Faculty Research

Beth Allison Barr is professor of history and associate dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she specializes in medieval history, women's history, and church history. She is the president of the Conference on Faith and History and is a member of Christians for Biblical Equality.

J. Lenore Wright is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University. Dr. Wright is an active publisher and reviewer in the field of feminist philosophy, a recipient of several grants and awards, and a regular contributor to the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Theresa Varney Kennedy is Director of the Women's and Gender Studies minor program and Professor of French at Baylor University. Her research focuses primarily on early modern French theater, women playwrights, and the representation of women in early modern French theater. Kennedy has published articles in leading journals and is the author of 'Women’s Deliberation: The Heroine in Early Modern French Women’s Theater (1650–1750)' (Routledge, 2018).