Faculty Meetings
Meeting Minutes
This committee meets once a month during the academic year.
Teacher Education Faculty
David Rock
- Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
Amy Wells Dolan
- Associate Dean and Professor of Higher Education
Tom Brady
- Department Chair and Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Joel Amidon
- Professor of Teacher Education
Erica Avent
- Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Allan Bellman
- Professor of Mathematics Education
Amber Carpenter-McCullough
- Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Qiang Cheng
- Associate Professor of Elementary Education
Kayla Crook
- Assistant Professor of Special Education
Renee Hill-Cunningham
- Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
Svjetlana Curcic
- Associate Professor of Special Education
Whitney Drewrey
- Clinical Instructor of Special Education
Ellen Foster
- Professor of Teacher Education
Lane Gauthier
- Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Sam Gilbert
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Alina Harges
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Lauren Hill
- Instructor in Health and Physical Education
Rodney Hurt
- Instructor in Teacher Education
Burhanettin Keskin
- Professor of Early Childhood Education
Tammy Kirkland
- Instructor in Teacher Education and Coordinator of World Class Teaching Program
Kristina Livingston
- Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Diane Lowry
- Clinical Associate Professor of Special Education
Ann Monroe
- Associate Dean and Professor of Teacher Education
Michael Mott
- Professor of Elementary Education
Katie Yarborough Naron
- Instructor in Teacher Education
Rosemary Ingham
- Professor of Teacher Education
Mark Ortwein
- Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Sara Platt
- Assistant Dean and Director of Assessment and Accreditation, Assistant Professor of Special Education
Elizabeth Prewitt
- Clinical Associate Professor of Elementary Education
Laura Prior
- Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Sally Quong
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Education and Coordinator of Field Experience
Nicole Roberson
- Instructor in Secondary Science Education and Director of the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access
Angela Rutherford
- Professor of Teaching Education, Director of the Center for Excellence in Literacy Instructon, and Region 7 Comprehensive Center Missssippi Coordinatior
Karen V Smith
- Clinical Associate Professor of Teacher Education; School of Education Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Denise Soares
- Assistant Dean, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Special Education, and Interim Director of the National Center for School-University Partnerships
Alicia Stapp
- Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education
Alice Steimle
- Instructional Assistant Professor of Teacher Education and Director for Center for Mathematics and Science Education
William Sumrall
- Professor of Elementary Education
Joseph Sweeney
- Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Mississippi Teacher Corps
Hunter Taylor
- Clinical Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Coordinator of the Online Minor in Education
Roy Thurston
- Associate Professor of Special Education
Shushan Vardanyan
- Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education
Candies Winfun-Cook
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
Kenya Wolff
- Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education
Leadership & Counselor Education Faculty
Richard Balkin
- Chair and Professor of Counselor Education
Kenya Bledsoe
- Assistant Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education
Dennis Bunch
- Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education and Program Coordinator
Jill Cabrera
- Associate Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education
Douglas Davis
- Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education and Director of Leadership Doctoral Programs
Mark Deschaine
- Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Franc Hudspeth
- Clinical Associate Remote Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education
Alexandria Kerwin
- Associate Professor of Leadership & Counselor Education and Interim Clinical Coordinator
Erika Schmit
- Associate Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education
Stephanie Lusk
- Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education
Angus Mungal
- Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Mandy Perryman
- Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Program Coordinator
Kenneth Pulley
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Leadership and Counselor Education
Whitney Webb
- Assistant Dean for Certification and Undergraduate Studies and Clinical Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Amanda Winburn
- Professor of Counselor Education and Coordinator Ed.S Play Therapy Program
Higher Education Faculty
Phillis George
- Department Chair and Associate Professor of Higher Education
Macey Edmondson
- Assistant Professor of Higher Education
George McClellan
- Professor of Higher Education
Ty McNamee
- Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Kerry Melear
- Professor of Higher Education