Jonathan Eckert is the Lynda and Robert Copple Professor of Educational Leadership at Baylor University. He came to Baylor with more than two decades of experience in education, including 12 years of teaching near Chicago and Nashville. After completing his doctorate at Vanderbilt University in 2008, Eckert was selected as a Teaching Ambassador Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education. Previously, he was a professor at Wheaton College for 10 years.