Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Faculty
![]() | Mark Cannon Professor of the Practice, Department of Human and Organizational Development Professor of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 343-2775 Payne 207B |
![]() | Sean P. Corcoran Associate Professor of Public Policy & Education, and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8021 205C Payne Hall |
![]() | Kim Davenport Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Program Director, Leadership and Organizational Performance | |
![]() | Brent Evans Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-6491 |
![]() | Carolyn J. Heinrich LPO Dept. Chair; Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Professor of Health Policy (secondary appointment), Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Email Website (615) 322-1169 Payne Hall 202D |
![]() | Christopher P. Loss Associate Professor of History Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Chancellor Faculty Fellow (2016–18) | Email (615) 343-4038 Payne 210F |
![]() | Brenda McKenzie Associate Dept. Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Program Director and Practicum Coordinator, Higher Education Administration | Email (615) 875-8820 205D Payne Hall |
![]() | Kelly E. Slay Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8000 |
![]() | Tracey M. Armstrong Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | Ryan Balch Program Director, Education Policy Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 875-8501 011C Payne Hall |
![]() | Dale Ballou Associate Professor, Emeritus, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8039 Payne 141 WC |
![]() | Mark Bandas Assistant Professor of the Practice in Education (Secondary Appointment), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Associate Provost and Dean of Students | Email (615) 322-6400 |
Felipe Barrera-Osorio Associate Professor of Public Policy, Education and Economics, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | ||
![]() | Laura Booker Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 343-4361 Payne Hall 011A |
![]() | John M. Braxton Professor of Higher Education, Emeritus, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | Melinda J. B. Buntin, Ph.D. Mike Curb Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy Professor of Education (Secondary Appointment), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email Website (615) 322-2452 2525 West End Ave, Suite 1200 Nashville, Tn 37203 |
![]() | Sayil Camacho Lecturer & Program Director, Masters in Leading Organizations, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | Christopher Candelaria Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-0722 106D Payne Hall |
![]() | Marisa Cannata Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Program Director of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) program | Email Website (615) 322-1746 Payne 006A |
![]() | Christopher (Kitt) Carpenter Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics Professor of Public Policy and Education (Secondary Appointment), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-0174 306 Calhoun Hall |
![]() | Doug Christiansen Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education (Secondary Appointment), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Vice Provost for University Enrollment Affairs | Email (615) 322-2111 511 Kirkland Hall |
![]() | Xiu Cravens Associate Dean for International Students and Affairs, Office of the Dean Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-5521 Payne 210E |
![]() | Robert Crowson Professor Emeritus of Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8030 Payne 210F |
![]() | Shaun M. Dougherty Associate Professor of Public Policy & Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-1894 207C Payne Hall |
![]() | Susan Douglas Associate Professor of the Practice of Human Development, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-2355 Payne 205F |
![]() | Corbette Doyle Senior Lecturer in Organizational Leadership, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 343-4362 Payne 011B |
![]() | William Doyle Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-2904 Payne 207E |
![]() | Joanne Golann Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | Ellen Goldring Executive Associate Dean, Office of the Dean Patricia and Rodes Hart Chair, Professor of Education and Leadership, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8037 Payne Hall 205B |
![]() | Jason Grissom Faculty Director, Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8540 Wyatt - 410E |
![]() | Erin C. Henrick Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | Brian L. Heuser Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Vice Chair, University Faculty Senate | Email (615) 343-2692 Payne 009C |
![]() | Stephen Heyneman Professor Emeritus of International Education Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | David Eric Lewis Professor (Secondary Appointment), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Dept. of Political Science | Email Website (615) 322-6228 333 Commons Center |
![]() | Catherine Gavin Loss Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professional Education, Office of the Dean Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-6619 Peabody Administration Building Room 2018B |
![]() | Brenda McKenzie Associate Dept. Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Program Director and Practicum Coordinator, Higher Education Administration | Email (615) 875-8820 205D Payne Hall |
![]() | Rich Milner Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning Professor of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning Professor of Leadership, Policy and Organizations (Secondary), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Professor of Sociology (Secondary) | Email (615) 343-0424 Wyatt - Room 142 |
![]() | Joseph Murphy Professor of Education, Emeritus, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8038 Payne 210 |
![]() | Cynthia Nebel Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | Michael A. Neel Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 343-2262 |
![]() | Ransford Pinto Assistant Director for Graduate Programs, Center for Teaching Senior Lecturer (Secondary Appointment), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email 1114 19th Avenue South, 3rd. Floor |
![]() | Christine Quinn Trank Associate Professor of the Practice of Organization Leadership, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email 875-9196 Payne 202B |
![]() | Eve Rifkin Director of the Leadership and Learning in Organizations, Ed.D. Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | |
![]() | Mollie Rubin Research Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 343-3734 Payne Hall 113 |
![]() | Patrick Schuermann Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Program Director, Independent School Leadership | Email (615) 322-8295 Payne 009-B |
![]() | Matthew Patrick Shaw Assistant Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 875-1978 Payne 106A |
![]() | Claire Smrekar Associate Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8001 Payne 210C |
![]() | Adela Soliz Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8000 202 Payne Hall |
Staff
![]() | Sarah K. Crane Program Coordinator, Humphrey Fellowship Program, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email 1400 18th Avenue South, Sony Building, Room B3088 |
![]() | Karen Cunningham Administrative Officer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8016 202E Payne Hall |
![]() | Nancy D. Dickson Director, Humphrey Fellowship Program, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email 1400 18th Avenue South, Sony Building, Room B3088 |
![]() | Tammy Eidson Administrative Specialist to the Department Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-0891 Payne 202 |
![]() | James Edward Guthrie Research Associate, Tennessee Education Research Alliance | Email Website (615) 322-5538 Wyatt Center (1930 South Dr., 4th Floor) |
![]() | Jessica Holter TERA Research Manager, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8540 Wyatt - Room 410D |
![]() | Christina L. Leath Grants Manager, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 343-9258 Payne Hall 202E |
![]() | Rachel Manlove Administrative Assistant, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8000 Payne 202 |
![]() | Rosie Moody Educational Coordinator, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8019 202E-A Payne |
![]() | Erin O'Hara Executive Director, TN Education Research Alliance, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-5622 Wyatt 147 |
![]() | Susan Kemper Patrick Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email Website |
![]() | Colby Woods TERA Research Specialist Sr., Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations | Email (615) 322-8540 Wyatt Center, 1930 South Dr., 4th Floor |