Victoria Niederhauser, Dean
Shelia Swift, Executive Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Tami Wyatt, Associate Dean of Research
Jeanne Jenkins, Associate Dean, Practice and Global Affairs
Allyson Neal, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs
Phillip Moore, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs
Tracy Brewer, DNP Program Director
Sandra P. Thomas, PhD Program Director
Kathryn Jones, TBSN Program Director
Robin Harris, RN-BSN Program Director
Lynn Beeler, ABSN Program Director
College of Nursing website
Professors
Anderson, J., PhD – Wake Forest
Beebe, L., PhD – Kentucky
Brewer, T., DNP – Case Western Reserve
Gaylord, N., PhD – Tennessee
Groer, M., PhD – Illinois
Harris, R., PhD – Tennessee
Lasater, K., DNP – Tennessee
Lindley, L., PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Moser, D., PhD – California (Los Angeles)
Neal, A., DNP – Tennessee
Niederhauser, V., DrPH – Hawaii
Thomas, S., PhD – Tennessee
Wu, J., PhD – Kentucky
Wyatt, T., PhD – Virginia
Associate Professors
Abdoli, S., – Iran (Shadid Beheshti)
Alberding, J., DNP – Tennessee
Arring, N., DNP, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University
Bailey, C., PhD – Tennessee
Beeler, L., PhD – Tennessee
Brown, K., DNP – Tennessee
Davenport, L., PhD – Tennessee
Hessock, M., DNP – Tennessee
Moore, P., DNP – Tennessee
Newnam, K., PhD – Virginia
Norris, C., DNP – Alabama (Huntsville)
Swift, S., PhD – Tennessee
Walters, N., DNP – Nevada (Touro)
Assistant Professors
Alspaugh, A., PhD – South Carolina
Apalodimas, L., DNP – Tennessee
Bauer, S., DNP – Nebraska Methodist College
Bechthold, A., PhD – Alabama (Birmingham)
Berg, T., PhD – Tennessee
Brown, C., DNP – Tennessee
Bryant, A., PhD – Tennessee
Bulgin, D., PhD – Duke
Clemmensen, S., PhD – Tennessee
Embler, P., PhD – Tennessee
Gibson, J., DNP – Alabama (Birmingham)
Givens, K., DNP – Arkansas State
Haeseker, C., DNP – Tennessee
Harper, A., DNP – Tennessee
Hermann, E., DNP – Tennessee
Huang, S., PhD – Yale University
Jenkins, J., PhD – North Carolina (Greensboro)
Johnson, M., DNP – Tennessee
Jones, K., DNP – Tennessee
Malone, M., DNP – Illinois (Chamberlain)
Miller, J., PhD – Tennessee
Mills, J., DNP – Yale
Morgan, K., PhD – Tennessee
Neller, S., PhD – Utah
Nugent, N., PhD – Ohio (Case Western Reserve)
Patrick, J., DNP - Michigan State
Philpott, C., DNP – Texas Christian
Regmi, S., PhD – University of Memphis
Roberson, P., PhD – Tennessee
Sarkar, A., PhD – Manipal Academy of Higher Education (India)
Smith, J., PhD – Kentucky
Son, H., PhD – Duke
Sowell, E., DNP – Tennessee
Stansberry, T., PhD – Tennessee
Starkey, C., DNP – Virginia (Marymount)
Svynarenko, R., PhD – Kentucky
Talley, T., DNP – King University
Whisenhunt, T., DNP – Oklahoma
Xiao, C., PhD – Alabama (Birmingham)
Yoo, J.Y., PhD – Kyunghee University (South Korea)
Zirkle, K., DNP – Tennessee
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.
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