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2020-2021 Academic Bulletin (July 2020 Ed) 
    
2020-2021 Academic Bulletin (July 2020 Ed) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Instructors for Academic Year 2020-2021


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-Oral Science, The University of Iowa (2016); Bachelor of Dental Surgery, University of Pune, India (1998); Master of Science-Prosthodontics, University of Mubai, India (2003)

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

Aguirre, Sarah E., Assistant Professor, 2019; Master of Science - Dentistry , Ohio State University  (2019); Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of the Pacific (2016)

Al Dayeh, Ayman Abdul Hamid, Associate Professor & Director, 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, Associate Professor, 2007; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Long Island University (2002)

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

Aycock, Samuel Tyler, Veterinarian and FR-Assistant Professor, 2017; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (2006)

Babu, Jegdish P., Professor, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy-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, Lesley H. Jr, Assistant Professor, 1978; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1974); Master of Science, Ohio State University (1978)

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

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

Brescia, William Fred Jr, 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)

Cao, Xueyuan, Assistant Professor, 2017; Doctor of Philosophy-Mathematical Sciences/Applied Statistics, The University of Memphis (2014); Doctor of Philosophy-Genetics, Iowa State University (2005); Master of Science -Statistics, University of Iowa (2006)

Carroll, Lacretia Shanae, Assistant Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy - Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2018)); Master of Science in Nursing, University of Memphis (2013); Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Alabama - Huntsville (2011)

Carson, James Alan, Senior Associate Dean, 2018; Doctor of Philosophy-Health Physical Education & Recreation , Ohio State University (1993); Master of Arts-Health Physical Education & Recreation, Ohio State University (1991); Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Ohio State University (1985)

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)

Channappanavar, Rudragouda, Assistant Professor, 2019; Doctor of Philosophy-Biomedical Sciences & Biomedical Communication, Oakland University (2012; Master of Veterinary Science, Indian Veterinary Research Institute (2007)  ,,Bachelor of Veterinary Science, Karnatak Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences University (2005)

Chiu, Chi-Yang, Assistant Professor, 2017; Doctor of Philosophy-Statistics & Applied Probability, University of California-Santa Barbara (2015); Master of Arts-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); Bachelor of Science-Dental Sciences, University of California-San Francisco (1977)

Clayton, Robert Jordan, Assistant Professor, 2019; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1969)

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

Cohen, Alka V., 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 (Biochemistry), Purdue University (1969)

Cosby, Harry T., Assistant Professor, 2017; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1988); Master of Science: Health, Physical Education & Recreation, Memphis State University (1982)

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-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2007)

Davis, Robert Lowell, Professor, 2013; Doctor of Medicine, UC 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., UTHSC Distinguished 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); in progress Master of Science - Health Care Administration, University of Detroit Mercy (in progress)

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

Dormois, Larry David, Associate Professor, 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; Master of Dental Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2016); 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-Speech Language Pathology, Pennsylvania State University (2008); Master of Science - Communication Disorders, Pennsylvania State University (2002); Bachelor of Science-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)

Fletcher, Max II, Associate Professor, 2010; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University of Oklahoma (2005)

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

Funk, Amy J., FR- Adjunct Asst 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); Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Santo Domingo (1970)

Gatwood, Justin D., Associate Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy in Social & Administrative Sciences, University of Michigan (2014); Master of Public Health, The Ohio State University (2009); Graduate Certificate-Information and Public Health, University of Michigan (2014); Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University (2003)

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)

Gullard, Angela, Assistant Professor & Director, 2016; Doctor of Philosophy - Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2015); Doctor of Dental Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2016); Certificate - Spanish for Specific Purpose, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2012)

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); Master of Arts, Arizona State University (1972)

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

Harvey, Margaret B., Associate Professor, 1998; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2003); Master of Science in Nursing, Vanderbilt University (1997); Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Belmont College (1992); Associate of Science-Nursing, Belmont College (1984)

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)

Jackson, Christopher D’Marius, Assistant Professor, 2015; Doctor of Medicine, Augusta University (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); Master of Arts-Psychology, The University of Arizona (1972)

