College of Nursing

Victoria Niederhauser, Dean
Shelia Swift, Executive Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Tami Wyatt, Associate Dean of Research
Allyson Neal, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs
Phillip Moore, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs
Tracy Brewer, Chair of DNP Program
Sandra P. Thomas, Chair of PhD Program

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Professors
Barton, D., PhD – Indiana University
Beebe, L., PhD – Kentucky
Bonom, J., DNP – Tennessee
Brewer, T., DNP – Case Western Reserve
Gaylord, N., PhD – Tennessee
Groer, M., PhD – Illinois
Hardesty, P., PhD – Barry University 
Harris, R., PhD – Tennessee
Lasater, K., DNP – Tennessee
Niederhauser, V., DrPH – Hawaii
Thomas, S., PhD – Tennessee
Thompson, K., PhD – Maryland
Wyatt, T., PhD – Virginia

Associate Professors
Abdoli, S., – Iran (Shadid Beheshti)
Alberding, J., DNP – Tennessee
Anderson, J., PhD – Wake Forest
Arring, N., DNP, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University
Bailey, C., PhD – Tennessee
Brown, K., DNP – Tennessee
Davenport, L., PhD – Tennessee
Lindley, L., PhD – North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Moore, P., DNP – Tennessee
Neal, A., DNP – Tennessee
Newnam, K., PhD – Virginia
Norris, C., DNP – Alabama (Huntsville)
Swift, S., PhD – Tennessee

Assistant Professors
Alspaugh, A., PhD – South Carolina
Bauer, S., DNP – Nebraska Methodist College
Beeler, L., PhD – Tennessee
Berg, T., PhD – Tennessee
Brown, C., DNP – Tennessee
Bryant, A., PhD – Tennessee
Bulgin, D., PhD – Duke
Carr, C., DNP – Tennessee
Crawford, K., DNP – Tennessee
Embler, P., PhD – Tennessee
Gibson, J., DNP – Alabama (Birmingham)
Harper, A., DNP – Tennessee
Hessock, M., DNP – Tennessee
Johnson, M., DNP – Tennessee
Jones, K., DNP – Tennessee
Malone, M., DNP – Illinois (Chamberlain)
Mills, J., DNP – Yale
Morgan, K., PhD – Tennessee
Neller, S., PhD – Utah
Roberson, P., PhD – Tennessee
Sagherian, K., PhD – Maryland
Sarkar, A., PhD – Manipal University (India)
Miller, J., PhD – Tennessee
Smith, J., PhD – Kentucky
Son, H., PhD – Duke
Starkey, C., DNP – Virginia (Marymount)
Svynarenko, R., PhD – Kentucky
Talley, T., DNP – King University
Yoo, J.Y., PhD – Kyunghee University (South Korea)
 

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.