Meet Our Faculty Our Baptist faculty includes ordained ministers and world-renowned scholars. Curtis Freeman Ruth D. Duncan Director of the Baptist House of Studies and Research Professor of Theology and Baptist Studies Stephen B. Chapman Associate Professor of Old Testament Quinton Dixie Associate Research Professor of the History of Christianity in the United States and Black Church Studies Jerusha Matsen Neal Associate Professor of Homiletics Luke Powery Professor of Homiletics Wylin D. Wilson Associate Professor of Theological Ethics Norman Wirzba Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology; Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics; Director of Research for the Office of Climate and Sustainability Patrick T. Smith Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics; Senior Fellow, Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University Affiliated Faculty & Staff Callie Davis Staff Assistant, Baptist House of Studies Michael Long Director of Spiritual Formation David Odom Executive Director, Leadership Education Victoria Atkinson White Managing Director of Grants, Leadership Education Elizabeth Newman Adjunct Professor of Theology, Baptist House of Studies