Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Academic Bulletin (Catalog) (Jan 2019 Ed) 
    
2018-2019 Academic Bulletin (Catalog) (Jan 2019 Ed) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Instructors for Academic Year 2018-2019


Abell, Amy Noel, FR-Volunteer Assistant Professor, 2016; Doctor of Philosophy-Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa (1998)        

Abhyankar, Vrushali Pavan, Assistant Professor, 2018; Master of Science in Oral Science, The University of Iowa (2016); Bachelor of Dental Surgery, University of Pune, India (1998); Master of Science in Prosthodontics, University of Mubai, India (2003)

Ackerman, Terrence F, Professor, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University of Rochester (1975)           

Adatrow, Pradeep Chitra, Associate Professor, 2006; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2008); Master of Public Health, University of Alabama - Birmingham (2005); Certificate in Prosthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2014); Master of Science in Dentistry, Indiana University Purdue (2006)

Adebiyi, Adebowale, Associate Professor, 2004; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, National University of Singapore (2004)             

Al Dayeh, Ayman Abdul Hamid, Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Oral Biology, University of Washington (2012); Master of Science in Dentistry, University of Washington (2011); Bachelor of Oral and Dental Surgery, Beirut Arab University (2003)

Albritton, Lorraine, Professor, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences, The University of Tennessee Knoxville (1986)

Alexandrov, Anne Wheeler, Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Texas Woman’s University (2002); Master of Science in Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (1993); Bachelor of Science Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (1991)

Almoazen, Hassan, Assistant Professor, 2007; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Long Island University (2002)  

Anderson, Kenneth M, Associate Professor, 2003; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1989); Master of Science in Dentistry, Ohio State University (2003)

Armstrong, William Earl, Professor, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience - Psychology, Michigan State University (1979)             

Aubertin, Mary A, Associate Professor, 2002; Doctor of Dental Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis (1988)               

Babu, Jegdish P, Professor, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences - Microbiology, Mississippi State University (1981); Master of Science-Microbiology, West Virginia University (1974)

Bailey, James E, Professor, 1994; Master of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1992); Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1990)

Beranova, Sarka, Associate Professor, 1996; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Akron (1995)             

Binkley Jr, Lesley H, Assistant Professor, 1978; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1974); Master of Science, Ohio State University (1978)

Bland, Paul S, Associate Professor & Chair, 1994; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1992); Certificate in Periodontology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1994)

Boughter Jr, John D, Associate Professor, 2002; Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience, Florida State University (1995); Master of Science in General Experimental Psychology, Florida State University (1992) 

Bowlin, Gary Lee, Fr-Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, The University of Akron (1996)              

Brescia Jr, William Fred, Associate Professor, 2006; Doctor of Philosophy in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University (2002); Master of Science in Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin - Madison (1973)

Bumgardner, Joel, FR-Associate Professor, 2006; Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1994); Master of Science-Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1989)

Cagna, David Richard, Professor & Associate Dean, 2004; Doctor of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina (1990); Master of Science in Prosthodontics, University of Texas HSC-San Antonio (2003); Certificate in Prosthodontics, University of Texas HSC-San Antonio (1994)

Callaway, Joseph C, Associate Professor, 1995; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University of Washington (1989)

Casenhiser, Devin Mark, Associate Professor, 2011; Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign (2004); Master of Arts in Classics, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign (1998)

Chauhan, Subhash C, Professor, 2013; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, H.N.B. Garhwal University (1997)

Chiu, Chi-Yang, Assistant Professor, 2017; Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California-Santa Barbara (2015); Master of Arts in Statistics, University of California-Santa Barbara (2010) 

Claro-Woodruff, Wanda Irene, Associate Professor, 2016; Master of Science-Oral Biology, The University of California, Los Angeles (1987); Certificate/Residency-Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics, University of California, Los Angeles (1987); Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (1977)

Coday, Mathilda C, Professor, 1993; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Memphis (1992)    

Cohen, Alka, Associate Professor, 1987; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry (1981)                

Cook, George A, Professor, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Auburn University (1974)              

