The faculty of the MLS program is drawn primarily from the SMU faculty. Adjunct professors are appointed upon the recommendation of the MLS Academic Council.
| Jeremy Du Quesnay Adams, Professor of History, Ph.D., Harvard |
| Joseph L. Allen, Professor Emeritus of Ethics, Ph.D., Yale |
| Dianne Betts, Adjunct in Economics, Ph.D., Texas (Austin) |
| Caroline Brettell, Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., Brown |
| Bradley K. Carter, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., California (Berkeley) |
| John L. Cotton, Adjunct in Physics, M.S., SMU |
| Edward Countryman, University Distinguished Professor of History, Ph.D., Cornell |
| George Crawford, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Ph.D., Texas (Austin) |
| Ronald L. Davis, Professor of History, Ph.D., Texas (Austin) |
| Melissa Barden Dowling, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D., Columbia |
| Marie-Luise Gaettens, Associate Professor of German, Ph.D., Texas (Austin) |
| Dianne Goode, Adjunct in Art History, Ph.D., Texas (Dallas) |
| Randy Gordon, Adjunct in English, LL.M. Columbia, Ph.D. in English, Kansas |
| Rick Halperin, Adjunct in History, Ph.D., Auburn |
| Kenneth M. Hamilton, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D., Washington |
| Janet Harris, Adjunct in Literature, Ph.D., North Texas |
| Adam Herring, Assistant Professor of Art History, Ph.D., Yale |
| Michael Holahan, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., Yale |
| Calvin C. Jillson, Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., Maryland |
| Karl Kilinski II, Professor of Art History, Ph.D., Missouri |
| John Mirick Lewis, Associate Professor of English, M.A., Harvard |
| Donna Mayer-Martin, Associate Professor of Music History, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music |
| John McCarthy, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, Ph.D., Purdue |
| Alexis M. McCrossen, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D., Harvard |
| Njoki McElroy, Adjunct in Literature, Ph.D., Northwestern |
| John A. Mears, Associate Professor of History, Ph.D., Chicago |
| Jack Myers, Professor of English, M.F.A., Iowa |
| Donald Niewyk, Professor of History, Ph.D., Tulane |
| Cecil O'Neal, Professor of Theatre, B.A., Wisconsin |
| Daniel Orlovsky, Professor of History, Ph.D., Harvard |
| Darwin Payne, Professor Emeritus of Communications, Ph.D., Texas (Austin) |
| Gerald Perkus, Adjunct in Literature, Ph.D., Rochester |
| Benjamin Petty, Adjunct Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Ph.D., Boston |
| Jody Potts, Adjunct in Social Science, Ph.D., North Texas |
| Morton Prager, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Ph.D., Purdue |
| William Pulte, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., Texas (Austin) |
| Robert W. Rasberry, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Business Policy, Ph.D., Kansas |
| Sara Romersberger, Assistant Professor of Theatre, M.A., Illinois |
| Martha G. Satz, Assistant Professor of English, Ph.D., Texas (Dallas) |
| Jan Sayers, Adjunct in Communication, Ph.D., North Texas |
| Frederick Schmidt, Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality, Ph.D., Oxford |
| Kenneth Shields, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., Edinburgh |
| Marcella Stark, Head of Reference Services, SMU Fondren Library, M.A., Minnesota |
| John Ubelaker, Professor of Biological Sciences, Ph.D., Colorado State |
| P. Gregory Warden, Professor of Art History, Ph.D., Bryn Mawr |
| Kathi Fisher Watts, Adjunct in English and Director of Evening Studies, M.A., SMU |
| Bonnie Wheeler, Associate Professor of English, Ph.D., Brown |
| Dawn Youngblood, Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, Ph.D Southern Methodist University |