Academics

Meet the Faculty

Faculty Awards and Fellows

Recipients of the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence

The Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes outstanding teachers who embody Pepperdine University's commitment to excellence. The award honors teachers who inspire, stimulate, challenge, and motivate their students; teachers who develop in students the ability to think critically and creatively about the world; teachers who instill in their students a lifelong love of learning.

Rick J. Caruso Research Fellows

Led by 1983 law school alumnus Rick Caruso and his wife, Tina, the Rick J. Caruso Research Fellows program supports the ongoing scholarly efforts of full-time law faculty members.

Harriet and Charles Luckman Distinguished Teaching Fellows

From 1990 to 2000, the Luckman's founded this award, the highest recognition for teaching that the University bestowed, recognizing excellence in classroom teaching. The program was replaced by the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004.

Rick J. Caruso Research Fellows

Roger P. Alford	2002-2003, 2007-2008
Robert Anderson	2010-2011
Babette E.Boliek	2011-2013
Thomas G. Bost	2003-2004, 2009-2010
Carol A. Chase	2001-2002
Donald Earl Childress III	2010-2011
Robert F. Cochran, Jr	1994-1995, 1997-1998, 2000-2001
Jack J. Coe, Jr.	1995-1996
Richard L. Cupp, Jr.	1996-1997, 2005-2006
Christine Chambers Goodman	2003-2004, 2008-2009
Naomi Harlin Goodno	2010-2011
Colleen P. Graffy	2001-2002
Bernard James	1998-1999
Kristine S. Knaplund	2003-2004
Edward J. Larson	2008-2009, 2009-2010
Samuel J. Levine	2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2008-2009
Bryan A. Liang	1997-1998
Barry P. McDonald	2002-2003, 2007-2008
James M. McGoldrick, Jr.	2000-2001
Anthony Miller	1999-2000
Antonio Mendoza	1994-1995
Joel A. Nichols	2006-2007
Gregory Ogden	1996-1997
L. Timothy Perrin	1998-1999
Robert J. Pushaw	2003-2004, 2010-2011
Mark S. Scarberry	1995-1996, 2005-2006
Peter T. Wendel	1999-2000
Maureen Arellano Weston	2004-2005, 2007-2008

Harriet and Charles Luckman Distinguished Teaching Fellows

Harry M. Caldwell	1991-1996 and 2000-2005
Carol A. Chase	1994-1999
R. Wayne Estes	1992-1997
Janet E. Kerr	1991-1996 and 1996-2001
Mary E. Miller	1990-1995
Anthony X. McDermott	1995-2000
Charles I. Nelson	1993-1998
L. Timothy Perrin	1996-2001
Robert Popovich	1993-1998 and 2000-2005
Shelley Saxer	1997-2002
Peter T. Wendel	1995-2000

Recipients of the Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence

Carol Chase	2008
James A. Gash	2006
Naomi Goodno	2011
Douglas W. Kmiec	2005
Kristine Knaplund	2008
Anthony Miller	2009
Gregory Ogden	2007
Robert Popovich	2006
Peter Robinson	2010
Steven Schultz	2008
Peter T. Wendel	2004, 2011