Oklahoma Baptist University

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Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Larinee Dennis
Professor of Education
BSE, Hannibal-LaGrange College, 2001
MSE, University of Missouri, 2003
PhD, New Mexico State University, 2013

Vice President for Academic Operations and Partnerships

Matthew Y. Emerson
Professor of Religion
BS, Auburn University, 2005
MDiv, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008
PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011
Joined the OBU faculty in 2015.

Dean of Traditional Undergraduate Education

Jeffrey B. Paul
Professor of Business
Albert J. Geiger Chair of Business
BBA, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1998
MBA, Arizona State University, 2002
PhD, Oklahoma State University, 2012
Joined the OBU faculty in 2026. 

Dean for Online, Nontraditional, and Graduate Education

Micah S. Meek
Associate Professor of Christian Ethics
Floyd K. Clark Chair of Christian Leadership
BA, Oklahoma Baptist University, 2002
MDiv, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005
MA, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007
PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012
Joined OBU in 2019.

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