Diversity and Belonging in Arts & Sciences
The College of Arts & Sciences is deeply committed to advancing diversity and belonging (D&B) within our classrooms, our research spaces, our campus, and the wider community. Following Baylor’s mission “to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community,” the College commits to promoting a culture of care and respect for all people as we as educators and as Christians confront inequities relating to race and privilege in America. In research, scholarship, teaching, and service, A&S is committed to bringing diverse experiences and perspectives to the table, believing that only with a diverse array of voices can we live into our Christian mission to nurture and discover the dynamic, creative, and cutting-edge ideas that help us promote human flourishing and advance better solutions to societal challenges.
Diversity of many sorts—intellectual, racial, ethnic, economic, national origin, (dis)ability—lies at the core of Baylor’s mission as a Christian university, where concern for the “other” is witnessed in the Christian Scriptures and in other Christian teachings. The principles of diversity and belonging are central to our mission to pursue research and teaching excellence, to shape our students and prepare them for the global world, and to care for one another as Christ commands us to do. Diversity in its many forms promotes the sharing of new ideas and perspectives that is central to the advancement of research and knowledge, creating a vibrant academic landscape built upon intellectual inquiry, Christian commitment, and belief in the dignity and worth of all human beings.
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See More D&B NewsResearch by first-year biology students has the potential to advance the scientific understanding of bacteriophages and their role in combating antibiotic-resistant infections.
Heidi J. Hornik, Ph.D., has been selected as the 2025 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year for her superlative contribution to the learning environment at Baylor.
Children and families who deal with chronic health challenges — and the psychological challenges that can come with them — have a friend in Dr. Christine Limbers, a Baylor professor whose influential research in these areas has impacted her field as a whole.
Limbers, an associate professor of psychology at BU since 2010, leads Baylor’s Pediatric Psychology Lab. The main focus of the lab is in its name, but Limbers and her fellow researchers go deeper in areas like obesity, chronic health issues, and psychological treatments to support the mental health needs of children and teenagers who need them.
Each December, Christianity Today announces the winners of its annual book awards, books CT deems “most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.” This year’s winners included a slew of Baylor alumni — especially in the “Culture, Poetry and the Arts” category.
Christianity Today recognized four books in this area — a winner, an award of merit, and two finalists — and three of the four honorees were written by a group of five Baylor English doctoral graduates.