Faculty
Marianne Wanamaker
Dean and Professor
Specialties: Labor Economics & Workforce Development, Education, American Economic History, Demography
John Scheb
Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Specialties: American Constitutional Law, Tennessee Government & Politics, Administrative Law, Civil Rights & Liberties
Tiffany Barron
Assistant Professor
Specialties: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Katie A. Cahill
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Specialties: Public Health, Public Policy, Public Leadership
David Folz
Adjunct Professor and Professor Emeritus
Specialties: Local and State Government Management & Policy, Solid Waste Management and Recycling, Program Evaluation
Josh Dunn
Professor and Executive Director of Institute of American Civics
Specialties: American Constitutional Law & History, Education Policy, Federalism, Freedom of Speech & Religion
Gov. Bill Haslam
Professor of Practice
Specialties: Tennessee Governance, Civility, Government
Joe Hoagland
Adjunct Professor
Specialties: Energy & Environmental Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Jack Mewhirter
Associate Professor
Specialties: Public Policy and Policy Process
Michael D. Jones
Professor
Specialties: Policy Theory, The Narrative Policy Framework
Benjamin Leard
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Transportation Policy, Decarbonization Strategies
William Lyons
Professor Emeritus and Interim Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics
Specialties: Tennessee State & Local Government, American Politics, Voting Behavior
Matthew Murray
Professor and Executive Director Emeritus of the Baker Center
Specialties: Public Finance, Public Policy, Economic Development
Jonathan Ring
Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Specialties: International Relations, Human Rights, Civil Society
Charles B. Sims
TVA Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy; Director, CETEP
Specialties: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, Energy Economics, Public Health, Decision Theory
Xuhong Su
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Specialties: Public administration, public management and science & technology policy
Tara Kolar Bryan
Associate Professor
Specialties: Strategic Management, Nonprofit and Public Organizations, Civil Society Organizations in Central Europe, Community-Engaged Research and Teaching
Timothy Fitzgerald
Visiting Associate Professor
Specialties: Natural Resource Economics and Energy Economics
Elis Vllasi
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer
Specialties: Chinese/Russian Influence Operations, Transnational Ethnic Links & Effects On Democratization, Western Military Intervention & Nation-Building
Jilleah Welch
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer
Specialties: Public Finance, Economics of Education, Environmental Economics
Krista Wiegand
Professor and Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs
Specialties: International Relations, Territorial & Maritime Disputes, Conflict Management, Indo-Pacific, US National Security