Department of Teaching and Learning
Faculty 

Dean B. Roberts, Professor and Department Head
    B.S., 1961, Northwest Missouri State University;
    M.A., 1968, Northwest Missouri State University;
    Ed.D., 1974, University of Kansas

Marino C. Alvarez, Professor
    B.A., 1968, Fort Lewis College;
    M.A., 1976, West Virginia University;
    Ed.D., 1980, West Virginia University;
Link to: Marino Alvarez's Home Page

Fannie Cathey, Associate Professor
    B.S., 1968, Mississippi Valley State University;
    M.Ed., 1973, University of Houston;
    Ph.D., 1980, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh, Assistant Professor
    B.A., 1987, Utah State University;
    B.A., 1975, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India;
    M.A., 1977, Rabindra bharah, University, Calcutta India;
    Ph.D., 1998, New Mexico State University  

Charles Dickens, Associate Professor
    B.A., 1971, George Peabody College for Teachers;
    M.S., 1972, University of Tennessee;
    Ph.D., 1979, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Leslie Drummond, Associate Professor and Associate Dean
    B.S., 1974, Tennessee State University;
    M.Ed., 1988, Tennessee State University;
    Ed.D., 1991, Tennessee State University;

Mary B. Dunn, Professor
    B.S., 1971, George Peabody College for Teachers;
    M.A.Ed., 1977, Tennessee State University;
    Ed.D., 1982, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Blanche Jackson Glimps, Professor
    B.S., Eastern Michigan University;
    M..Ed., Wayne State University;
    Ph.D., University of Michigan

J. Ronald Groseclose, Professor
    B.A., 1968, Emory & Henry College;
    M.A., 1971, East Tennessee State University;
    Ed.D., 1974, East Tennessee State University

John Mark Hunter, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor
    B.A., 1982, College of Charleston;
    M.MA., 1983, University of South Carolina;
    Ed.D., 1991, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Dolores Mathis, Professor
   B.S., 1967, Florida A.M. University,
   M.A., 1969, Ohio State University,
   M.A., 1971, University of Michigan,
   Ed.S., 1971, University of Michigan,
   Ph.D., 1975, University of Michigan

David McCargar, Associate Professor
    B.A., 1973, Michigan State University;
    M.S., 1975, State University of New York College at Buffalo;
    Ph.D., 1987, University of California Los Angeles

Rodney W. Pederson, Assistant Professor
    B.A., 1991, St. Cloud State University;
    M.A., 1998, St. Cloud State University;
    Ph.D., 2002, Pennsylvania State University

Judith Presley, Assistant Dean, 
    B.S., 1969, Tennessee State University;
    M.S., 1974, Tennessee State University;
    Ph.D., 1998, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Richard O. Renfro, Professor
    B.Ed., 1961, Illinois State University;
    M.Ed., 1963, Illinois State University;
    Ed.D., 1969, Indiana University

Grenetta Simpson, Associate Professor
    B.S., 1957, Alabama State University;
    M.A., 1960, Columbia University;
    Ed.D., 1983, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Carole F. Stice, Professor
    B.S., 1966, Murray State University;
    M.S., 1968, Murray State University:
    Ph.D., 1974, Florida State University

Celeste Williams, Assistant Professor
    B.S., 1987, Guilford College;
    M.S., 1995, Tennessee State University;
    Ed.D., 2001, Tennessee State University