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  Jun 18, 2025
 
2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
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2017-2018 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Appendices


Board of Trustees

ROY A. REAVES, Russellville, Ark., chair
ROBERT C. WALKER, Decatur, Ala, vice chair
JOHN O. SIMMONS, Columbia, Tenn. past chair
W. HARRELL FREEMAN, Metairie, La., secretary
JAMES H. CONE JR., Little Rock, Ark., treasurer
D. BRUCE BINKLEY, Broken Arrow, Okla.
CRAIG CHEATHAM, Little Rock, Ark.
ROBERT G. DILES, North Little Rock, Ark.
CHARLES A. GANUS, Heber Springs, Ark.
RICHARD H. GIBSON, Longview, Texas
ROOSEVELT HARRIS, Jacksonville, Fla.
JAMES D. HOLSOMBAKE, Panama City, Fla.
MICHAEL JUSTUS, Searcy, Ark.
BRUCE D. McLARTY, Ex-officio, Searcy, Ark.
GERALD G. MORGAN, Amarillo, Texas
LUNDY L. NEELY, Dayton, Ohio
HAROLD R. REDD, Memphis, Tenn.
JOHN REESE, Austin, Tex.
DONALD L. SHORES, Cave Springs, Ark.
REBECCA R. TUBB, Sparta, Tenn.
DAVID WALDRON, LaVergne, Tenn.
RODNEY WALLER, Arlington, Tex.
JOE WILD, Vero Beach, Fla.
HOWARD WRIGHT, Atlanta, Ga.

Senior Board

ROBERT L. BRACKETT, Vero Beach, Fla.
W. MELVIN GARDNER, Ft. Worth, Texas
 

Board Committee for the School of Theology

HAROLD REDD, Memphis, Tenn., chair
JOHN REESE, Austin, Tex.
ROBERT WALKER, Decatur, Ala.
HOWARD WRIGHT, Atlanta, Ga.

School of Theology Advisory Board

RALPH RICHARDSON, Memphis, Tenn., Chair
DOYLE BRADSHER, Bartlett, Tenn.
ROGER CRADDOCK, Memphis, Tenn.
WILLIE NETTLE, Vicksburg, Tenn.
HAROLD R. REDD, Memphis, Tenn.
HARRY B. RISINGER JR., Millington, Tenn.
RON WADE, Memphis, Tenn.
DEBBIE WHITE, Memphis, Tenn.
DAN WILLIAMS, Franklin, Tenn.

Officers of Administration

BRUCE D. McLARTY, D.MIN., President of the University
JIM MARTIN, D.MIN, Vice President
ALLEN BLACK, Ph.D, Dean
LARRY ARICK, B.B.A., Director of Advancement
DAVE BLAND, Ph.D., Director, Doctor of Ministry Program
STEVE MCLEOD, D.Min., Associate Dean
BOB TURNER, M.S. in L.S., Librarian
MATT CARTER, M.Div., Director of Admissions

Faculty

ALLEN BLACK, B.A., M.Th., Ph.D.
  Dean and Professor of New Testament
  Freed-Hardeman University; B.A., Harding University, 1974; M.Th., Harding School of Theology, 1980; Ph.D., Emory University, 1985. Harding since 1983.
DAVE L. BLAND, B.A., M.Div., D.Min., Ph.D.
  Professor of Homiletics; D.Min. Director
  B.A., Harding University, 1976; M.Div., Abilene Christian University, 1980; D.Min., Western Baptist Seminary, 1985; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1994. Harding since 1993.
CARLUS GUPTON, JR., B.A., M.Div., D.Min.
  Professor of Ministry
  B.A., Lipscomb University, 1982; M.Div., Harding School of Theology, 1988; D.Min., Abilene Christian University, 1985. Harding since 2014.
LANCE HAWLEY, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
           Assistant Professor of Old Testament
           B.A., York College, 1999; M.Div., Harding School of Theology, 2003; Ph.D., University of
           Wisconsin, 2016. Harding since 2015.
EVERTT W. HUFFARD, B.A., M.A., M.Th., Ph.D.
  Professor of Old Testament
  B.A., Harding University, 1971; M.A., M.Th., Harding School of Theology, 1973, 1976; Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1985. Harding since 1987.
RICHARD OSTER, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
  Professor of New Testament
  B.A., Texas Tech University, 1969; M.A., Rice University, 1971; Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1974. Harding since 1978.
MARK E. POWELL, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
  Professor of Theology
  B.A., Lipscomb University, 1993; M.Div., Emory University, 1996; Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 2005. Harding since 2002.
 

Faculty Emeriti

BILL FLATT, B.S., M.R.E., M.Ed., Ed.
  Professor of Counseling Emeritus
JACK P. LEWIS, B.A., M.A., S.T.B., Ph.D., Ph.D.
  Professor of Bible Emeritus

Standing Faculty Committees*

Academic Affairs Committee Institutional Evaluation Committee
Richard Oster, Chair Steve McLeod, Chair
Carlus Gupton Allen Black
Mark Powell Dave Bland
Student Representative Mark Powell
   
Admissions Committee Lewis Scholars Committee
Steve McLeod, Chair Allen Black, Chair
Lance Hawley Matt Carter
Mark Powell Steve McLeod
  Chris Altrock
Scholarship and Aid Committee Leon Sanderson
Allen Black, Chair  
Matt Carter Technology Committee
Jim Martin Matt Carter, Chair
Steve McLeod Sheila Owen
  Cecil Tomlinson
Student Affairs Committee  
Dave Bland, Chair  
Bob Turner  
Student Representative  
   

*The dean is ex-officio member of all committees.

 



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