Directory
Explore the faculty and staff who make up the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs and the Institute of American Civics. Learn more about the people advancing the mission through their teaching, research, service and engagement.
David Arceneaux
Assistant Professor
Andrew Balthrop
Assistant Professor
Tiffany Barron
Assistant Professor, Institute of American Civics
Tara Kolar Bryan
Associate Professor
Andrew Busch
Professor and Associate Director, Institute of American Civics
Kody W. Cooper
Professor and Associate Director, Institute of American Civics
Joshua Dunn
Professor and Executive Director, Institute of America Civics
Timothy Fitzgerald
Associate Professor
Zachary German
Assistant Professor, Institute of American Civics
Mike Gutierrez
Teaching Associate Professor
Gov. Bill Haslam
Professor of Practice
Joe Hoagland
Adjunct Professor
Nathan Jeschke
Visiting Lecturer
Benjamin Leard
Assistant Professor
Yanin Li
Visiting Lecturer
William Lyons
Professor Emeritus and Associate Director for Community Outreach, Institute of American Civics
Dale Manning
Associate Professor
Morgan Marietta
Professor, Institute of American Civics
David McCollum
Associate Professor
Jack Mewhirter
Associate Professor
James Patterson
Associate Professor, Institute of American Civics
Jonathan Ring
Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Jessica Sargent
Teaching Assistant Professor
David H. Scott
Teaching Assistant Professor, Institute of American Civics
Charles B. Sims
TVA Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy; Director, Center for Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Policy
John Stavick
Assistant Professor
Edmund Stazyk
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Zuhong Su
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Marianne Wanamaker
Dean and Professor
Jilleah Welch
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer
Yining Wu
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Priscilla Zotti
Visiting Professor and former Dean of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences at the U.S. Naval Academy
Brewton Brownlow Couch
Chief of Staff; and Assistant Dean of Finance, Operations, and Administration
Elisha Davenport
Experiential Learning and Professional Development Coordinator
Teresa Finchum
Executive Assistant
Leonard “Homer” Griffith
Institute of American Civics, Financial & HR Specialist
Gina Hale
HR/Financial Specialist
Austin Hamilton
Assistant Director of Advancement
Courtney Thompson Hernandez
Director of External Events
Danielle Johnson
Business Manager
Eric Keels
Interim Director for NSFA
Emily Loden
Creative Manager
Claire Morrell
Recruitment Coordinator
Kate Reagan
Director of Communications and Marketing
Kellyn Reisser
Communications Manager
Susan Roberts
Executive Assistant
Erik Simons
Advising Coordinator
Jordan Smith-Porter
Assistant Director of Student Success
Erica Ury
Assistant Director of Student Success
Frankie Nicole Weaver
Managing Director
Zoe Webb
Assistant Director of Graduate Operations
Paola Wolaver
Graduate Recruitment & Advising Coordinator
Mary Beth Woodward
Director of Student Success
Jennifer Young
Budget Director
