Dr. Darryl Tippens has been a scholar, instructor, and professor for over 30 years. Prior to joining Pepperdine University as provost in 2001, he was formerly the James W. Culp Distinguished Professor of English at Abilene Christian University. He has also served as chair of the Division of Language and Literature at Oklahoma Christian University.

Dr. Tippens received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University and did post-doctoral study at Yale University, University of Kansas, University of Chicago, and Johns Hopkins University. His academic interests include Shakespeare studies, 17th-century English literature, and spirituality and literature. Dr. Tippens has published articles on Shakespeare, Milton, and the Bible as literature, and is co-editor of Shadow and Light, an anthology of literature. His most recent book is Pilgrim Heart: The Way of Jesus in Everyday Life.

For copies of select speeches and articles by Dr. Tippens, please see the following:

"Scholars and Witnesses"

"Pepperdine, Picasso, and the Idea of a Christian University"

"Living on Fault Lines"

"A Church for All Seasons: On Being the Body of Christ in the New Millennium"