College of Nursing

Victoria Niederhauser, Dean
Roberta Lavin, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Tami Wyatt, Associate Dean for Research
Sadie Hutson, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs
Terrica Durbin, Chair of DNP Program
Sandra P. Thomas, Chair of PhD Program
Shelia Swift, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs

http://con.utk.edu

Professors
Beebe, L., PhD – Kentucky
Brewer, T., PhD – Ohio (Case Western)
Brown, M., PhD – Tennessee
Gaylord, N., PhD – Tennessee
Lavin, R., PhD – Maryland (Bethesda)
Lopez, R., PhD – Massachusetts (Boston College)
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 – North Carolina (Wake Forest)
Armstrong, R., PhD – Virginia (George Mason)
Bonom, J., DNP – Tennessee
Chyka, D., DNP – Tennessee
Elliott, L., DNP – Tennessee (Vanderbilt)
Gunther, M., PhD – Tennessee
Hardesty, P., PhD – North Carolina (Barry)
Hutson, S., PhD – Pennsylvania
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

Assistant Professors
Abdoli, S., – Iran
Bailey, C., PhD – Tennessee
Blackburn, L., DNP – Tennessee
Bland, T., 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
Hurt, M., DNP – Tennessee (Vanderbilt)
Koszalinski, R., PhD – Florida
Moore, P., DNP – Tennessee
Newnam, K., PhD – Virginia
Powell, K., PhD – Tennessee
Sagherian, K., PhD – Lebanon (Beirut)
Swift, S., PhD – Tennessee
Taylor, S., DNP – Tennessee
Tourville, J., DNP – Tennessee (Vanderbilt)
Vitori, T., PhD – Kentucky
 

MAJOR			DEGREES
Nursing			MSN
	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
	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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