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.

THOMAS E. GLASS, Professor, EdD (1972), Wayne State University [2010]

REGINALD GREEN, Professor, EdD (1975), The University of Missouri, Columbia [2009]

LARRY McNEAL, Professor, PhD (1990), The University of Wisconsin-Madison [2009]

KATRINA A. MEYER, Associate Professor, PhD (1984), The University of Washington [2010]

BARBARA K. MULLINS NELSON, Professor, PhD (1992), The Florida State University [2009]

PATRICIA H. MURRELL, Professor, EdD (1968), The University of Mississippi [2012]

FRANCES PEARSON, Associate Professor, PhD (1989), Ohio State University [2013]

JAMES I. PENROD, Professor, EdD (1979), Pepperdine University [2008]

LINDA H. WESSON, Professor, PhD (1986), The University of Mississippi [2013]

TERI L. CASTELOW, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), The Florida State University [2010]

LISA D. HORTON, Associate Professor, PhD (2000), University of Wisconsin-Madison [2012]

JOHN R. PETRY, Associate Professor, EdD (1973), George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University [2014]

KERN ALEXANDER, EdD (1975), Indiana University [2009]

JUDITH A. ANDERSON, EdD (2000), The University of Memphis [2009]

ELIZABETH A. ARCHER, EdD (2003), The University of Memphis [2010]

MELANIE S. BRODNIK, PhD (1991), Ohio State University [2009]

PETER LIAM CASTELOW, PhD (2005), Florida State University [2009]

JOHN ELLIS, PhD (1992), King's College, London [2011]

MARY LEONA ADEN HALL, EdD (1992), Memphis State University [2010]

HASKELL D. HARRISON, EdD (1976), Memphis State University [2011]

TERESA HARTNETT, EdD (2002), The University of Memphis [2011]

BETTY J. JOHNSON, EdD (1976), Memphis State University [2008]

CHARLES L. LEA, EdD (1986), Vanderbilt University [2009]

JOHN E. MEGLEY III, PhD (1990), University of Missouri, Columbia [2011]

BROOKS RAMSEY, DMin (1978), Eden Theological Seminary [2011]

JOHN M. YATES, EdD (1977), Memphis State University [2009]

BRENDA LEE YOUNGER, PhD (2002), University of Memphis [2009]

WILLIAM AKEY, EdD (2006), The University of Memphis [2010]

THOMAS J. BOREK, JD (1979), New York University School of Law [2009]

CYNTHIA B. CALHOUN, EdD (2003), University of Memphis [2009]

J. TIMOTHY FITE, EdD (1994), Vanderbilt University [2010]

REBECCA T. GIANNINI, EdD (1988), Memphis State University [2008]

CHARLES M. GREEN, PhD (1998), Iowa State University [2010]

PASTELLA F. HAMPTON, EdD (2000), Southern University [2009]

CANIDRA C. HENDERSON, EdD (2006), The University of Memphis [2010]

SUSIE HODGE, EdD (1987), Memphis State University [2010]

FRED D. JOHNSON, EdD (1974), University of Tennessee-Knoxville [2011]

SHERYL H. LIPMAN, JD (1987), New York University School of Law [2011]

THEODORE J. MEYERS, EdD (1987) Memphis State University [2009]

WALTER B. OWENS, PhD (1996), The University of Wyoming [2010]

KARL J. PENSAK, EdD (1997), The University of Memphis [2008]

ANGIE M. REEVES, EdD (1994), Mississippi State University [2010]

TERRY ROSS, PhD (2005), Mississippi State University [2008]

JAMES E. SELBE, EdD (1995), The University of Memphis [2011]

LOWELL WINSTON, EdD (1984), University of San Francisco [2010]

NATHAN L. ESSEX, PhD (1975), The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa [2009]

BONITA S. LYONS, EdD (1997), The University of Memphis [2009]

HERBERT L. MCCREE, EdD (1996), The University of Memphis [2009]

GAIL D. ROBINSON, EdD (2004), The University of Memphis [2008]

E. RENEE SANDERS-LAWSON, PhD (2001), Michigan State Unviersity [2011]