Faculty
Marianne Wanamaker
Dean and Professor
Specialties: Labor Economics and Workforce Development; Education; American Economic History; and Demography
John Scheb
Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Specialties: American Constitutional Law; Tennessee Government and Politics; Administrative Law; Civil Rights and Liberties
Tiffany Barron
Assistant Professor
Specialties: international relations, comparative politics, and political theory
Katie A. Cahill
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Specialties: Public Health; Public Policy; Public Leadership
Josh Dunn
Professor and Executive Director of Institute of American Civics
Specialties: American Constitutional Law and History; Education Policy; Federalism; Freedom of Speech and Religion
Gov. Bill Haslam
Professor of Practice
Specialties: Tennessee governance, civility, and government
Joe Hoagland
Adjunct Professor
Specialties: Energy and Environmental Policy and Stakeholder Engagement
Michael D. Jones
Professor
Specialties: Policy Theory and the Narrative Policy Framework
Benjamin Leard
Assistant Professor
Specialties: Transportation Policy and Decarbonization Strategies
William Lyons
Professor Emeritus and Interim Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics
Specialties: Tennessee State and 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 Employment and Management; Public Corruption and Whistleblowing; Science and Technology Policy
Elis Vllasi
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer
Specialties: Chinese/Russian influence operations; transnational ethnic links and their effects on democratization; and Western military intervention and 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 and maritime disputes; conflict management; Indo-Pacific; U.S. national security