Jim Tanner is a Distinguished Service Professor of Literature at William Jewell College and Dean of the College and Provost Emeritus.

He earned a B.A. from Oklahoma Baptist University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, where he was honored as a Southern Fellowships Fellow and a Danforth Faculty Fellow.

He has taught at the college level since 1955. He served for six years on the Shawnee, Oklahoma School and Board and the Education Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

For the past three years he has served on the Liberty Parks and Recreation Board.

updated 11/07