Barbara Law has taught at Oral Roberts University for 18 years, first as an adjunct
instructor and then for the past 14 years as a full-time faculty member in the English
and Modern Languages Department. Professor Law teaches English Composition, the Honors
Seminar “Faith and Civilization in Context,” and will teach a Major Writers class
on Dostoevsky in 2019. She has been recognized as the Outstanding Faculty Member in
her department twice and as the Outstanding Faculty Member in the Honors Program.
In addition to teaching, Professor Law directs ORU’s Writing Center, which provides
writing resources and tutoring to the entire ORU community. More than 500 students
a year come through the door of the Writing Center to improve their writing skills
and receive help on their writing projects. Professor Law trains the peer tutors and
has written a number of the instructional programs used by the students. In fall 2016,
Professor Law opened a new lab in the Writing Center designed especially for ORU’s
growing numbers of English language learners. Currently, she is in the process of
digitizing all the instructional material in the Writing Center to make it more accessible
to ORU students and faculty.
Before coming to ORU, Professor Law taught at several other universities, but she
finds ORU and its students distinctive. She is passionate about her students becoming
strong writers and effective critical thinkers. She particularly enjoys teaching and
lecturing on Christian worldview, which she incorporates into all her classes. She
completed the year-long Christian worldview program at the Wilberforce Institute outside
Washington, D. C. and she recently had the opportunity to lecture on Christian worldview
at a summit of Christian leaders in Ukraine.
Outside of the classroom, Professor Law enjoys editing and writing. She has edited
a number of books for ORU professors and alumni. Prior to coming to ORU, she worked
as an editor at the International Monetary Fund and a writer for the American Psychological
Association, both in Washington, D. C. In addition, she was the administrator of a
non-profit organization established by members of Congress to represent persecuted
Christians around the world.
Professor Law received her B.A. in English from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, in Geneva, New York, and her M.A. in English Literature from the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York.