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Art

• Aaron Lee Benson
  • Professor of Art and Department Chair
• Haelim Allen
  • Assistant Professor of Art
• Steve R. Halla
  • Assistant Professor of Art
• Christopher M. Nadaskay
  • University Professor of Art
• Melinda Posey
  • Assistant Professor of Art

Biology

• Mark Bolyard
  • Professor of Biology and Department Chair
• Jennifer A. Gruenke
  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Director, Edward P. Hammons Center for Scientific Studies
• James A. Huggins
  • University Professor of Biology
• James R. Kerfoot
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
• James Marcus Lockett
  • Associate Professor of Biology
• Andy Madison
  • Associate Professor of Biology
• James T. Mahan
  • Associate Professor of Biology
• Michael L. McMahan
  • University Professor of Biology
• Tamara D. Popplewell
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
• Michael Schiebout
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
• Elsie Y. Smith
  • Associate Professor of Biology
• Carol H. Weaver
  • Professor of Biology
• Wayne Wofford
  • Professor of Biology
• Faith Zamamiri-Davis
  • Assistant Professor of Biology
• Lisa Conway
  • Laboratory Specialist
• Cathy S. Huggins
  • Laboratory Specialist
• Robert A. Wamble
  • Laboratory Specialist

Business

• Bill Nance
  • Associate Professor of Management
  • Associate Dean of the McAfee School of Business Administration, McAfee School of Business Administration
• R. Keith Absher
  • Professor of Marketing
  • Dean of the McAfee School of Business Administration, McAfee School of Business Administration
• C. Steven Arendall
  • Professor of Management
  • Director of the M.B.A. Program - Germantown, Germantown Campus
• David Austill
  • Professor of Accounting and Business Law
• Donald Christensen
  • Professor of Finance
• Brooke Emery
  • Assistant Professor of Marketing
• Sharon Grissom
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting
• Joe Harrison
  • Associate Professor of Management
• Greg Jordan
  • Profesor of Business Law and Ethics
• Wilburn C. Lane
  • Professor of Marketing
• Emily Lean
  • Assistant Professor of Management
• Christopher K. Manner
  • Associate Professor of Economics
• Karen Coleman Miller
  • Professor of Accounting and Director of Academic Research
• Howard Newell
  • University Professor of Business Administration
• Walton M. Padelford
  • Porter Family Professor of Business and Economics
• Thomas Y. Proctor
  • Professor of Accounting, Coordinator of Accounting, and Director of Accreditation
• Dan J. Slater
  • Assistant Professor of Management
• Andrew A. Tiger
  • Professor of Management
• Colene Trent
  • Assistant Professor of Economics
• Kevin W. Westbrook
  • Associate Professor of Marketing

Chemistry

• Randy F. Johnston
  • University Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair
• Jimmy H. Davis
  • Hammons Professor of Chemistry
  • Vice President for Institutional Research, Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Provost
• Robert Duncan
  • Visiting Instructor of Chemistry
• Michael E. Hayes
  • Professor of Chemistry
• Sally A. Henrie
  • Professor of Chemistry
• Marlyn Newhouse
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry
• Brenda Peirson
  • Professor of Chemistry
• Michael R. Salazar
  • Professor of Chemistry
• Joshua R. Williams
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry
• David A. Wing
  • Professor of Chemistry

Communication Arts

• Webster F. Drake
  • Associate Professor of Communication Arts, Department Chair, and Director of Debate
• Steve Beverly
  • Associate Professor of Communication Arts
• Ashley Fitch Blair
  • Assistant Professor of Communication Arts
• Christopher Blair
  • Professor of Communication Arts and Coordinator of DMS
• David R. Burke
  • Professor of Theatre and Director of the Theatre
• Julia Duin
  • Associate Professor of Journalism
• Jim Veneman
  • Assistant Professor of Communication Arts
  • Director of Visual Communications, University Communications
• Raymond H. Eaton
  • Broadcasting Technician

Computer Science

• G. Jan Wilms
  • Professor of Computer Science and Department Chair
• Stephanie Edge
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science
• James Kirk
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science
• Haifei Li
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science

Continuing Studies

• Beverly Absher
  • Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Operations, Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Provost
  • Chair of the Department of Continuing Studies and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
• Renee Dauer
  • Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership
  • Director of Continuing Studies , Hendersonville Campus
• Beth Madison
  • Assistant Professor of Science
• Sam J. Myatt
  • Professor of Education, Assistant Registrar and Director of Academic Services

