May 20, 2025  
2024 - 2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024 - 2025 Graduate Catalog

Graduate Faculty


Elizabeth Brown, Associate Professor, Department Chair for Public Health 
B.S., 1991, Tennessee State University; M.S.P.H., 1994, Meharry Medical College; Ph.D., 2008, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

Jemal Gishe, Associate Professor 
B.A., 1995, Addis Abba University; M.Sc., 2000, Addis Abba   University; Ph.D., 2006, University of South Florida 

Alexis Heaston, Assistant Professor 
B.S., 2009, Austin Peay State University; M.S., 2009, Austin Peay State University; Ed.S., 2014, Tennessee State University; M.A.T., 2015, Austin Peay State University; Ed.D., 2018, Tennessee State University 

Wendelyn Inman, Professor 
B.A. 1978 Wittenberg University, Ph.D., 1985, Vanderbilt University 

Owen Johnson, Professor 
B.S., 1995, Fort Valley State University; M.S., 1998, University of Kentucky; Dr.P.H., 2005, University of Kentucky 

Mohamed Kanu, Professor and Associate Dean 
B.A. (Hons). 1994, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone; M.A., 1999, University of Memphis; MPH., 2001, Ph.D., 2004, Saint Louis University 

Frank Pleban, Associate Professor 
B.S., 1993, Central Michigan University; M.A. 1997, Central Michigan University; Ph.D., 2002, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; M.S., 2012, Wayne State University   

Miranda Sanford-Terry, Associate Professor 
B.A., 2006, Eastern Illinois University; M.S., 2008, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Tokesha Warner, Assistant Professor 
B.S., 1996, Earlham College; M.H.A., 2009, Bellevue University; Ed.D., 2020, Tennessee State University