Cooper, Terrance G, Professor, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Purdue University (1969)       

Cox, John V, Associate Professor, 1989; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University of Rochester (1984)   

Crowder, David H, Associate Professor, 1982; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1968); Master of Science in Orthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1974)

Cui, Yan, Associate Professor, 2002; Doctor of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China (1998)       

Curry, Amy DeJongh, FR-Assistant Professor, 2001; Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis (1997)              

Dabbous, Mustafa K, Professor, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1967)    

Davenport, Athena S, Assistant Professor, 2016; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2007)  

Davis, Robert Lowell, Professor, 2013; Doctor of Medicine, University of California - San Diego (1983)       

Derefinko, Karen J, Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Kentucky (2010); Master of Science-Clinical Psychology University of Kentucky (2004); Bachelor of Arts-Psychology, University of Kentucky (2003)

Diangelo, Denis J, Professor, 1993; Doctor of Philosophy, McMaster University (1993)      

Donaldson, Martin E., Associate Professor, 2003; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Detroit (1976); Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine (1978)

Donkor, Isaac O, Professor, 1993; Doctor of Philosophy in Medicinal Chemistry, Duquesne University (1988)         

Dormois, Larry David, Associate Professor & Chair, 1979; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1975); Master of Science-Pedodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1981)

Eckstein, Eugene C, FR-Professor, 1992; Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1975); Master of Science-Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1970)

Ennis, Matthew, Professor and Chair, 2003; Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience, New York University (1988)    

Erickson, Mary Louise, Associate Professor, 1997; Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Science & Technology, University of Southern California (1989); Master of Music in Vocal Arts, University of Southern California (1984)

Fan, Meiyun, Associate Professor, 2006; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2000)      

Fan, Zheng, Professor, 1998; Doctor of Philosophy-Medical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (1992) 

Fernandez, Jennifer A, Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (2014)   

Ferreira, Cimara Fortes, Associate Professor, 2010; Master of Science - Dental Sciences-Periodontology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2013); Doctor of Philosophy-Dental Implantology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2007); Master of Science-Dental Implantology, Unversidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2004)

Finke, Erinn Heer, Associate Professor, 2017; Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Language Pathology, Pennsylvania State University (2008); Master of Science in Communication Disorders, Pennsylvania State University (2002); Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders , New Mexico State University (2000)

Fisher, Jack C, Assistant Professor, 2012; Doctor of Dental Medicine, University of Louisville (1979)            

Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth A, Associate Professor, 2000; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Ohio State University (1990)       

Foehring, Robert C, Professor and Vice Chair, 1988; Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience, University of Florida (1985)               

Funk, Amy J, FR-Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2001; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University (1995); Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University (1990)

Garcia-Godoy, Franklin, Professor & Director, 2009; Doctor of Philosophy-Biotechnology, University of Siena, Italy (2012); Doctor of Philosophy-Dental Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam (2012); Master of Science-Pediatric Dentistry, University of Illinois (1979); Certificate-Pedodontics, University of Illinois (1979)

Gatwood, Justin D, Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Social & Administrative Sciences, University of Michigan (2014); Master of Public Health, The Ohio State University (2009)

Ghadri, Najib, Assistant Professor, 2009; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Damascus, Syria (2008); Master of Dental Sciences, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2015); Certificate-Advanced Periodontology Program, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2015)

Graff, Joyce Carolyn, Professor, 2001; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Kansas (2001); Master of Science in Nursing, University of Kansas (1988); Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Medical College of Georgia (1969)

Hamilton, David J, Associate Professor, 2005; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island (1992)        

Hamman, Nathan Reed, Assistant Professor, 2004; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2007); Master of Dental Sciences - Orthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2010)

Hamre, Kristin Marie, Associate Professor, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy in Anatomy, University of Iowa (1991)        

Hare, Marion Elizabeth, Associate Professor, 1981; Doctor of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1989); Master of Science in Epidemiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2004)

Harkrider, Ashley W, Professor, 1994; Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Texas at Austin (1999); Master of Arts in Audiology, University of Tennessee Knoxville (1995)