Education

• Ann Singleton
  • Professor of Special Education
  • Associate Dean of Education, College of Education & Human Studies
• Dottie L. Myatt
  • Professor of Education
  • Assistant Dean for Teacher Education and Accreditation, College of Education & Human Studies
• Michele Atkins
  • Professor of Education
• Linda Cash
  • Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
  • Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies in Education, Hendersonville Campus
• Nancy Cherry
  • Associate Professor of Education and Director of M.A.Ed., Jackson
• Melinda Clarke
  • Professor of Education & Director of Ed.D. (Higher Education), Jackson
  • Director, Center for Educational Practice
• Anna Clifford
  • Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education
• Nancy Easley
  • Associate Professor of Education
• Charles Lea
  • Professor of Educational Leadership
  • Executive Director, UU Hendersonville, Hendersonville Campus
• Ralph G. Leverett
  • University Professor of Special Education and Director of the M.Ed., Jackson
• Carren M. Marvin
  • Assistant Professor of Education, Germantown
• Eric D. Marvin
  • Director of Online Instructional Innovations and Associate Professor of Education
  • Director, Center for Educational Practice
• Stephen Marvin
  • Assistant Professor of Education and Assistant Dean of Education, Germantown
• Melessia E. Mathis
  • Assistant Professor of Education
  • Director of Clinical Experiences, College of Education & Human Studies
• Dianne Morgan
  • Associate Professor of Education
• Kenneth Newman
  • Professor of Educational Leadership
• Ben T. Phillips
  • Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Director of the Ed.S. and Ed.D. (P-12), Jackson
• Thomas R. Rosebrough
  • University Professor of Education
  • Executive Dean of the College of Education and Human Studies, College of Education & Human Studies
• Robin E. Scott
  • Associate Professor of Education and Director of the M.U.Ed.-Germantown
• Michael C. Shackleford
  • Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
• Stephanie Steele
  • Assistant Professor of Education (Research) - Hendersonville
• Terry Weaver
  • Associate Professor of Special Education
• Carrie L. Whaley
  • Professor of Education

Engineering

• Jeannette Herring Russ
  • Professor of Engineeirng and Department Chair
• Jay Bernheisel
  • Associate Professor of Engineering
• Georg Pingen
  • Assistant Professor of Engineering
• Randal S. Schwindt
  • Associate Professor of Engineering
• Don Van
  • Professor of Engineering and Director of Accreditation

English

• John T. Netland
  • Professor of English and Department Chair
• Janna Chance
  • Assistant Professor of English
• Jason Crawford
  • Assistant Professor of English
• Gene Fant
  • Professor of English
  • Executive Vice President for Academic Administration, Office of Academic Administration
• Patricia Hamilton
  • Associate Professor of English
• Scott Huelin
  • Associate Professor of English
  • Director of the Honors Community, Honors Community
• David Malone
  • Associate Professor of English
• Gavin Richardson
  • Professor of English
• Bobby C. Rogers
  • Professor of English and Writer in Residence
• Roger S. Stanley
  • Assistant Professor of English
• Pam Sutton
  • Professor of English
• Christine Bailey
  • Director of Composition Support

History

• Stephen Carls
  • University Professor of History and Department Chair
• D. Keith Bates
  • Associate Professor of History
• Judy C. LeForge
  • Professor of History
• W. Terry Lindley
  • Professor of History
• David C. Thomas
  • Professor of History

Language

• Jean Marie Walls
  • Professor of Language and Department Chair
• Julie Glosson
  • Professor of Language
• Cynthia Powell Jayne
  • University Professor of Language
  • Associate Provost for Intercultural and International Studies, Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Provost
• Brianne Kobeck
  • Visiting Instructor of Language
• Victoria Malone
  • Visiting Instructor of Language
• Karen Martin
  • Professor of Languages
• Kristie Niemeier
  • Assistant Professor of Language
• Phillip G. Ryan
  • Professor of Language and Coordinator of the ESL Program

Mathematics

• Bryan Dawson
  • Professor of Mathematics and Department Chair
• Richard Dehn
  • Associate Professor of Mathematics
• Christopher J. Hail
  • Professor of Mathematics
• Dwayne Jennings
  • Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
• Matt Lunsford
  • Professor of Mathematics
• George Moss
  • Associate Professor of Mathematics
  • Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
• Michelle Nielsen
  • Assistant Professor of Mathematics
• Troy Riggs
  • Professor of Mathematics

Music

• Christopher W. Mathews
  • Associate Professor of Music and Department Chair
• Elizabeth Bedsole
  • Professor of Music
• Ronald E. Boud
  • Professor of Music and University Organist
• David Dennis
  • Professor of Music
• Michael Mann
  • Assistant Professor of Music
• C. David McClune
  • University Professor of Music
• Terry McRoberts
  • University Professor of Music
• Dan Musselman
  • Assistant Professor of Music
• Michael K. Penny
  • Professor of Music
• Joshua Veltman
  • Associate Professor of Music
• Stanley Warren
  • Professor of Music
• Georgia Wellborn
  • Professor of Music

