Today our guest is Kevin Dougherty, professor of sociology and associate vice provost for faculty honorifics at Baylor University. Kevin is an award-winning teacher and prolific researcher. His scholarship focuses on religious affiliation, religious participation, racial diversity in congregations, congregational growth and decline, and the impact of religion on other realms of social life such as community involvement, politics, and work. Since 2022, Kevin has served as Chair for The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

An engaging instructor who teaches large lecture sections all the way through graduate seminars, Kevin has won several teaching awards—many several times, such as the graduate student teaching award while he was studying at Purdue, the Baylor Athletics Outstanding Professor Award, and the Outstanding Professor Award for distinctive teaching at Baylor. In 2011, Kevin was a Baylor teaching fellow, and in 2025, he received the Core Curriculum virtues award. And the icing on the cake, also in 2025, Kevin was named Master Teacher, Baylor’s highest honor for teaching.

We are delighted to have Dr. Dougherty on the show to discuss engaging students in large classes, the moral and spiritual development of college students, and how to identify “Great Teaching” in others.