The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.

JERRY L. ANDERSON, Associate Professor, PhD (1972), Vanderbilt University [2008]

CHARLES CAMP, Professor, PhD (1987), Oklahoma State University [2012]

HOWARD H. M. HWANG, Professor, DEngSc (1976), Columbia University [2006]

STEPHANIE SALYERS IVEY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2003), The University of Memphis [2010]

MARTIN EDWARD LIPINSKI, Professor, PhD (1972), The University of Illinois [2013]

ROGER W. MEIER, Associate Professor, PhD (1995), Georgia Institute of Technology [2013]

LARRY W. MOORE, Professor, PhD (1983), Mississippi State University [2013]

PAUL J. PALAZOLO, Assistant Professor, PhD (1998), Georgia Institute of Technology [2008]

SHAHRAM PEZESHK, Professor, PhD (1989), The University of Illinois [2012]

WILLIAM T. SEGUI, Associate Professor, PhD (1971), The University of South Carolina-Columbia [2014]

BRIAN WALDRON, Assistant Professor, PhD (1999), Colorado State University [2014]

ORVILLE E. WHEELER, Professor, PhD (1966), Texas A & M University [2010]

DAVID ARELLANO, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), University of Illinois, Urbana [2013]

RONALD BRITTO, PhD (1994), Mississippi State University [2006]

GABRIELA CARLA DOTRO, PhD (2006), The University of Memphis [2010]

CAROLYN BERLE DOWLING, PhD (2002), University of Rochester [2009]

MARK W. FITCH, PhD (1996), University of Texas, Austin [2008]

ROGER A. GAINES, PhD (2002), The University of Missouri-Rolle [2007]

ROBYN E. HANNIGAN, PhD (1997), University of Rochester [2009]

ROBERT L. HUNT, PhD, (1998), The University of Memphis [2007]

L. YU LIN, PhD (1990), University of Central Florida [2009]

MICHAEL JOSEPH BRUGGE, MS (1984), University of Tennessee [2009]

THOMAS CLARKE, MS (1981), Georgia Institute of Technology [2008]

ROBERT L. HUNT, PhD (1998), The University of Memphis [2011]

JOHN BAILEY JERNIGAN, PhD (1998), University of Memphis [2010]

JOSEPH M. POLK, Jr., PhD (2004), Christian Brothers University [2010]