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

Jonsson, Colleen Beth, Professor, 2014; Doctor of Philosophy-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); Bachelor of Dental Surgery, 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)

Laughner, Thomas C., Director and FR-Associate Professor, 2018; Doctor of Philosophy-Curriculum & Instruction, Andrews University (2004); Master of Arts-Education Technology Leadership, The George Washington University (1999)

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); Master of Arts-Speech Pathology & Audiology, The University of Iowa (2009); Bachelor of Science-Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa (2005)

Lewis, James Michael, FR-Clinical Asst Professo, 2017; Doctor of Dental Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (1985)

Li, Wei, Professor, 1999; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Columbia University in the City of New York (1999)

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)

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

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); Bachelor of Arts, Bard College at Simon’s Rock (2002)

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

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

Marks, Murray K., Associate Professor, 1988; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee (1993)

McCarthy Maeder, Jillian Heather, Associate 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, FR - Assistant Professor, 2013; 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)

Mulligan, Megan K., Assistant Professor, 2009; Doctor of Philosophy - Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Austin (2007)

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)

O’Dell, Josanne Mildred, Associate Professor, 2015; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Colorado (1990); Certificate-Endodontics, University of Southern California (1995)

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

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

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

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)

Parthasarathi, Kaushik, Associate Professor, 2008; Doctor of Philosophy-Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State University (1999)

Peeke, Jeffrey Wilson, Assistant Professor, 2001; Doctor of Medicine, Loma Linda University (2001)

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, James W. II, Associate Professor, 1999; Doctor of Dental Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2001); Certificate-Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2005)

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, James C. Jr, Dean and 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); Bachelor of Science in Education, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1976)

Rao, Radhakrishna, Professor, 2000; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, The M.S. University of Baroda, India (1986/1987); Postgraduate Training, University of Arizona College of Medicine (1991)

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 Asst 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 & Asst 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)

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

Schuetz, Erin Gallagher, FR-Associate Professor, 1997; Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University (1983)

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

Sears, Leila Marie, Assistant Professor, 2016; Master of Dental Science-Prosthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2019); Doctor of Dental Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University (2016)

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

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

Shahrabi-Farahani, Shokoufeh, Associate Professor & Director, 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)

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); Certificate in Dental Diagnostic Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2009)

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 - 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., 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); Bachelor of Arts-History, Washington University in St. Louis (1977)

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

Sublette, Nina K., Assistant Professor, 1997; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2008); Master of Nursing Science in Family Nurse Clin, Mississippi University for Women (1999); Master of Education in Counseling Personnel Services, University of Memphis (1990); Bachelor of Science-Education, The University of Tennessee-Martin (1989)

Suttle, Dale Parker Jr, Associate Professor, 1993; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry and Biochemistry, 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

Thomas, Fridtjof, 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)

Tigyi, Gabor Joseph, Professor, 1992; Doctor of Philosophy in Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, Budapest (1998); Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry, University Medical School of Pecs (1982)

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)

Vaithianathan, Thirumalini, Assistant Professor, 2005; Doctor of Philosophy - Pharmaceutical Sciences, Auburn University (2005)

van Mersbergen, Miriam, Fr -Assoc Professor, 2019; Doctor of Philosophy-Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota (2005); Master of Arts-Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa (1994)

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)

Waller, Melody N., Assistant Professor, 2004; Doctor of Philosophy-Nursing Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2016); Master of Science in Nursing, University of Memphis (2009); Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Tennessee - Chattanooga (2001)

Wan, Jim Y., Professor, 1994; Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics, Yale University (1987); Master of Philosophy, Yale University Graduate School (1983); Master of Arts, Yale University Graduate School (1983)

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., 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, Stephen W., FR-Professor, 1998; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University of Oxford (Wadham College) (1978)

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)

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 & Director, 2013; Postgraduate Certificate-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, Associate Professor, 2017; Doctor of Medicine-Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Peking Union Medical College (2008); Bachelor of Medicine-Preventive Medicine, Peking University (2003)