List of Texas Tech University faculty
This is a partial list of notable past and present faculty members at Texas Tech University.
Architecture
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| Recognized for her scholarship on Architecture discipline and gender | 2019 | no | ||||
| Internationally recognized because of the design of his house | 1998 | no |
Arts and Sciences
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| Burwell B. Bell III | US Army general, former ROTC instructor at Texas Tech | |||||
| Sankar Chatterjee | Paleontologist | |||||
| Dan Flores | Historian of the American West, formerly at Texas Tech, later with the University of Montana | |||||
| Alberto Gonzales | Former United States attorney general, political science professor and diversity recruiter | |||||
| William Curry Holden | Archaeologist and historian | |||||
| Stephen Graham Jones | Blackfeet author, former associate professor at Texas Tech | |||||
| Daniel O. Nathan | Philosophy | Paradox of Intentionalism | ||||
| F. Alton Wade | Scientist, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition and namesake of Mount Wade in Antarctica |
Business
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| Assistant professor of Management ; president of Brigham Young University–Idaho | 1984 | 1986 | no | |||
| Professor of Business Law ; Texas state senator ; U.S. House representative ; Texas Tech University System chancellor | 1968 | 1973 | yes | |||
| Highly cited marketing professor | 1980 | no |
Education
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| Educational psychologist, former Texas Tech University administrator, and Emporia State University president | 1990 | 2011 | no |
Engineering
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| Pioneer in the field of ergonomics | — | no | ||||
| National Academy of Engineering member | 2013 | no | ||||
| National Academy of Engineering member | 2013 | no | ||||
| Pulsed power expert and recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal | — | no | ||||
| National Academy of Engineering member, former director of the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, and developed the Enhanced Fujita Scale | 1965 | no | ||||
| National Academy of Engineering member | 2013 | no |
Human Sciences
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| Thomas C. Butler | Former professor, credited with making oral hydration the standard treatment for diarrhea, lost samples of the bacteria that causes bubonic plague | |||||
| Carlos Manuel Chavez | Heart surgeon | |||||
| Director of Financial Health and Wellness | 2022 | 2010 | ||||
| Gabor B. Racz | Pioneer in the treatment of chronic pain | |||||
| Tom Shires | Chair of the Surgery department, trauma surgeon who pioneered administering saline to shock and surgical patients |
Media & Communication
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| — | no | |||||
| State Photographer of Texas | — | — | 1974 |
Visual and Performing Arts
| Name | Department | Notability | Joined TTU | Left/retired | Alumnus/na? | Refs |
| Julien Paul Blitz | Cellist, conductor, and teacher; first music director of the Houston Symphony | |||||
| Mary Jeanne van Appledorn | Composer |