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.

MARY BATTLE, Associate Professor, EdD (1986), Memphis State University [2012]

RICHARD BAUSCH, Moss Chair of Excellence, Professor, MFA (1975), University of Iowa Writer's Workshop [2011]

JOHN BENSKO, Professor, PhD (1985), Florida State University [2010]

CYNTHIA BERNSTEIN, Professor, PhD (1987), Texas A & M University [2011]

THERON BRITT, Associate Professor, PhD (1990), The University of California, Irvine [2013]

BARBARA CHING, Associate Professor, PhD (1990), Duke University [2009]

LORINDA B. COHOON, Associate Professor, PhD (2001), The University of Southern Mississippi [2012]

TERESA S. DALLE, Associate Professor, PhD (1983), The University of Arizona [2009]

LEIGH ANNE DUCK, Associate Professor, PhD 2000), The University of Chicago [2011]

CHARLES HALL, Associate Professor, PhD (1983), The University of Florida [2014]

CARY HOLLADAY, Associate Professor, MA (1982), Pennsylvania State University [2014]

KRISTEN DENA IVERSEN, Associate Professor, PhD (1996), The University of Denver [2009]

LOEL S. KIM, Associate Professor, PhD (1998), Carnegie Mellon University [2010]

ERIC CARL LINK, Professor, PhD (1995), Purdue University [2014]

BRAD MCADON, Associate Professor, PhD (2002), Texas A & M University [2010]

CATHERINE MARTIN, Professor, PhD (1989), The University of California, Santa Cruz [2013]

REGINALD MARTIN, Professor, PhD (1985), The University of Tulsa; M.F.A. (1993), Norwich University [2012]

LADRICA MENSON-FURR, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), Louisiana State University [2014]

VERNER D. MITCHELL, Associate Professor, PhD (1995), Rutgers University [2013]

JOSHUA PHILLIPS, Associate Professor, PhD (2001), The University of Chicago [2014]

SUSAN POPHAM, Associate Professor, PhD (2000), The University of Louisville [2012]

GENE A. PLUNKA, Professor, Ph.D (1978), The University of Maryland-College Park [2013]

THOMAS RUSSELL, Professor, PhD (1981), The University of Kansas [2010]

KATHY LOU SCHULTZ, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), University of Pennsylvania [2012]

NASEEB SHAHEEN, Professor, PhD (1969), The University of California, Los Angeles [2009]

REBECCA SKLOOT, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), University of Pittsburgh [2013]

STEPHEN TABACHNICK, Professor, PhD (1971), University of Connecticut [2012]

EMILY A. THRUSH, Professor, PhD (1990), Georgia State University [2013]

CYNTHIA G. TUCKER, Professor, PhD (1967), The University of Iowa [2012]

SHELBY L. CROSBY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), State University of New York at Buffalo [2014]

AMY EICHHORN-MULLIGAN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), Oxford University [2011]

SAGE L. GRAHAM, Assistant Professor, PhD (2003), Georgetown University [2010]

JOSEPH G. JONES, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), The University of Arizona [2010]

CAREY J. MICKALITES, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), Michigan State University [2013]

JAMES W. NEWCOMB, Associate Professor, PhD (1974), The University of Iowa [2012]

JEFFREY M. SCRABA, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), Rutgers University [2012]

DMITRI STANCHEVICI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), Texas Technological University [2014]

ADJUNCT MEMBERS

RACHEL HAYES-HARB, PhD (2003), University of South Carolina [2010]

WILLIAM O'DONNELL, PhD (1971), Princeton University [2009]

S. BETH BISHOP, MFA (2001), The University of Memphis [2009]

MARILYN TRIMBLE, MA (1974), Memphis State University [2010]

JAN S. COLEMAN, MFA (2005), The University of Memphis [2011]

JAMES M. KOVARIK, MA (1985), Memphis State University [2009]

PHILIP McCARTHY, PhD (2005), The University of Memphis [2010]

NOTE:Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.
Last revised on: 18 September 2008.