DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCES

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.

MEMBERS

RICHARD J. BLOOMER, Associate Professor, PhD (2003), The University of North Carolina at Greensboro [2016]

RANDAL K. BUDDINGTON, Research Professor, PhD (1983), University of California at Davis [2013]

BENEDICT P. DYSON, Associate Professor, PhD (1994), The Ohio State University [2013]

CAROL MITCHELL EADY, Professor, PhD (1977), Texas Woman’s University [2013]

MICHAEL HUTCHINSON, Assistant Professor, PhD (2010), Texas A&M University [2018]

RICHARD L. IRWIN, Professor, EdD (1990), The University of Northern Colorado [2012]

YUHUA LI, Associate Professor, PhD (1994), Texas A&M University [2013]

NATHAN T. MARTIN, PhD (2007), University of New Mexico [2015]

BARBARA MCCLANAHAN, Associate Professor, EdD (1990), The University of Memphis [2015]

ZSOLT MURLASITS, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), West Virginia University [2016]

JEBOSE O. OKWUMABUA, Professor, PhD (1985), The University of New Mexico [2014]

MAXIME PAQUETTE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2012), University of Tennessee, Knoxville [2018]

ROBIN R. ROACH, Associate Professor, EdD (1989), Vanderbilt University [2014]

SALLY REA ROSS, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign [2016]

BRIAN K. SCHILLING, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), The University of Memphis [2016]

TERRA SMITH, Associate Professor, PhD (1997), Oklahoma State University [2015]

LAWRENCE WEISS, Professor, EdD (1979), The University of Georgia [2018]

PAUL M. WRIGHT, Associate Professor, PhD (2001), The University of Illinois-Chicago [2013]

SAMI YLI-PIIPARI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2011), University of Jyvaskyla, Finland [2019]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

BRENNAN BERG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2012), University of Texas at Austin [2018]

JORIS DRAYER, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), University of Northern Colorado [2013]

CODY T. HAVARD, Assistant Professor, PhD (2011), University of Northern Colorado [2017]

YUHEI INOUE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2011), Temple University [2017]

CAROL C. IRWIN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2003), Kent State University [2013]

TODD LAYNE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2012), Auburn University [2018]

ANNE MARIX, Instructor, EdD (2006), University of Arkansas [2012]

TIMOTHY D. RYAN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), Texas A & M University [2013]

SHARON VAN OTEGHEN, Professor, PED (1973), Indiana University [2012]

MICHELLE STOCKTON, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), University of Memphis [2012]

MARGARET RUTH WILLIAMS, Assistant Professor, EdD (2001), University of Memphis [2014]

ADJUNCT MEMBERS

HELEN JOY ALMOND, MPA (1989), University of Memphis [2013]

GLORIA BRIEN, MS (1996), University of Memphis [2015]

H. KIRK CLAYBORN, MS (2008), University of Memphis [2012]

MARK CLIFFORD, PhD (2007), The University of New Mexico [2014]

ROLAND DICKERSON, PharmD (1982), The University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences [2014]

BROOKE HALL, MS (2009), The University of Memphis [2016]

MARION E. HARE, MD (1989), The University of Tennessee Health Science Center [2013]

PAUL HAUGHT, PhD (2004), Tulane University [2015]

NATHAN MARTIN, PhD (2007), University of New Mexico [2015]

TEREZIE TOLAR MOSBY, EdD (2011), The University of Memphis [2015]

L. JANE NUCKOLLS, MA (1974), The University of Mississippi [2015]

MARY CAY OYLER, BS (1993), Memphis State University [2013]

DIANNE POLLY, JD (1996), University of Memphis [2015]

ZACHARY PRITCHARD, MS (2001), University of Memphis [2012]

KAREN RINGWALD-SMITH, MS (1996), University of Memphis [2016]

SALLY ROSS, PhD (2005), University of Illinois [2015]

SARAH SULLIVAN, MS (2009), University of North Carolina at Greensboro [2014]

JAMES D. TUTOR, MD (1983), The University Of Mississippi Medical Center [2012]

LEE SHELLY WALLACE, MS (1987), University of Tennessee-Knoxville [2014]

ADJUNCT TEACHING MEMBERS

HARRY THOMAS FOGLE, EdD (1985), Nova Southeastern University [2012]

W. KOLDITZ, MA (2005), University of Memphis [2015]

MARY SCHALLERT, MS (2006), The University of Memphis [2014]

AFFILIATE MEMBERS

BETH EGAN, MS (1994), Memphis State University [2016]

SANG-ROK LEE, PhD (2012), Florida State University [2015]

JACKIE ROOS, MS (2006), Case Western Reserve University [2015]

ROBERT TOWNSEND, Instructor, MS (1997), Benedictine University [2015]

NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.