Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

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Lynn Liao Hodge, Department Head
Frances Harper, Unit Head
Merilee McCurdy, Unit Head
K. Stewart Waters, Unit Head
Joshua Kenna, Director of Graduate Studies

Professors
Aydeniz, M., PhD – Florida State
Botzakis, S., PhD – Georgia
Cihak, D., PhD – Georgia State
Groenke, S., PhD – Virginia Tech
Hodge, L., PhD – Vanderbilt
Laughter, J., PhD – Vanderbilt
McCurdy, M., PhD – Mississippi State
Reed, D., PhD – Texas (Austin)
Skinner, C., PhD – Lehigh
Waters, K., PhD – Central Florida
Wolbers, K., PhD – Michigan State
Yamagata-Lynch, L., PhD – Indiana

Associate Professors
Bertling, J., PhD – Georgia
Brown, C., EdD – George Washington
Coleman-Lopatic, M., PhD – Georgia State
Harper, F., PhD – Michigan State
Kenna, J., PhD – Central Florida
Madrid Akpovo, S., PhD – Ohio State
Moore, T., PhD – Vanderbilt
Philippakos, Z., PhD – Delaware
Romero-Hall, E., PhD – Old Dominion
Rosenberg, J., PhD – Michigan State

Assistant Professors
Ai, J., PhD – Mississippi State
Boles, K., PhD – Standford
Boucher, A., PhD – Texas (Austin)
Caudle, L., PhD – Tennessee
Chen, Y., PhD – Georgia (Athens)
Coda, J., PhD – Georgia (Athens)
Cosby, M., PhD – Michigan State
Holtz, E., PhD – Texas A&M
Moudgalya, S., PhD – Michigan State
Owens, J., PhD – Texas A&M
Rice, M., PhD – Texas A&M
Secora, K., PhD – California (San Diego)
Shum, K., PhD – South Florida
Skyer, M., PhD – Rochester
Starks, F., PhD – Georgia State
Sung, H., PhD – Wisconsin (Madison)
Reeves, S., PhD – Florida
Wong, R., PhD – Washington State

Clinical Professor
Jordan, J., PhD – Tennessee
Rearden, K., PhD – Texas A & M
Wilhoit, B., PhD – Tennessee

Clinical Associate Professors
Anderson, A., PhD – Tennessee
Kirkpatrick, Y., PhD – Tennessee
MacTavish, E., PhD – Tennessee
Shahan, C., PhD – Gallaudet
Smith, C., PhD – Tennessee

Clinical Assistant Professors
Al-Aseer, J., PhD – Tennessee
Austin, K., PhD – Kansas
Brookshire, R., PhD – Tennessee
Higgins, P., PhD – Tennessee
Hobbs, M., EdS – Tennessee
Rigell, A., PhD – Tennessee
Varnes, A., PhD – Tennessee
Wallace, K., PhD – Tennessee

Research Professor
Smith, D., PhD – Nebraska

Research Assistant Professor
Bowers, D., PhD – Michigan State
Kim, N., PhD – Tennessee

Distinguished Lecturers
Haggard, A., MA – Gallaudet
Stricklen, W., MA – Denver

Senior Lecturers
Alderman, D., MEd – Georgia (Athens)
Farley, C., MS – Tennessee

Lecturers
Cooper, S., PhD – Nebraska (Lincoln)
Holder, S., MS – Gallaudet University
Hufstedler, A., EdS – Middle State Tennessee
Potts, M., MS – North Florida
Swafford, E., MS – Tennessee

ECE Internship Coordinators
Adkins, J., MS, EdS – Lincoln Memorial
Stott, A.M., MS – Tennessee

Early Learning Center
Kidd, K., MS, Program Director – Tennessee
Newton, E., MS, Director – Tennessee
Thibus, D., MS, Program Director – Tennessee

Community Outreach Practicum Coordinator
Sams, J., PhD – Tennessee

Birth to Kindergarten Coordinator
Hobbs, M., EdS – Tennessee

PreK-3 Coordinator
Roberts, M., MS – San Diego State
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Financial Assistance

The department offers a variety of scholarship and financial assistance opportunities and graduate assistantships for qualified students. For application forms visit the departmental website or contact our departmental office.

TEACHER EDUCATION

The department offers programs for students seeking Tennessee Licensure in the following areas – art education (K-12); ASL education (PreK-12); education of the deaf and hard of hearing (PreK-12); elementary teaching (K-5); mathematics education; science education; secondary content field teaching (6-12) in English education and English as a Second Language (PreK-12); sciences education; special education (K-12); World Language education (PreK-12); gifted education endorsement; reading endorsement. The program features a professional year internship with accompanying coursework, which may lead to a master’s degree with a major in teacher education. Specialized coursework leading to a certificate in Cultural Studies in Education, Rehabilitation Counseling for the Deaf and Urban Education (in the area of urban teaching) is also available. The department also offers a program designed for students interested in applied behavior analysis.

For admission, students must meet all current graduate school admission requirements, and departmental requirements, and program requirements in addition to submitting a graduate school and departmental application. For additional information about the various programs of study and admission, visit the departmental website.

DISTANCE EDUCATION

Courses leading to a Non-Licensure Educational Studies Master’s concentration in STEM (Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Technology) with a specialization in Gifted Education are available via Distance Education. The department also offers a Distance Education option for a Specialist in Education degree with a major in Teacher Education with a concentration in Educational Technology and a Practitioner concentration for those employed as a Job-Embedded practitioner.

EDUCATION MAJOR

Faculty from the department participate in the delivery of the PhD with a major in education. Concentrations and specializations are available in literacy studies concentration (specialization in children’s and young adult literature, ESL or literacy education); special education, deaf education, and interpreter education concentrations; and teacher education concentration (specializations in cultural studies of educational foundations, elementary education, English education, mathematics education, science education, or social science education).

Information on admission appears at the beginning of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences section of this catalog.