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Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations

Faculty

Marisa Cannata
Associate Dept. Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Program Director of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) program
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(615) 322-1746
207G Payne
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
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(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
William Doyle
Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 322-2904
Payne 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)
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(615) 343-4038
Payne 210F
Kelly E. Slay
Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 322-8000
Ryan Balch
Program Director, Education Policy
Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(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
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(615) 322-6400
Felipe Barrera-Osorio
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Education and Economics, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Laura Booker
Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 343-4361
Payne Hall 011A
John M. Braxton
Professor of Higher Education, Emeritus, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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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
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(615) 322-2452
2525 West End Ave, Suite 1200 Nashville, Tn 37203
Matthew D. Campbell
Lecturer, 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
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
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(615) 322-0174
306 Calhoun Hall
Mark Chin
Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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113 Payne 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
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(615) 322-2111
511 Kirkland Hall
Xiu Cravens
Associate Dean for International Students and Affairs, Office of the Dean
Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 322-5521
Payne 210E
Robert Crowson
Professor Emeritus of Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 322-8030
Payne 210F
Shaun M. Dougherty (On Leave)
Associate Professor of Public Policy & Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 322-1894
Susan Douglas
Associate Professor of the Practice of Human Development, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 322-2355
Payne 205F
Corbette Doyle
Senior Lecturer in Organizational Leadership, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 343-4362
Payne 011B
Brent Joseph Evans
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Program Director, Higher Education Administration
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(615) 322-6491
205A Payne
Rafael Garcia
Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Joanne Golann
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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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
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(615) 322-8037
Payne Hall 205B
Carrie Grimes
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Director, Independent School Leadership
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(615) 343-9921
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
Carolyn J. Heinrich
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education
University Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
University Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the College of Arts and Science
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Secondary Appointment as Professor of Health Policy
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(615) 322-1169
101 Payne Hall
Erin C. Henrick
Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Brian L. Heuser
Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 343-2692
Payne 009C
Stephen Heyneman
Professor Emeritus of International Education Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Emily House
Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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202C Payne
David Eric Lewis
University Distinguished Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Dept. of Political Science
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(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 Professor of the Practice, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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
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(615) 322-8038
Payne 210
Cynthia Nebel
Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Michael A. Neel
Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 343-2262
Cynthia Osborne
Professor of Early Childhood Education and Policy, Executive Director, Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Ransford Pinto
Assistant Director for Graduate Programs, Center for Teaching
Senior Lecturer (Secondary Appointment), Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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1114 19th Avenue South, 3rd. Floor
Christine Quinn Trank
Professor of the Practice of Organization Leadership, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 936-15-8
Payne 202B
Eve Rifkin
Director of the Leadership and Learning in Organizations, Ed.D.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Sherard Robbins
Lecturer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Mollie Rubin
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 343-3734
Payne Hall 113
Jennifer Russell
Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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207C Payne
Matthew Patrick Shaw
Assistant Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education, Secondary Appointment, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 875-1978
Payne 106A
Thomas Smith
Core Faculty, International Education Policy and Management
Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 343-6159
207D
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
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Website
(615) 322-8000
202 Payne Hall
Chezare A. Warren
Associate Professor of Equity & Inclusion in Education Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 322-8000
Payne Hall 210B
Richard Welsh
Professor, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Staff

Sarah K. Crane
Program Coordinator, Humphrey Fellowship Program, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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1400 18th Avenue South, Sony Building, Room B3088
Nancy D. Dickson
AUIB Project Director, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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Amber Green
Administrative Specialist to the Department Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 322-0891
202 Payne Hall
James Edward Guthrie
Research Associate, Tennessee Education Research Alliance
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(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
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
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Angela Stokley
Administrative Officer, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
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(615) 322-0700
Payne Hall 202A
Kym Stricklin
Grants Manager, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 343-9258
Payne Hall 202E
Stacy Williams
Administrative Assistant II, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 322-8244
202 Payne Hall
Colby Woods
TERA Research Specialist Sr., Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
Email
(615) 322-8540
Wyatt Center, 1930 South Dr., 4th Floor