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

Andy Busch
Professor and Associate Director, Institute of American Civics
Specialties: American political institutions, elections, and public policy

Tiffany Barron
Assistant Professor, Institute of American Civics
Specialties: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory

David Folz
Adjunct Professor and Professor Emeritus
Specialties: Local and State Government Management & Policy, Solid Waste Management and Recycling, Program Evaluation

David H. Scott
Lecturer, Institute of American Civics
Specialties: American Constitutional Law, Civil Rights and Liberties, Judicial Process and Behavior, American Politics, and Political Philosophy

Josh Dunn
Professor and Executive Director, 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

Kody Cooper
Associate Professor, Institute of American Civics
Specialties: Political Theory, American Political Thoughts, Religion and Politics, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Law.

Benjamin Leard
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Transportation Policy, Decarbonization Strategies

William Lyons
Professor Emeritus and Associate Director for Community Outreach, 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

Simeon Burns
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of American Civics
Specialties: History of Political Thought

Charles B. Sims
TVA Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy; Director, Center for Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Policy
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

Jilleah Welch
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer
Specialties: Public Finance, Economics of Education, Environmental Economics

Krista Wiegand
Professor and Director, Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs
Specialties: International Relations, Territorial & Maritime Disputes, Conflict Management, Indo-Pacific, US National Security

Priscilla Zotti
Visiting Professor and former Dean of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences at the U.S. Naval Academy
Specialties: U.S. Military; U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence; Comparative Search and Seizure Law; Civil Rights and Civil Liberties