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.

M. DAVID ARANT, Professor, PhD (1994), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [2011]

E. W. (BILL) BRODY, Professor, EdD (1982), Memphis State University [2012]

J. RICHARD FISCHER, Professor, PhD (1994), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale [2012]

ELINOR K. GRUSIN, Professor, PhD (1987), Ohio University [2013]

DAN L. LATTIMORE, Professor, PhD (1971), The University of Wisconsin-Madison [2010]

JAMES W. REDMOND, Professor, PhD (1993), The University of Colorado [2012]

SANDRA UTT, Professor, PhD (1983), Ohio University [2010]

WILLIAM JAMES WILLIS, Professor, PhD (1982), The University of Missouri [2008]

CARRIE BROWN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2008), The University of Missouri [2014]

JOSEPH HAYDEN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), Indiana University [2009]

THOMAS J. HRACH, Assistant Professor, PhD (2008), Ohio University [2014]

LURENE CACHOLA KELLEY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), The University of Memphis [2013]

ARTHUR A. TERRY, Associate Professor, MA (1980), The University of Missouri-Columbia [2010]

JIN YANG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale [2010]

LAWRENCE A. ALBARADO, BA (1973), Nicholls State University [2008]

ANTHONY HICKS, MA (1997), University of Delaware [2010]

RON HARVEY, JD (1993), Memphis State University [2010]

BERT KELLY, MA (2002), The University of Memphis [2011]

ROBERT LEVEY, BA (1966), University of Chicago [2010]

LANA K. SUMPTER, MA (1993), The University of Florida [2010]

OLIVIA MILLER, MA (1998), The University of Memphis [2010]

CANDACE C. JUSTICE, MA (1992), Memphis State University [2010]

AHMARIN (BEENA) J. WHITE, MA (1996), The University of Memphis [2011]

ROBERT L. WILLIS, MA (1993), Ball State University [2009]

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