ELPS Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff

The faculty of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies build leadership capacity and enhance practitioner effectiveness through research and scholarship that integrates theory and practice across structural and subject lines.

Click below to learn more about our faculty and staff.

Robert Kelchen
Professor, Department Head

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

J. Patrick Biddix
Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Jimmy G. Cheek
Distinguished Professor and Chancellor Emeritus

Mary Lynne Derrington
Associate Professor, Educational Administration

Mary Dueñas
Assistant Professor; Coordinator, College Student Personnel

Sonya D. Hayes
Assistant Professor

Terry T. Ishitani
Associate Professor of Higher Education

James A. Martinez

James A. Martinez
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Center for Educational Leadership

Dorian L. McCoy
Associate Professor; Associate Department Head; CEHHS Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

College Student Personnel

J. Patrick Biddix
Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Frank Cuevas
Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Mary Dueñas
Assistant Professor; Coordinator, College Student Personnel

Dorian L. McCoy
Associate Professor; Associate Department Head; CEHHS Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Educational Administration

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Mary Lynne Derrington
Associate Professor, Educational Administration

Lisa G. Driscoll
Adjunct Associate Professor

Sonya D. Hayes
Assistant Professor

James A. Martinez

James A. Martinez
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Center for Educational Leadership

Sonja McNeely
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Higher Education Administration

J. Patrick Biddix
Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Jimmy G. Cheek
Distinguished Professor and Chancellor Emeritus

Frank Cuevas
Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Terry T. Ishitani
Associate Professor of Higher Education

Joseph E. Johnson
President Emeritus, Affiliate Faculty

Dorian L. McCoy
Associate Professor; Associate Department Head; CEHHS Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Image of Bob Rider

Bob Rider
Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences

Undergraduate Leadership Studies

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Jimmy G. Cheek
Distinguished Professor and Chancellor Emeritus

Lisa G. Driscoll
Adjunct Associate Professor

Kimberly R. Hill
UG Leadership Studies Instructor, Project Excellence Lead Instructor

Joe Scogin
Associate Provost, Senior Associate Athletic Director, ELPS Adjunct Assistant Professor

Constance Honorable
Business Manager
320 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Michelle Passamonte
Administrative Specialist I
321 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Wade McGarity
Administrative Specialist II
Center for Educational Leadership
Postsecondary Education Research Center
302 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Affiliated Faculty

Ernest W. Brewer, EdD, LPC
Professor Emeritus, PI/Director of Federal Programs Educational Administration

Frank Cuevas
Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Lisa G. Driscoll
Adjunct Associate Professor

Kimberly R. Hill
UG Leadership Studies Instructor, Project Excellence Lead Instructor

Joseph E. Johnson
President Emeritus, Affiliate Faculty

Mary Lucal
Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources

Sonja McNeely
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Norma T. Mertz
Professor Emerita

Amber Williams
Vice Provost for Student Success

The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee Transfer Pathway.