Harris, Edward F, Professor Emeritus, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Arizona State University (1977)               

Harris, Leonard, FR-Assistant Professor, 2011; Doctor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine (2005)  

Hartig, Margaret T, Professor, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1993); Master of Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1977); Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Kansas (1974)

Hathaway, Donna K, University Distinguished Professor, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Texas at Austin (1984); Master of Science-Nursing, University of Missouri (1980); Bachelor of Science-Nursing, University of Missouri (1971)

Hedrick, Mark S, Professor, 1997; Doctor of Philosophy in Hearing & Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University (1991)               

Hevener, Kirk E, Assistant Professor, 2001; Doctor of Philosophy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2008); Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2005)

Hollis, Wainscott, Associate Professor & Director, 2005; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1991); Master of Dental Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2015)

Jain, Vinay, Associate Professor, 2007; Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (2003); Master of Dental Surgery in Prosthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2010)

Johnstone, Patti Michele, Associate Professor, 2006; Doctor of Philosophy in Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2006); Master of Arts in Communicative Disorders & Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (1984)

Jones, Byron C, Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy-Psychology, University of Arizona (1975)   

Jones, Tamekia, Associate Professor, 2013; Doctor of Philosophy-Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2008)  

Jonsson, Colleen Beth, Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Purdue University (1990)  

Kamala Raghavan, Sajeesh Kumar, Associate Professor, 2012; Doctor of Philosophy in Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia (2006); Master of Science in Medical Informatics, Erasmus University (2002)

Karydis, Anastasios, Associate Professor, 2008; Doctor of Philosophy-Oral & Craniofacial Science, University of California, San Francisco (2009); Master of Science-Oral & Craniofacial Science, University of California, San Francisco)2004); Certificate-Periodontology, University of California, San Francisco (2007)

Kocak, Mehmet, Associate Professor, 2011; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis (2011)  

Korioth, Tom V., Professor & Director, 2013; Doctor of Philosophy in Oral Physiology/Occlusion, University of British Columbia (1992); Dental Surgeon, University Cayetano Heredia (1984); Certificate in Prosthodontics, University of Minnesota (2002)

Laribee, Ronald N, Associate Professor, 2008; Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology & Immunology, Indiana University (2003); Bachelor of Science in Biology, Indiana University (1997)

Lewis, James Douglas, Assistant Professor, 2015; Doctor of Philosophy in Speech and Hearing Science, The University of Iowa (2013); Doctor of Audiology, The University of Iowa (2010)

Lindner, Erno, FR-Professor, 2005; Doctor of Science in Analytical Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1994); Doctor of Philosophy in Analytical Chemistry, Technical University of Budapest (1985)

Lloyd, Adam, Professor and Chair, 2009; Bachelor of Dental Surgery, University of Wales (1994); Master of Science, Baylor College of Dentistry (2003); Certificate in Endodontics, Texas A & M University-Baylor College of Dentistry (2001)

Lothstein, Leonard, Associate Professor, 1988; Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt University (1982)               

Loveless, Vivian S, Associate Professor, 1974; Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1976)  

Lowe, Tao Lu, Associate Professor, 2011; Doctor of Philosophy in Polymer Chemistry, University of Helsinki Finland (1998)  

Lu, Yi, Associate Professor, 1995; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nebraska Medical Center (1992)      

Madlock-Brown, Charisse Renee, Assistant Professor, 2015; Doctor of Philosophy-Informatics, University of Iowa (2014); Master of Arts-Library & Information Science, University of Iowa (2008)

Magid, Richard, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2005; Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2003)     

Mancarella, Salvatore, Assistant Professor, 2013; Doctor of Philosophy - Clinical & Pathological Morphology, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (2007)    

Marchesan, Melissa Andreia, Associate Professor, 2014; Doctor of Dental Surgery, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (1998); Master of Science-Endodontics, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2002)

Marion, Tony N, Professor, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy-Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1982)               

McCarthy Maeder, Jillian Heather, Assistant Professor, 2011; Doctor of Philosophy in Human Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln (2011); Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Nebraska - Lincoln (2004)

