Thomas R. Rosebrough Center for

Educational Practice

September 17, 2018- Dr. Linda Campbell has joined the College of Education at Union University.  She is serving as an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, following a career as a principal with Shelby County Schools. Campbell will hold her full-time faculty position on Union’s Germantown, TN campus. 

September 7, 2018 - The First Friday Forum in Jackson, TN, is a tradition of many years standing. Numerous local and state leaders, politicians, and newsworthy speakers have spoken to gatherings in Clayton Hall at historic First Methodist Church in downtown Jackson. Today D. Ben Phillips, Associate Dean and Chair of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at Union, was invited to share his thoughts on local school funding as a follow-up to his four-part weekly (front-page coverage) series in the Jackson Sun this past August.

May 20, 2017 – Numerous faculty and staff recently reflected and collectively celebrated the years of service of the Executive Dean of the College of Education and Human Studies, Dr. Tom Rosebrough.  The occasion was replete with comments from those who have worked closely with Dr. Rosebrough over his extensive career at Union University. 

September 13, 2016 – Dr. Teri Evans has been named and is now serving as Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies in Education and Associate Professor of Education on Union University’s Germantown, TN campus.  Evans is already well known to many on the Germantown campus, given her prior service as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Education. 

July 22, 2016 - Dr. Jill Henderson has been hired to serve as a full-time faculty member in the School of Education at Union University.  Her work as an Associate Professor of Special Education will begin in the fall of the 2016-17 academic year.  Henderson comes to Union with an extensive background in education.  Most recently she was an English teacher at Sevier County High School in Sevierville, TN.  She also has served as an adjunct professor at Byran College and the University of Tennessee.  Henderson holds a Doctor of Education in Teacher Education from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  She also holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Special Education from UT-Knoxville.

June 2, 2015 - Dr. Dottie Myatt, Assistant Dean for Teacher Education and Accreditation at Union University,was recently honored for her years of exemplary service in the field of Education, and particularly for her service at Union University. The School of Education unanimously agreed to create its Intern of the Year award in her honor.

October 8, 2014 - The National Council of Teachers of English has named Dr. Sharon Chaney as the recipient of its Distinguished Service Award for 2014.  The recognition is in honor of her many years of outstanding service to the Council. Dr. Sharon Chaney serves on Union University’s Hendersonville, Tennessee campus as the Clinical Coordinator for the School of Education.  Chaney mentors students who are completing their student teaching experience or obtaining similar practicum hours on a transitional teaching license. Prior to serving at Union, Chaney served in the Metro Nashville Public School system in a variety of roles, most recently as the Director of the Office of Advanced Academics and Talent Development:  Advanced Placement, Cambridge, International Baccalaureate, AVID, and Encore.

Sept. 19, 2014 - Dr. Carla Cushman, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, has been chosen to serve on the Supervisor Evaluation Advisory Council for the Tennessee Department of Education during the 2014-15 school year.  Cushman will be one of only sixteen individuals to serve on the Advisory Council.  The council is charged with reviewing and analyzing national and state model supervisor standards and relevant research about the principal evaluator role. Likewise, the council will seek feedback from various stakeholders to inform the development of a voluntary supervisor evaluation rubric, while also aiming to solicit districts interested in piloting a supervisor evaluation rubric.

January 15, 2013 - A hill on the island of Java, above the northern shore of Semarang, Indonesia, was a new setting for Nancy Easley, Associate Professor of Education at Union University’s Germantown location, who had traveled overseas to teach. In the spring of 2012, Easley, and her husband, Ken, were invited to each teach two classes in the graduate programs at STBI, a Southern Baptist Seminary operated by the Indonesian Baptist Convention.

Oct. 31, 2012 - Dr. Ben T. Phillips was recently named as a 2012-13 Pew Research Grant recipient. The Pew Research Grant is a $4,500 internal grant from Union University. The Pew Research Committee, composed of university faculty, distributes a maximum of four grants each year. The Pew Research Grant seeks to nourish Christian scholarship that will make a meaningful contribution to academic discussion. Phillips’ proposed research, Determining the Cognitive Strategies of High-Performing Test-Takers on a College Readiness Math Assessment, aims to determine what strategies high-scoring test takers use to answer questions on the ACT math test. More specifically, Phillips is seeking to observe and describe the cognitive strategies used by high performing test takers so such strategies can be identified and distinguished from the strategies used by average performers on the ACT.