Nursing

• Denise Thornton-Orr
  • Chair, Undergraduate Program and Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Glynis D. Blackard
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing and Chair, Undergraduate Nursing, Hendersonville
• Patsy Crihfield
  • Chair, MSN-Nurse Practitioner Track and Professor of Nursing
• Cynthia Powers
  • Chair, MSN - Nurse Education/ Nurse Administration Tracks and Associate Professor of Nursing
• Dana LeAnne Wilhite
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing and Interim Chair of Undergraduate Nursing, Jackson
• Molly Gregory Wright
  • Chair, Nurse Anesthesia Track and Assistant Professor of Nursing
• April Yearwood
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing and Assistant Chair, MSN-Nurse Anesthesia Program
• Renee H. Anderson
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Laurie Bagwell
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Linda Billings
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Brandy Brown
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Sandra Brown
  • Associate Professor of Nursing
• Connie K. Cupples
  • Associate Professor of Nursing
• Allison Davis
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Darel Louis Davis
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Sharon J. Evans
  • Associate Professor of Nursing
• Sherrita C. Fitzhugh
  • Instructor of Nursing
• Brian Foster
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Sheilla Foster
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Kelly Harden
  • Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Track and Associate Professor of Nursing
  • Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, School of Nursing
• Brad Harrell
  • Associate Professor of Nursing
• Elisha Hill
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Mary Lee Jacobson
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Patricia R. Keene
  • Professor of Nursing
• Anita Langston
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Donna Latham
  • Georgia Wilson Distinguished Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Melissa Lefave
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing Anesthesia
• Rosemary McLaughlin
  • Associate Professor of Nursing
• Lisa Medlin
  • Associate Professor of Nursing
• Carol K Nethery
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
  • Associate Dean, Undergraduate Nursing, School of Nursing
• Kathy M. O'Connor
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Donna S Sachse
  • Professor of Nursing
• Zoila Sanchez
  • Associate Professor of Nursing
• Jennifer Sanderfer
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Carla Sanderson
  • Professor of Nursing
  • Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Provost, Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Provost
• Timothy L. Smith
  • Professor of Nursing
  • Dean of the School of Nursing, School of Nursing
  • Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice
• Joyce Snyder
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Jessica M. Suiter
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Melissa Swinea
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Lois W. Tate
  • Professor of Nursing
• Joy Thomason
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
  • Director of Health Care Educational Development, Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice
• Jill J. Webb
  • Professor of Nursing
  • Assistant Director of Honors Community, Honors Community
• Nelda Webb
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
• Shari Wherry
  • Associate Professor of Nursing/Nurse Practitioner

Pharmacy

• David Kuhl
  • Baptist Memorial Health Care Professor of Pharmacy
  • Chair, Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy
• Blake Watkins
  • Associate Professor of Pharmacy
  • Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
• Joy Greene
  • Associate Professor of Pharmacy
  • Assistant Director, Experiential Education, School of Pharmacy
• Mark Stephens
  • Associate Professor of Pharmacy
  • Director of Experiential Education, School of Pharmacy
• Richard Addo
  • Associate Professor of Pharmacy
• Lunawati L. Bennett
  • Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Jennifer Smith Byrd
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Mary Day
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• George DeMaagd
  • Professor of Pharmacy
  • Associate Dean of Academic Administration, School of Pharmacy
• Deidra Easley
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Kim Jones
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  • Assistant Dean of Student Services, School of Pharmacy
• Sean R. King
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Kim Lindsey
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Andrew Martin
  • Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Melanie Michael
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Bethany L. Murphy
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Catherine Willmore Onuoha
  • Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Joel Owen
  • Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
• Lauren Peyton
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Ashok Elisha Philip
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Kent Stoneking
  • Associate Professor & Chair, Pharmacy Practice
• Jodi L. Taylor
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
• Amy Williams
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Physical Education, Wellness, and Sport

• Linn M. Stranak
  • University Professor of Physical Education and Department Chair
• Jonathan M. Allen
  • Assistant Professor of Athletic Training
• Matt Brunet
  • Assistant Professor of Sport Management
• Mark E. Campbell
  • Assistant Professor of Physical Education
  • Head Women's Basketball Coach, Athletics
• Kelly Elliott
  • Assistant Professor of Physical Education
• Jennifer Farroll
  • Assistant Professor of Athletic Training
• Gary R. Johnson
  • Professor of Physical Education
  • Head Cross Country Coach, Athletics
• David B. Niven
  • Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Wellness and Sport
  • Head Men's Basketball Coach, Athletics
• Cliff Pawley
  • Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Program Director
• Julie A. Powell
  • Associate Professor of Sport Management
• Andy Rushing
  • Assistant Professor of Physical Education
  • Head Golf Coach and Director of Athletic Facilities, Athletics