McGuire, Judith W, Associate Professor, 2012; Doctor of Dental Medicine, Medical College of Georgia (1977)        

Meibohm, Bernd, Professor, 1999; Doctor of Natural Sciences, Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina (1994)      

Mihalko, William M, Professor, 2008; Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Commonwealth University (1993)     

Miller, Mark A, Associate Professor, 1998; Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, Louisiana State University (1992)               

Morshed, Bashir Iqbal, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada (2010); Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Windsor, Ontario Canada (2004)

Mozhui, Khyobeni, Assistant Professor, 2003; Doctor of Philosophy in Anatomy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2009)    

Nelson, David R, Professor, 1994; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (1985)         

Nelson, Randall J, Professor, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in Anatomy, Vanderbilt University (1980)             

Nouer, Simonne S, Associate Professor, 2007; Doctor of Philosophy in Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Goias (2006)  

Ogg, Robert, FR-Associate Professor, 2006; Doctor of Philosophy-Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia (1991)               

Paek, Eun Jin, Assistant Professor, 2017; Doctor of Philosophy in Speech & Hearing, Indiana University (2017); Master of Science in Speech & Language Pathology, Yonsei University, Korea (2009); Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, Seoul National University, Korea (2007)

Paprocki, Gregory J, Assistant Professor, 2011; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Minnesota (1983); Certificate in Prosthodontics, The University of Texas, San Antonio (1988)

Parris, William G, Associate Professor, 1985; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1983); Master of Science in Orthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1985)

Park, Edwards A, Professor, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, Pennsylvania State University (1984)

Pendley, Bradford Daniel, FR-Assistant Professor, 2007; Doctor of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2007); Doctor of Philosophy in Analytical Chemistry, Cornell University (1992)

Pfeffer, Lawrence M, Professor, 1991; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (1977)  

Pledger II, James W, Associate Professor, 1999; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2001)   

Plyler, Patrick Norton, Professor, 2003; Doctor of Philosophy in Speech and Hearing Science, University of Tennessee Knoxville (1998); Master of Arts in Audiology, University of Tennessee Knoxville (1993); Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Auditory Pathology, East Carolina University (1992)

Ragain Jr, James C, Associate Professor, 2013; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1984); Doctor of Philosophy in Oral Biology, Ohio State University (1998); Master of Science in Restorative Dentistry, University of Michigan (1991)

Rao, Radhakrishna, Professor, 2000; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, The M.S. University of Baroda, India (1986/1987)       

Rehg, Jerold E, FR-Professor, 1992; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri (1966) 

Reilly, Kevin Joseph, Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Science, University of Washington (2004)  

Reynolds, Rebecca B, Professor, 1994; Doctor of Education in Higher and Adult Education, University of Memphis (2008); Master of Health Administration, University of Memphis (1997); Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics and Information Management, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1993)

Rogers, Tiffani S, FR-Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1998; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee University (1997); Bachelor of Science-Laboratory Animal Science, North Carolina A&T State University (1993)

Ryan, James Patrick, Professor & Assistant Dean, 1988; Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1985)              

Saltuklaroglu, Tim, Professor, 2004; Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Sciences & Disorders, East Carolina University (2004)             

Sanford, Brooke A, Assistant Professor, 2010; Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis (2013); Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis (2008)

Scalzo, Kathleen Faulkner, Assistant Professor, 2015; Doctor of Philosophy in Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington (2012)    

Scarbecz, Mark, Professor, 1999; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University of Arizona (1991); Master of Arts in Sociology, University of Arizona (1983)

Seagroves, Tiffany N, Associate Professor, 2005; Doctor of Philosophy in Cell & Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine (1999)               

Sen, Saunak, Professor, 2015; Doctor of Philosophy-Statistics, The University of Chicago (1998)    

Shafter, Mohamed Amer, Assistant Professor, 2015; Bachelor of Oral Surgery & Dentistry, Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Libya (2004); Doctor of Science in Dentistry in Prosthodontics, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (2015); Certificate in Advanced Graduate Study - Prosthodontics, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (2015)

