Faculty & Staff

	Name	Title	Alma Mater	Interest	Phone	Email
	Curtis Bell	Assistant Professor	Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2011	International Relations	865-974-7051	curtis.bell@utk.edu
	Ian Down	Associate Professor	Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill, 2003	Comparative Politics, Political Economy	865-974-7054	idown@utk.edu
	Michael R. Fitzgerald	Professor	Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1975	American Politics (Urban and State Politics); Public Administration	865-974-7049	mfitzge1@utk.edu
	David H. Folz	Professor	Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1985	Public Administration, State and Local Politics	865-974-0802	dfolz@utk.edu
	Patricia K. Freeland	Professor	Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1978	Public Administration, State and Local Government	865-974-7056	pfreelan@utk.edu
	Michael M. Gant	Professor	Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1980	American Politics, Research Methodology	865-974-7045	mgant1@utk.edu
	Kyung Joon Han	Assistant Professor	Ph.D., UCLA, 2010	Political Economy, Research Methodology	865-974-7046	khan1@utk.edu
	David J. Houston	Professor	Ph.D., SUNY-Binghamton, 1988	Public Administration, Public Policy, Research Methodology	865-974-5278	dhouston@utk.edu
	Wonjae Hwang	Associate Professor	Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2004	International Relations, Research Methodology	865-974-7040	whwang@utk.edu
	Nathan J. Kelly	Associate Professor	Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill, 2004	American Politics, Research Methodology	865-974-7186	nkelly@utk.edu
	Jana Morgan	Associate Professor	Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill, 2005	Comparative Politics	865-974-7043	janamorgan@utk.edu
	Anthony J. Nownes	Professor	Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1993	American Politics, Public Policy	865-974-7052	anownes@utk.edu
	Scott Powell	Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2011	Public Policy; Comparative Politics, Research Methods	865-974-2261	srpowell@utk.edu
	Brandon Prins	Associate Professor	Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1999	International Relations	865-974-7047	bprins@utk.edu
	John M. Scheb	Professor	Ph.D., University of Florida, 1982	American Politics, Public Law, Judicial Politics	865-974-2845	scheb@utk.edu
	Adrienne Smith	Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Emory University, 2012	American Politics, Public Policy	865-974-7050	asmit240@utk.edu
	Bruce E. Tonn	Professor	Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1982	Public Policy	865-974-7041	btonn@utk.edu
	Pia Wood	Associate Provost and Director, Center for International Education	Ph.D., University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1990	International Relations	865-974-2173	pwood@utk.edu
	Yang Zhong	Professor	Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1992	Comparative Government, Asian Politics, Political Development	865-974-7187	yzhong@utk.edu

Adjunct Professors

	Name	Title	Alma Mater	Interest	Phone	Email
	David Reidy	Adjunct Professor of Political Science; Professor of Philosophy	Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1997	Political Philosophy	865-974-7210	dreidy@utk.edu

 Lecturers

	Name	Alma Mater	Email
	Theodore Brown, Jr.	J.D., Vanderbilt University, 1978	tedbrownjr@comcast.net
	Tim Ezzell	Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1996	tezzell@utk.edu
	James Gilchrist	Ph.D., University of Tennessee,1998	jgilchri@tennessee.edu
	Troy Goodale	Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2007	tgoodale@utk.edu
	Joe Jarret	J.D., Stetson Univ. College of Law, 1989; M.P.A., Central Michigan Univ., 1983	jjarret@utk.edu
	William Jennings	Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2012	wjenning@utk.edu
	Nikki Mitchell	Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2004	jgiles3@utk.edu
	Cary Nailling	Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 2008	snaillin@utk.edu
	Hemant Sharma	Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2009	hsharma@utk.edu
	Brendan Toner	Ph.D. candidate, Southern Illinois University	btoner@utk.edu

 Graduate Teaching Associates

 Front Office Staff

Emeritus Professors