Staff & Faculty

Support Staff

For graduate student & program assistance:

Ms. Nazan Tem
Administrative Assistant III; Graduate Student Support

Office: 305D Clay Hall
Phone: (615) 963-4951
Email: ntem@tnstate.edu

For undergraduate student & Psychology Department assistance:

Mrs. Charlotte Phillips
Administrative Assistant IV; Undergraduate Student & Main Office Support

Office: 303 Clay Hall
Phone: (615) 963-5141
Email: cphillips@tnstate.edu

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Faculty
	James Campbell, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ph.D., Oklahoma State University M.S., Oklahoma State University B.A., Central State University Research Interests: Male gender role socialization; marriage and couple issues; children and adolescents. Office: 305B Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5144 Email: jcampbell21@tnstate.edu Faculty CV
	Lisa de la Mothe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Vanderbilt University M.A., Vanderbilt University B.S., University of Tennessee at Martin Research Interests: Neuroanatomical and neurochemical organization of the auditory system. What happens in the brain when we do something? Phone: (615)963-1390 Email: ldelamot@tnstate.edu Faculty CV
	John Dossett, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville M.S., Ball State University B.S., Ball State University Research Interests: Sexual behavior and decision making; statistics and critical thinking; instruction and assessment. Office: 304C Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-1559 Email: jdossett@tnstate.edu
	Richard P. Garvin Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Trevecca Nazarene University M.A., Fisk University B.B.A., Philander Smith College Research Interests: Mental Health diagnoses, Racial Identity Development, Race-Based Traumatic Stress, and Africultural Coping. Office: 311 Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-7799 Email: rgarvin@tnstate.edu
	Marie Hammond, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Missouri M.Ed., University of Missouri B.M.E., Olivet College Research Interests: Career and identity development in African Americans and STEM students; culturally appropriate career interventions and measures for African American students; contextual influences on career and professional development; mid-life career change. Office: 313 Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5191 Email: mhammond1@tnstate.edu Faculty CV Faculty Web Page
	Kiesa Kelly, Ph.D. Department Chair Professor Ph.D., Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science M.S., Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science B.A., Bowdoin College Research Interests: Electrophysiology; event-related potentials (ERPs); scholarship of teaching and learning, culturally-relevant instruction. Office: 303C Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5157 Email: kkelly5@tnstate.edu
	Kayoung Kim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Texas A & M University MS.Ed., Harvard University B.A., Yonsei University Research Interests: Scholarship of teaching and learning; High Impact Practices (HIP); Effective teaching practices; Curriculum development and instructional technology; Strategies to promote student learning Office: 317CC Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5150 Email: kkim@tnstate.edu Faculty CV
	Marvin Lee, Ph.D. Professor Research Interests: Phonological awareness and early literacy; and Understanding how African American STEM students think about their career development and the effectiveness of career management intervention. Office: 308BB Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5087 Email: mlee5 @tnstate.edu
	Esther M. Lynch, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Tennessee State University M.S., Tennessee State University B.S., Utica College of Syracuse University Research Interests: Relationship issues, integrated behavioral health, and trauma in marginalized populations Office: 308AA Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5152 Email: emendez@tnstate.edu Faculty CV
	Megan Morrison, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Research Interests: Perception and treatment of intercultural relationships and multiracial individuals, relationship dynamics in intracultural versus intercultural relationships, stereotypes and prejudice, cultural diversity, application of statistical techniques and methodologies Office: 317AA Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5153 Email: mmorri33@tnstate.edu Faculty Website
	Robin Oatis-Ballew, Ph.D. Professor Ph.D., Howard University M.S., Howard University B.A., Fisk University Research Interests: Service Learning in Graduate Education, Culturally Inclusive Classrooms, Women’s Issues Office: 305A Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-1558 Email: roatisballew@tnstate.edu Faculty Website & CV
	Joan Popkin, Ph.D. Professor Ph.D., University of Tennessee M.S., University of Tennessee B.S., University of Tennessee Research Interests: Women's issues; diversity and multicultural issues; development of children and adolescents. Office: AWC 146; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-1385 Email: jpopkin@tnstate.edu
	Brooke Rappaport, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Georgia M.S., Tulane University B.S., Tulane University Research Interests: Ally/accomplice/co-conspirator development; intersectional feminism; multicultural and relational supervision and training Office: 308DD Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-1569 Email: brappapo@tnstate.edu CV
	Lauren Rocha, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi M.Ed., Texas A&M University B.S., The University of Texas at Brownsville Research Interests: Legislative Advocacy Model for Counseling Students. Office: 303A Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5345 Email: lrocha2@tnstate.edu
	Mary Shelton, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ph.D., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University M.S., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University B.S., University of the South Research Interests: Development and diversity related to ethnic identity. Office: 304D Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-7984 Email: mshelton@tnstate.edu
	Joshua Shive, Ph.D. Associate Professor Research Interests: human factors, visual perception Office: 317DD Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-5160 Email: jshive@tnstate.edu Faculty Web Page
	Amy Sibulkin, Ph.D. Professor Ph.D., Cornell University M.S., Cornell University B.A., Clark University Research Interests: Vegan research and activism; scholarship of teaching. Office: 305C Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963 - 5088 Email: asibulkin@tnstate.edu Faculty CV
	Thurman Webb, Ed.D. Associate Professor Ed.D., Walden University M.S., Tennessee State University B.S., Tennessee State University Research and Professional Interests: Rebrand the Black Man Office: 308A Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-1593 Email: twebb@tnstate.edu
	Tiffany Williams, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ph.D., Cleveland State University M.S., Cleveland State University B.A., Cleveland State University Research Interests: Interface of work-life for racial or ethnic minorities; Impacts of systemic oppression, racial injustice, sociopolitical and sociocultural barriers, and mental health and health disparities Office: 308C Clay Hall; Schedule an appointment Phone: (615) 963-2175 Email: twill278@tnstate.edu Faculty CV