Faculty and Staff

Meet the Teaching and Learning Team

The faculty believe perspective gives meaning to the intellectual and practical elements of curriculum and instruction and these must be explored with students for their underlying assumptions, and for their relative strengths and weaknesses. The theoretical and practical paradigms that shape American education are explored for their implications in today's increasingly global classroom.

Teaching & Learning (EDCI)
Main Office: 203 Clay Hall
Phone: (615) 963-5465
Campus P.O. Box 9561

	Nicole Kendall Arrighi, Ed.D. Assistant Dean, Teacher Education Professor B.S., 1999, University of Tennessee at Martin, M.S. 2000, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Ed.D, 2005, Tennessee State University	Office: 112A Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5482 Email: nkendall@tnstate.edu
	Kisha Bryan, Ph.D. Interim Chair, Teaching & Learning Associate Professor B.A., 1999 Voorhees College; M.A.T., 2001, State University of New York; Ph.D., 2012, University of Florida	Office: 211D Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5466 Email: kbryan@tnstate.edu
	Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh, Ph.D. Professor B.S., 1975, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India; B.S., 1987, Utah State University; M.A., 1979, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta India; Ph.D., 1998, New Mexico State University	Office: 209B Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5476 Email: schakraborti@tnstate.edu
	Beth Christian, Ed.D. Professor B.A., 1991, University of Tennessee; M.A., 1993, Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., 2002, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University	Office: 216 Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5324 VSCC Campus: (615) 230-3706 Email: bchristian1@tnstate.edu
	Mrs. Gervaise Clark Administrative Assistant III	Office: 203 Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5465 Email: geclark@tnstate.edu
	Latoya Johnson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor B.S., 2007, University of Southern Mississippi; M.A.T., 2011, Bellhaven University; Ph.D., 2015, University of Georgia	Office: 211A Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-1346 Email: ljohns91@tnstate.edu
	Donghyun Kang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor B.A., 2003, Seoul National University of Education; M.Ed., 2007, Seoul National University of Education; Ph.D., 2019, Texas A&M University	Office: 105C Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5465 Email: dkang@tnstate.edu
	Show Mei Lin, Ph.D. Associate Professor B.A. 1981 Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan; M.S.W. 1985, California State University, Fresno; Teacher Certification 1997, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Ph.D.2009 The University of Oklahoma	Office: 209A Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-1348 Email: slin@tnstate.edu
	Graham P. Matthews, Ph.D. Associate Professor B. A., 1969, Central State University; M.A., 1970, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1976, University of Michigan; M. Div., 1982, Vanderbilt University Divinity School.	Office: 204B Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5029 Email: gmatthews2@tnstate.edu
	UrLeaka Woodard Newsome, Ph.D. Assistant Professor B.S., 2002, Mercer University; M.S., 2005, Louisiana Tech University, Ph.D., 2016, University of Georgia	Office: 211D Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5477 Email: unewsome@tnstate.edu
	Heraldo Richards, Ph.D. Associate Dean, College of Education Associate Professor B.A., 1975, University of Chicago; M.A., 1985, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1993, Northwestern University	Office: 112 Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5620 Email: hrichards@tnstate.edu
	Celeste Williams, Ed.D. Professor B.S., 1987, Guilford College; M.S., 1995, Ed.D. 2001, Tennessee State University	Office: 211C Clay Hall Phone: (615) 963-5446 Email: cwilliams@tnstate.edu
	Hyeon Jean Yoo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor B.S., 2007, M.A. 2010 Gyeongsang National University, South Korea; M.S. 2021, Auburn University; Ph.D. 2021, Auburn University	Office: 203 Clay Hall Phone: Email: hyoo@tnstate.edu

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