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.

JOY A. CLAY, Associate Professor, PhD (1991), Virginia Polytechnic & State University [2013]

DAVID N. COX, Professor, PhD (1977), Indiana University [2008]

P. EDWARD FRENCH, Assistant Professor, PhD (2001), Mississippi State University [2012]

LAURA HARRIS, Assistant Professor, PhD (1999), SUNY-Albany [2011]

CHARLES E. MENIFIELD, Associate Professor, PhD (1996), The University of Missouri-Columbia [2010]

DOROTHY NORRIS-TIRRELL, Associate Professor, PhD (1992), Florida International University [2008]

GEORGE F. LORD, PhD (1982), Louisiana State University [2009]

LATANYA D. AL-SADI, MS (2000), The University of Memphis [2007]

MEENA CHARY, MS (1965), Mercer University [2009]

TIMOTHY L. FERREE, MPA (2005), The University of Memphis [2011]

MICHAEL HIGGS, MPA (1996), The University of North Carolina at Charlotte [2010]

ALBERT PERRY PRUETT, EdD (1978), The University of Memphis [2011]

CAROLYN SHERI WATKINS, JD (1986), Loyola University [2008]

JULIE B. WELCH, EdD (1994), The University of Arkansas [2007]

DAVID R. WILLIAMS, MBA (2000), The University of Colorado at Denver [2011]

PHYLLIS G. BETTS, Associate Professor, PhD (1978), The University of Chicago [2007]

JEROME L. BLAKEMORE, Associate Professor, PhD (1992), The University of Illinois-Chicago [2008]

DAVID CISCEL, Professor, PhD (1971), The University of Houston [2008]

STANLEY E. HYLAND, Associate Professor, PhD (1977), The University of Illinois-Urbana [2008]

GENE PEARSON, Associate Professor, MURP (1971), University of Mississippi [2008]

SUSAN SCHMIDT, MPA (1999), University of Memphis [2008]

NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.
Last revised on: April 24, 2008.