Emeritus Faculty
- Mary Anderson
- PhD, University of South Carolina, 1966
- Jack Dillard Ashley
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD, Vanderbilt University, 1960
- Christopher Brown
- PhD, Duke University, 1977
- Carol Jones Carlisle
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- PhD, University of North Carolina, 1951
- William Henry Castles, Jr.
- PhD, University of Tennessee, 1962
- Thorne Compton
- PhD, University of South Carolina, 1975
- Bert Dillon
- PhD, Duke University, 1972
- Phyllis F. Fleishel
- MA, University of South Carolina, 1961
- William Price Fox
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- BA, University of South Carolina, 1950
- Benjamin Franklin, V.
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD, Ohio University, 1969
- Donald Greiner
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD, University of Virginia, 1967
- Ina Rae Hark
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD, University of California - Los Angeles, 1975
- Jeffrey Helterman
- PhD, University of Rochester, 1969
- Janette Turner Hospital
- DUniv, Griffith University, Australia, 1996; DLitt, University of Queensland, Australia, 2003
- Judith James
- PhD, University of North Carolina, 1984
- Joseph Katz
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD, Indiana University, 1967
- Greta Little
- PhD, University of North Carolina, 1974
- Carolyn Matalene
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1968
- Henry William Matalene, III
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1970
- Bruce Pearson
- PhD, University of California Los Angeles, 1972
- Philip B. Rollinson
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD, University of Virginia, 1968
- G. Ross Roy
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD,University of Montreal, 1958; DU University of Paris
- Donald Siebert
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- PhD, University of Virginia, 1972
- Nancy Thompson
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- PhD, Arizona State University, 1975
- Harriett Williams
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- PhD, University of South Carolina, 1986