Shahrabi-Farahani, Shokoufeh, Assistant Professor, 2013; Doctor of Medical Science, Harvard School of Dental Medicine (2013); Doctor of Dental Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences & Health Services (1996); Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine (2013)

Sharp, Harry K, Professor, 1979; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1971); Certificate in Pedodontics, University of Alabama-Birmingham (1977)

Shintaku, Werner Harumiti, Associate Professor, 2011; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Sao Paulo (1998); Master of Science in Dental Diagnostic Science, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2010)

Simon, James F, Professor, 2000; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Iowa (1969); Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, University of New Orleans (1982)

Simpson, Claire L, Assistant Professor, 2016; Doctor of Philosophy, University of London (2006); Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science , University of Northumbria at Newcastle (2001)   

Smith, Richard A, Associate Professor, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Cell Biology, University of Memphis (1997); Master of Science-Biology, University of Memphis (1983; Bachelor of Science-Biology, University of Memphis (1979)

Smith, Toddrick, Assistant Professor, 2004; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2007); Pediatric Dentistry Residency, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2020)

Stein, Sidney H, Associate Professor, 1998; Doctor of Dental Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis (1982); Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester (1992); Master of Science, University of Rochester (1989)

Steketee, Jeffery D, Professor, 2001; Doctor of Philosophy-Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (1989)            

Suttle Jr, Dale Parker, Associate Professor, 1993; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin (1975)  

Sweatman, Trevor W, Professor, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Pharmacology, Southampton University Medical School (1981)   

Thomas, Edwin L, Professor, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan (1970)     

Thomas, Fridtjof, Associate Professor, 2007; Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, Stockholm University (2001)           

Thomason, Donald B, Professor, 1990; Doctor of Philosophy-Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine (1986)  

Tipton, David A, Professor, 1984; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1978); Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University of Memphis (1988)

Tolley, Elizabeth A, Professor, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (1981)             

Trojan, Terry Martin, Professor and Chair, 2009; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Michigan (1970); Master of Science in Orthodontics, University of Michigan (1974)

Versluis, Antheunis, Professor, 2010; Doctor of Philosophy in Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis, University of Greenwich (1994)           

Versluis, Daranee, Professor, 2010; Doctor of Dental Surgery, Chulalongkorn University (1987); Doctor of Philosophy in Oral Biology, University of Minnesota (1998); Master of Science in Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991)

Vinall, Craig V, Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Dental Surgery, Texas A&M University (2009); Master of Dental Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2016); Certificate - Advanced Pediatric Dentistry Program, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2016)

Walinski, Christopher J, Associate Professor, 2015; Doctor of Dental Surgery, Ohio University (1989)          

Wan, Jim Y, Professor, 1994; Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, Yale University (1987)      

Wang, Junling, Professor, 2005; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland Baltimore (2005)         

Wasson, Joe L, Professor, 1964; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1960); Master of Science in Orthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1962)

Wells, Martha H, Associate Professor, 2010; Doctor of Dental Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University (2006); Master of Science in Restorative Dentistry, Ohio State University (2008); Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry, Ohio State University/Nationwide Children’s Hospital (2008)

White-Means, Shelley Irene, Professor, 1998; Doctor of Philosophy in Health Economics, Northwestern University (1983)  

Wicks, Mona N, Professor, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Wayne State University (1992)

Wicks, Russell A, Professor and Chair, 1978; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1978); Master of Science in Prosthodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (1993)

Williams, John Leicester, FR-Professor, 2009; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University (1981)

Williams, Richard A, Associate Professor, 1985; Master of Science-Orthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science; Center (1985); Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1983)

Wilson, Thaddeus A, Associate Professor, 2000; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison (2000); Master of Science-Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1995)

Yazdi, Hamid, Assistant Professor, 2013; Postgraduate Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2005); Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2000) 

Yi, Ae-Kyung, Professor, 2000; Doctor of Philosophy-Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (1993)               

Zhao, Qi, Assistant Professor, 2017; Doctor of Medicine in Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Peking Union Medical College (2008); Bachelor of Medicine in Preventive Medicine, Peking University (2003)