish. Baylor’s research administrators in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) play a significant role in advancing Baylor research as they support faculty throughout the grant process. In this Baylor Connections, Kevin Chambliss, Baylor’s Vice Provost for Research, and Susan Stearsman, Associate Vice Provost for Research, share how OVPR administrators help elevate Baylor’s research enterprise.