College of Nursing

Victoria Niederhauser, Dean
Mary Gunther, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Tami Wyatt, Associate Dean for Research
Sadie Hutson, Interim Director of Graduate Studies and Chair of MSN Program
Sharon Davis, Chair of DNP Program
Sandra P. Thomas, Chair of PhD Program

http://con.utk.edu

Professors
Beebe, L., PhD – Kentucky
Brown, M., PhD – Tennessee
Farr, G., PharmD – Tennessee
Gaylord, N., PhD – Tennessee
Hall, J., PhD – San Francisco
Hardy, L., PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Niederhauser, V., DrPH – Hawaii
Rose, K., PhD – Virginia
Thomas, S., PhD – Tennessee
Thompson, K., PhD – Maryland
Wyatt, T., PhD – Virginia

Associate Professors
Anderson, J., PhD – Florida
Elliott, L., DNP – Tennessee
Gunther, M., PhD – Tennessee
Hardesty, P., PhD – Florida
Hutson, S., PhD – Maryland
Lasater, K., DNP – Tennessee
Lindley, L., PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
McLennon, S., PhD – Alabama (Birmingham)
Mixer, S., PhD – Northern Colorado
Myers, C., PhD – Tennessee
Roman, M., PhD – Kentucky

Assistant Professors
Abdoli, S., – Iran
Bailey, C., PhD – Tennessee
Blackburn, L., DNP – Tennessee
Bland, T., DNP – Tennessee
Bonom, J., DNP – Tennessee
Brown, A., MSN – Alabama (Birmingham)
Chyka, D., DNP – Tennessee
Davenport, L., PhD – Tennessee
Davis, S., DNP – Tennessee
Durbin, T., DNP – Tennessee
Embler, P., PhD – Tennessee
Harris, R., PhD – Tennessee
Helton, S., MSN – Texas
Hodges, M., DNP – Tennessee
Hurt, M., DNP – Tennessee (Vanderbilt)
Koszalinski, R., PhD – Florida
Lear, C., DNP – Pennsylvania
Moore, P., DNP – Tennessee
Newnam, K., PhD – Virginia
Sagherian, K., PhD – Lebanon (Beirut)
Taylor, S., DNP – Tennessee
Tourville, J., DNP – Tennessee (Vanderbilt)
Wright, K., DNP – Loyola (New Orleans)

MAJOR			DEGREES
Nursing			MSN
	Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist concentration
	Family Nurse Practitioner concentration
	Nurse Anesthesia concentration
	Nursing Administration concentration
	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner concentration
	Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner concentration
Nursing			DNP
	Family Nurse Practitioner concentration
	Nurse Anesthesia concentration
	Nurse Executive Practice concentration
	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner concentration
	Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner concentration
Nursing			PhD
Graduate Certificate Programs
	Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist
	Family Nurse Practitioner
	Health Policy
	Nurse Anesthesia
	Nursing Administration
	Nursing Education
	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
	Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

The College of Nursing was established in July 1971. The master’s program was initiated in 1976; the PhD program approved  in 1988; and the DNP program launched in 2011. For more information, contact the office of Student Services Graduate Advisor, The University of Tennessee, College of Nursing, 1200 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4180; (865) 974-4151.

College research efforts are coordinated through the Office of Research Administration.

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