Josh Dunn

Professor and Executive Director of Institute of American Civics

Fields of Interest: American Constitutional Law and History; Education Policy; Federalism; Freedom of Speech and Religion

Complete bio >

William Lyons

Professor Emeritus and Interim Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics

Fields of Interest: Tennessee State and Local Government; American Politics; Voting Behavior

Complete bio >

Timothy Brennan

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Fields of Interest: Political Philosophy and American Political Thought

Complete bio >

Simeon Burns

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Fields of Interest: History of political thought

Complete bio >

Teresa Finchum

Executive Assistant

Leonard “Homer” Griffith

Financial & HR Specialist

Jordan Smith-Porter

Student Engagement Coordinator

Frankie Nicole Weaver

Grant Writer

Fields of Interest: Writing & Research Methods, American Cultural and Political History, Comparative Civil Rights and Liberation Movements, Transnational Activism, American Political Culture and Civil Discourse, and and Education Policy in U.S. Politics.

Complete bio >