Faculty and Staff

Meet the Education Practice and Leadership 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.

Education Practice and Leadership
Main Office: H400 Avon Williams Campus
Phone: (615) 963-5465
Campus P.O. Box 9561

Dr. Nicole Arrighi

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
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Beth Christian

Beth Christian, Ed.D.
Interim Chair, Education Practice and Leadership
Professor

B.A.  1991, University of Tennessee
M.A.  1993, Middle Tennessee State University
Ph.D. 2002, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Office: AWC H405
Phone: (615) 963-5324
VSCC Campus: (615) 230-3706
Email: bchristian1@tnstate.edu 

Dr. Kisha Bryan

Kisha Bryan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

B.A.    1999 Voorhees College
M.A.T. 2001, State University of New York
Ph.D.  2012, University of Florida

Office: AWC G405
Phone: (615) 963-5466
Email: kbryan@tnstate.edu

Dr. Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh

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: AWC F414
Phone: (615) 963-5476
Email: schakraborti@tnstate.edu 

Mrs. Gervaise Clark

Mrs. Gervaise Clark
Administrative Assistant III 

Office: AWC H400
Phone: (615) 963-5465
Email: geclark@tnstate.edu

Dr. Dong Hyun Kang

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: AWC E409
Phone: (615) 963-5465
Email: dkang@tnstate.edu

Dr. Show Mei Lin

Show Mei Lin, Ph.D.
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: AWC H401
Phone: (615) 963-1348
Email: slin@tnstate.edu

Graham Matthews

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: AWC F413
Phone: (615) 963-5029
Email:  gmatthews2@tnstate.edu

Dr. Edokhamhen

Ehichoya Edokhamhen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

B.S.   2008, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria
M.A.  2017, East Tennessee State University
Ph.D. 2023, East Tennessee State University

Office: AWC F402
Email: eedokham@tnstate.edu 

Heraldo Richards

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: AWC H407
Phone: (615) 963-5620
Email:  hrichards@tnstate.edu  

Celeste Williams

Celeste Williams, Ed.D.
Professor

B.S.  1987, Guilford College
M.S.  1995, Tennessee State University
Ed.D. 2001, Tennessee State University

Office: AWC H406
Phone: (615) 963-5460 
Email:  cwilliams@tnstate.edu  

DrGuy

Retta Guy, Ed.D.
Professor

B.A. 1982, University of Kentucky
MPA. 1995, Kentucky State University
Ed.D. 2004, University of Kentucky

Office: AWC F405
Phone: (615) 963-7176
Email: rguy@tnstate.edu 

Dr. Hyeong Jean Yoo

Hyeon Jean Yoo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

B.S.  2007, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
M.A.  2010 Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
M.S.  2021, Auburn University
Ph.D. 2021, Auburn University

Office: AWC F411
Phone: (615) 963-5465
Email: hyoo@tnstate.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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