Physics

• William G. Nettles
  • Professor of Physics & Department Chair
  • Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
• Ildefonso J. Guilaran, II
  • Associate Professor of Physics
• Geoffrey Poore
  • Assistant Professor of Physics
• David A. Ward
  • Professor of Physics

Political Science

• Sean F. Evans
  • Associate Professor of Political Science and Department Chair
• Hunter Baker
  • Acting Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Political Science
• Greg Ryan
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Micah Watson
  • Assistant Professor of Political Science
  • Director, Center for Politics and Religion

Professional Librarians

• Jeannie Byrd
  • Associate Professor of Library Services
• Shirley Harris
  • Associate Professor of Library Services - Germantown
• Jenny Lowery
  • Associate Professor of Library Services
• Melissa Moore
  • Research Coach and Public Services Librarian
• Anna Beth Morgan
  • Associate Professor of Library Services; Assoc. VP for Academic Resources & Director of the Library
• Mary Platt
  • Cataloging/Authority Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Services

Psychology

• Teresa Trull West
  • University Professor of Psychology and Department Chair
• Jinni Leigh Blalack
  • Associate Professor of Psychology
• Paul Deschenes
  • Associate Professor of Psychology
  • Director of Counseling Services, Student Services
• Joanne Stephenson
  • Professor of Psychology
• David Vickery
  • University Professor of Psychology

Social Work

• Mary Anne Poe
  • Acting Associate Dean of Social Work, College of Education & Human Studies
  • Professor of Social Work
  • Director, Center for Just and Caring Communities
• Rhonda Hudson
  • Associate Professor of Social Work and Acting Program Director for BSW
• Nita Mehr
  • Associate Professor of Social Work and Acting Program Director for MSW
• Theresa L. Blakley
  • Professor of Social Work
• Janet E. Furness
  • Professor of Social Work
• Shuna L. Mason
  • Assistant Professor of Social Work and Program Director, B.S.W. - Germantown/Olford Center
• Tammy Patton
  • Visiting Professor of Social Work
• Virginia Schwindt
  • Assistant Professor of Social Work and MSW Field Director
• Michelle Sherrill
  • Assistant Professor of Social Work and Field Director - Olford Center/Germantown Campus
• Todd Stanfield
  • Professor of Social Work
• Elizabeth E. Wilson
  • Associate Professor of Social Work
• Roslyn Y. Wilson
  • Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Work Field Director

Sociology

• Nina Heckler
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology

Theology & Missions

• Gregory A. Thornbury
  • Professor of Philosophy
  • Vice President for Spiritual Life, Spiritual Life
  • Dean of the School of Theology & Missions, School of Theology & Missions
• James A. Patterson
  • University Professor of Christian Thought & Tradition
  • Associate Dean of the School of Theology & Missions, School of Theology & Missions
• Frank Anderson
  • Associate Professor of Ministry and Missions
  • Director of A.Div. Program-Germantown, Stephen Olford Center
• Hayward Armstrong
  • Professor of Missions and Director, Online Program
• Randall B. Bush
  • Professor of Philosophy
  • Director of the Interdisciplinary Honors Program, Honors Community
• Kevin Chen
  • Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies
• David S. Dockery
  • University Professor of Christian Thought & Tradition
  • President of the University, Administrative Office of the President
• Mark Dubis
  • Professor of Biblical Studies
• Ken Easley
  • Professor of Biblical Studies
  • Director of the School of Theology and Missions Programs - Olford Center, Germantown Campus
• Bradley G. Green
  • Associate Professor of Christian Thought & Tradition
• George Guthrie
  • Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible
  • Senior Fellow, R.C. Ryan Center for Biblical Studies
• Paul N. Jackson
  • Professor of Biblical Studies
• C. Ben Mitchell
  • Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy
• Kelvin Moore
  • Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of D.Min. Program - Singapore
• David Olford
  • Stephen Olford Professor of Expository Preaching
  • Special Assistant to the President, Administrative Office of the President
• Hal L. Poe
  • Charles Colson Professor of Faith & Culture
  • Special Assistant to the President, Administrative Office of the President
• Jerry N. Tidwell
  • Assistant Professor of Ministry & Missions
  • Senior Vice President for University Relations and Athletics, Administrative Office of the Senior Vice President for University Relations and Athletics
  • Director, R.G. Lee Center for Christian Ministries
• Ray Van Neste
  • Professor of Biblical Studies
  • Director, R.C. Ryan Center for Biblical Studies
• Taylor Benjamin Worley
  • Assistant Professor of Christian Thought & Tradition
  • Associate Dean for Spiritual Life, Spiritual Life

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