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.
ROGER AZEVEDO, Assistant Professor, PhD (1998), McGill University [2012]
J. GAYLE BECK, Chair of Excellence, PhD (1984), State University of New York at Albany [2014]
BETTINA M. BEECH, Associate Professor, DPH (1995), The University of Texas Health Science Center [2009]
JEFFREY S. BERMAN, Professor, PhD (1979), Harvard University [2013]
CHARLES BLAHA, Associate Professor, PhD (1986), The Unversity of Oregon [2010]
ROBERT COHEN, Professor, PhD (1975), Miami (Ohio) University [2012]
MELLONI NICOLE COOK, Assistant Professor, PhD (1996), Pennsylvania State University [2009]
RICHARD DALE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), Cornell University [2012]
WILLIAM O. DWYER, Professor, PhD (1969), Southern Illinois University-Carbondale [2014]
THOMAS K. FAGAN, Professor, PhD (1969), Kent State University [2012]
RANDY G. FLOYD, Assistant Professor, PhD (1999), Indiana State University [2010]
ARTHUR C. GRAESSER, Professor, PhD (1976), The University of California at San Diego [2014]
XIANGEN HU, Associate Professor, PhD (1993), The University of California at Irvine [2014]
KATHERINE KITZMANN, Associate Professor, PhD (1997), The University of Virginia [2009]
ROBERT C. KLESGES, Professor, PhD (1980), The University of Wyoming [2008]
ROGER J. KREUZ, Professor, PhD (1987), Princeton University [2010]
RONALD S. LANDIS, Associate Professor, PhD (1995), Michigan State University [2012]
FRANK C. LEEMING, Professor, PhD (1963), The University of Mississippi [2012]
HEIDI LEVITT, Associate Professor, PhD (1998), York University [2012]
MAX M. LOUWERSE, Associate Professor, PhD (2001), The University of Edinburgh, UK [2013]
DOUG MATTHEWS, Associate Professor, PhD (1996), Miami University [2012]
MEGHAN E. McDEVITT-MURPHY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), Auburn University [2012]
DANIELLE S. McNAMARA, Associate Professor, PhD (1992), The University of Colorado-Boulder [2008]
ANDREW W. MEYERS, Professor, Vice Provost for Research, PhD (1974), The Pennsylvania State University [2012]
GUY MITTLEMAN, Professor, PhD (1985), The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor [2009]
SAM B. MORGAN, Professor, PhD (1964), The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville [2009]
JAMES G. MURPHY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2003), Auburn University [2012]
ROBERT NEIMEYER, Professor, PhD (1982), The University of Nebraska [2012]
ANDREW M. OLNEY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), University of Memphis [2013]
GILBERT R. PARRA, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), The University of Missiouri, Columbia [2012]
LESLIE A. ROBINSON, Assistant Professor, PhD (1990), Memphis State University [2012]
HELEN J. KACZMAREK SABLE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2001), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee [2014]
LYNDA M. SAGRESTANO, Associate Professor, PhD (1993), University of California-Berkeley [2012]
JAMES P. WHELAN, Associate Professor, PhD (1989), Memphis State University [2014]
ELIZABETH MEISINGER, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), University of Georgia [2013]
ROBIN L. PHANEUF, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), The University of Massachusetts-Amherst [2008]
NEIL ARONOV, PhD (1977), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [2010]
LESLIE BERKELHAMMER, PhD (1996), The University of Georgia [2009]
ROBERT BLOOM, PhD (1972), The University of Georgia [2009]
FREDERICK W. BYLSMA, PhD (1987), The University of Ottawa [2007]
LISA L. CLARK, PhD (1986), Memphis State University [2010]
HEATHER M. CONKLIN, PhD (2002), University of Minnesota [2009]
PAUL CORNELL, PhD (1984), Pennsylvania State University [2009]
SCOTTY D. CRAIG, PhD (2005), The University of Memphis [2010]
PATRICIA A. GARVIEW, PhD (1997), Auburn University [2010]
RORIE NICOLE HARRIS, PhD (2003), The University of Memphis [2011]
ARTHUR C. HOUTS, PhD (1981), State University of New York at Stony Brook [2010]
GEORGE TANNER JACKSON, PhD (2007), The University of Memphis [2011]
L. ANDREW JONES, PhD (2004), Capella University, Minneapolis [2009]
JAMES L. KLOSKY, PhD (2004), The University of Memphis [2010]
LESLIE A. LYTLE, PhD (1988), The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor [2007]
DANIEL P. MARSHALL, MD (1975), The University of Tennesse Center for the Health Sciences [2007]
RICHARD G. MCCOWEN, PhD (2004), The University of Memphis [2008]
JACQUELINE A. MOTTERN, PhD (1980), The University of Illinois, Chicago [2011]
SIDNEY D. NAU, PhD (1977), The University of Iowa [2011]
EDGAR J. NOTTINGHAM IV, PhD (1979), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [2009]
SEAN PHIPPS, PhD (1987), Case Western Reserve University [2010]
JAMES B. THOMAS, PhD (1995), University of Tennessee-Knoxville [2009]
J. WILLIAM TOWNSEND, PhD (1978) Memphis State University [2010]
VIDA L. TYC, PhD (1989), State University of New York [2010]
CHRISTINA UNDERHILL, PhD (2004), University of Memphis [2009]
JOHN F. WEAVER, PhD (1997), The University of Memphis [2011]
KIMBERLY P. WHITTAM, PhD (2001), The University of Memphis [2008]
HOLLY WHITE, PhD (2005), The University of Memphis [2008]
ADJUNCT RESEARCH CO-MENTOR
MICHAEL B. LUPFER, PhD (1964), The University of Miami [2011]
PRITI SHAH, PhD (1996), Carnegie Mellon University [2008]
WILLIAM R. SHADISH, PhD (1978), Purdue University [2009]
KENNETH L. LICHSTEIN, PhD (1976), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville [2008]
THERESA M. OKWUMABUA, PhD (1982), Memphis State University [2010]
GEORGE E. RELYEA, MS (1981), Memphis State University [2011]
MARK VANDER WEG, PhD (1998), The University of Memphis [2007]
WILLIAM H. ZACHRY, PhD (1972), Memphis State University [2010]
NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.
Last revised on: 18 September 2008.