Dr. Ted Song, a member of the President’s Cabinet, serves as Chief Intercultural Engagement Officer, providing institution-wide leadership for intercultural engagement across education, board engagement, and oversight of global and intercultural programs, and as Chief Innovation Officer, leading academic innovation and strategic program development. He joined the university in 2012 as a professor of electrical engineering and has since served in a range of faculty and administrative leadership roles. Through these roles, his work advances the university’s mission by strengthening academic programs, cultivating a Christ-centered culture of hospitality, and building strategic partnerships that prepare people to honor God and serve others.
A Korean-American who grew up in both Korea and the United States, Dr. Song’s formation includes service as an ROTC cadet and later as an officer in the Republic of Korea Army, international experience with the United Nations and Christian mission work abroad, and interdisciplinary academic training across engineering (Ph.D.), theology (M.Div.), and law (M.S.L.), with a focus on higher education law and compliance.
Beyond the university, Dr. Song serves the broader higher education community as a Peer Reviewer and Team Chair for the Higher Learning Commission, as Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Commission of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), and as a board member of the Western Benton County Partnership. His contributions to teaching and leadership have been recognized through multiple awards, including selection as an inaugural CCCU Presidential Fellow.
Dr. Song and his wife, Michelle, live in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, with their three daughters. They are active members of Siloam Springs Bible Church (an Evangelical Free Church), where he serves as an elder and leads the College Ministry.
