Naugle then joined Dallas Baptist University as professor and later head of the philosophy department.
It featured presentations by DBU's faculty, students, and off-campus lecturers on a broad range of topics.
He also began the annual “Summer Institute for Christian Scholarship”, a ten-week faculty enrichment program for Dallas Baptist University's professors.
[1] He authored Worldview: The History of a Concept in 2003 which was selected by Christianity Today as the "Book of the Year" in its theology and ethics category.
He co-wrote An Introduction to Christian Worldview: Pursuing God's Perspective In A Pluralistic World with Tawa J. Anderson and W. Michael Clark.