Aug 27, 2025  
2025 - 2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025 - 2026 Graduate Catalog

Graduate Faculty


James Campbell, Associate Professor
 B.A., 1982, Central State University; M.S., 1984, Oklahoma State University; Ph.D., 1991, Oklahoma State University

Lisa de la Mothe, Assistant Professor
 B.S., 2001, University of Tennessee at Martin; M.A., 2006, Ph.D., 2008, Vanderbilt University

John Dossett, Associate Professor
 B.S., 1990, M.A., 1995, Ball State University; Ph.D., 2000, University of Tennessee

Richard P. Garvin, Jr., Assistant Professor
 B.B.A. 2006, Philander Smith College, M.A., 2011, Fisk University, Ph.D., 2020, Trevecca Nazarene University

Marie S. Hammond, Associate Professor
 B.M.E., 1978, Olivet College; M.A., 1980, Ph.D., 1999, University of Missouri

Omesh Johar, Associate Professor
 B.Tech, 2007, Indian Institute of Technology, M.S., 2011, 2014, Ph.D., 2014, Iowa State University

Esther Lynch, Associate Professor
 B.S., 2009, Syracuse University, MS, 2013, Ph.D., 2017, Tennessee State University

Megan Morrison, Associate Professor
 B.S., B.A., 2012, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, M.A., 2014, Ph.D., 2018, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
 
Raquel Martin, Assistant Professor
 B.A., 2010, Fisk University, M.S., 2012, Lipscomb University, M.S., 2016, Ph.D., HSP, 2019, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Robin Oatis-Ballew, Associate Professor
 B.A., 1995, Fisk University; M.S., 1998, Howard University; Ph.D., 2001, Howard University

Joan Popkin, Associate Professor
 B.S., 1995, university of Tennessee; M.S., 1996, University of Tennessee; Ph.D., 2002, University of Tennessee

Kimberly Pusey, Assistant Professor
 B.A., 2018, University of South Florida, M.A., 2020, Ph.D., 2023, University of South Alabama

Brooke Rappaport, Assistant Professor
 B.S., 2012, M.S., 2013, Tulane University, Ph.D., 2019, University of Georgia

Lauren Rocha, Assistant Professor
 B.S., 2013, University of Texas at Brownsville, M.Ed., 2018, Texas A&M University, Ph.D., 2018, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Joshua Shive, Professor and Interim Department Chair
 B.A., 2002, Truman State University; M.S., 2004, Ph.D., 2008, Purdue University

Amy Sibulkin, Professor
 B.A., 1976, Clark University; M.S., 1979, Ph.D., 1981, Cornell University

Thurman Webb, Assistant Professor
 B.S., 2000, Tennessee State University; M.S., 2006, Tennessee State University; Ed.D., 2011, Walden University