Drumwright Family Lecture
The Drumwright Family Lecture was established by Minette Drumwright Pratt and her family. The Drumwright Family has five generations of Baylor graduates.
About Jennifer A. Frey, Ph.D.
Jennifer A. Frey is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tulsa, where she previously served as the inaugural Dean of the Honors College. Prior to Tulsa, she was an associate Professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, where she was also the Peter and Bonnie McCausland Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Jennifer earned her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and her B.A. in philosophy and medieval studies (with a classics minor) at Indiana University-Bloomington. She has published widely on virtue and moral psychology, and she has edited three academic volumes on virtue and human action: Self Transcendence and Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology ; Practical Truth; and a forthcoming volume on Practical Wisdom. She is currently writing a book on the ethics of Thomas Aquinas. Her non-academic writing has been featured in First Things, Image, Law and Liberty, The New York Times, The Point, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal among other venues. She hosts a philosophy, theology, and literature podcast titled, Sacred and Profane Love.
Previous lecture presenters include:
- Dr. Megan Murton (2024)
- Dr. Vincent Lloyd (2023)
Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson (2022) - Dr. Angel Adams Parham (2021)
- Dr. Jane Kelley Rodeheffer (2019)
- Professor Robert P. George (2018)
- Mr. Robert Doar (2017)
- Professor Robert P. George (2016)
- Dr. David K. O’Connor (2015)
- Mr. Ken Myers (2014)
- Dr. Ralph Wood (2013)
- Dr. Robert Sloan (2012)
- Dr. Alan Jacobs (2011)
- Dr. David Solomon (2010)