About

Dr. Rob Hewell is Director of Instruction and Learning for Graduate & Online Education at Ouachita. He joined the faculty in 2001 as chair of the Department of Church Music which became the Department of Worship Arts in 2011. In addition to his role as a member of the music faculty, Dr. Hewell also taught for the Pruet School of Christian Studies.

With the advent of Ouachita Online in 2014, Dr. Hewell was in Ouachita's initial group of online course designers. In the spring of 2015, he became Coordinator of Online Course Development for the program and subsequently became Ouachita Online director in August of 2016. Dr. Hewell has completed the following Continuing Education certificates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Fundamentals of Online Teaching, Professional Certificate in Online Education and Online Education Administration.

Prior to coming to Ouachita, Dr. Hewell was on the staff of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) for eight years as a department director, consultant, and team leader. Previous to his time with the ABSC, he was a full-time music minister and worship pastor for more than a decade serving congregations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Louisiana.

Rob and his wife, Cyndy, live in Arkadelphia and have two adult daughters and two grandsons.