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Program & Department Contacts

Select a program or department below to visit their graduate program website. 

For specific questions about a program, contact the program manager or Director of Graduate Studies (DGS).

For admissions-related questions, contact the program manager in the department or program to which you are applying.

Program or Department
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)
Program Manager
Phone

Anthropology

Jada Benn Torres

Crystal Jackson

615-343-7716

Astrophysics

Jonathan Bird

Don Pickert and Alisha McCord

615-343-1026

Biochemistry

Manuel Ascano

Patricia Mueller

 615-322-8727

Biological Sciences

Julian Hillyer

Jessica Nguyen

 615-343-0673

Biomedical Engineering

Craig Duvall

Peter Nordberg

 615-343-0586

Biomedical Informatics

Kim Unertl

Rischelle Jenkins

 615-936-1068

Biomedical Science

James G. Patton

Jean St. Louis

615-322-4738

Biostatistics

Ben French

Chazlie Miller

 615-322-2001

Cancer Biology

Rachelle Johnson

Lorie Franklin

 615-322-8324

Cell & Developmental Biology

Andrea Page-McCaw

Lorie Franklin

 615-322-2134

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Jamey Young

Jenni Chandler

 615-343-5930

Chemical & Physical Biology

Ivelin Georgiev

Patricia Mueller

 615-322-8727

Chemistry

David Cliffel

Chemistry Dept.

615-322-2861

Civil Engineering

Dan Work

Jackie White

 615-322-2697

Cognitive Psychology in Context

David Cole

Maria Osina

615-322-1553

Community Research & Action

Brian Christens

Tonya Brown

615-322-6881

Computer Science

Taylor Johnson (PhD program)
Abhishek Dubey (Masters program)
Dana Zhang (online distance learning program)

Melissa Harrell (PhD contact) and Pamela Dunn and Tiffany Crick (online distance learning MS program)

 615-343-0505 (Melissa)

Creative Writing

Major Jackson

Meredith Moore

 615-322-6527

Data Science

Jesse Blocher

Amber Douglass

615-343-5716

       

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Jessica Oster 

Kayla Liberti

615-343-1068

Economic Development

Kevin Huang

Brooke Talley

 615-322-2486

Economics

Brian Beach 

Brooke Talley

 615-322-2486

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alan Peters

Cassidy Slabaugh

615-343-7381

English

Candice Amich

Meredith Moore

 615-343-3118

Environmental Engineering

Florence Sanchez

Jackie White

 615-322-2697

Epidemiology

Peter Rebeiro

Melissa Krasnove

 615-875-2915

French & Italian

Bob Barsky

Jamelia Veliz

 615-322-6900

German, Russian & East European Studies

Meike Werner

 

615-322-2661

Health Policy and Health Services Research

Stacie Dusetzina

Melissa Krasnove

615-875-2915

Hearing & Speech Sciences

Melissa Duff

Carl Fritscher

615-936-5104

History

Ari Bryen

Madeline Trantham

615-343-8129

History of Art and Architecture (4+1)

Sheri Shaneyfelt

Julia Kamasz

 615-322-2831

Human Genetics

Todd Edwards

Roz Johnson

 615-936-2610

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Biomedical Sciences

Barbara Fingelton

Stephanie Richards (prospective students)
Angel Gaither  (current students)

615-343-6111

Interdisciplinary Materials Sciences

Josh Caldwell

Sarah Ross

 615-343-6868

Latin American Studies

Gretchen Selcke

Alma Paz-Sanmiguel

 615-322-2527

Law & Economics

Kevin Stack

Amy Williams

615-322-3080

Leadership & Policy Studies

Sean Corcoran

Rosie Moody

 615-322-8000

Learning, Teaching & Diversity

Heidi Carlone

Angie Saylor

 615-322-8100

Master of Liberal Arts & Science

Sheri Shaneyfelt

 

615-343-0565

Mathematics

Anna Marie Bohmann

Meg Heaberlin

615-322-6672

Mechanical Engineering

Jason Valentine

Melody Kekez

 615-322-2413

Medical Scientist Training

Christopher Williams

Bryn Sierra  

 615-322-3408

Medicine, Health & Society

JuLeigh Petty and Heidi Bludau

Denise Malone

615-343-9099

Microbe & Host Interactions

Maria Hadjifrangiskou

Liz Roelofsz

 615-495-7020

Molecular Pathology & Immunology

Jay Jerome

Liz Roelofsz

 615-495-7020

Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Richard O'Brien

Bobbi Stidham

615-936-7087

Neuroscience

Bruce Carter

Roz Johnson

 615-936-3705

Nursing Science

Angela McNelis

Heidi Bates

615-875-8931

Pharmacology

Christine Konradi 

Bobbi Stidham

615-322-8734

Philosophy

Robert Talisse

Jamelia Veliz

615-322-2637

Physics & Astronomy

Alfredo Gurrola

Don Pickert and Alisha McCord

615-343-1026

Political Science

Sharece Thrower

Shantera Rice

615-322-6222

Psychology

René Marois

Erin Duran

615-322-0080

Psychology & Human Development

David Cole

Ally Jacobs

615-322-8141

Quantitative & Chemical Biology

Ray Blind and Vito Quaranta 

Stephanie Richards (prospective students)

Angel Gaither (current students)

615-343-6111

Religion

James Byrd, Jr. and
Jim Hudnut-Beumler

Laura Cheifetz

Soren Hessler

Angela Dillon

615-343-3977

Sociology

Josh Murray

Crystal Jackson

615-322-7626

Spanish & Portuguese

Christina Karageorgou-Bastea

Jamelia Veliz

615-322-6930

Special Education

Robert Hodapp

Vahideh Ahlhauser

 615-322-8150

Four-Plus-One Programs

Carrie Russell

 

 

Peabody Director of Graduate Admissions

 

Kim Brazil

 

Updated August 2023

     

To access the Office of Graduate Admissions and Enrollment Management call menu, dial 615-343-1205.