University
| President |
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Sidney A. McPhee, Ed.D. |
| University Provost |
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Brad Bartel, Ph.D. |
| Senior Vice President |
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John W. Cothern, J.D. |
| Vice President for Student Affairs and Vice Provost for Enrollment and Academic Services |
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Debra K. Sells, Ed.D. |
| Vice President for Development and University Relations |
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William J. “Joe” Bales, M.S. |
| Vice Provost for Academic Affairs |
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John Omachonu, Ph.D. |
| Vice Provost for Research and Dean, College of Graduate Studies |
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Michael Allen, Ph.D. |
| Dean, College of Basic and Applied Sciences |
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Robert Fischer, Jr. , Ph.D. |
| Dean, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences |
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Harold D. Whiteside, Ph.D. |
| Dean, Jennings A. Jones College of Business |
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E. James Burton, Ph.D. |
| Dean, College of Education |
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Lana Seivers, Ph.D. |
| Dean, College of Liberal Arts |
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Mark Byrnes, Ph.D. |
| Dean, College of Mass Communication |
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Roy Moore, Ph.D. |
| Dean, University College |
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Mike Boyle, Ph.D. |
| Dean, University Honors College |
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John R. Vile, Ph.D. |
| Dean, Walker Library |
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Bonnie J. Allen, M.L.S. |
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
See www.tn.gov/thec/Divisions/Commission/members.html.
The Tennessee Board of Regents
See www.tbr.edu/.
Endowed Chairs
Several academic programs are enriched through the establishment of Chairs dedicated to the support of a particular discipline. The chairholders may be full-time faculty members or may be individuals from the appropriate business or professional field who are on campus for special seminars or lecture series.
Two Chairs, funded by gifts to the University Foundation, are administered through the Economics and Finance Department, of which the chairholders are members. More information is available through that department. The Chairs are
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Martin Chair of Insurance |
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Weatherford Chair of Finance |
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Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship |
MTSU houses nine Chairs of Excellence, established with a combination of private, University, and state funds. They are
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The Jennings A. Jones Chair in Free Enterprise |
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Jennings A. Jones College of Business |
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The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Chair in Urban and Regional Planning |
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Jennings A. Jones College of Business |
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The John Seigenthaler Chair in First Amendment Studies |
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College of Mass Communication |
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The Dr. Carl Adams Chair in Health Care Services |
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Interdisciplinary |
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The National Health Care Chair in Nursing |
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School of Nursing |
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The Robert E. and Georgianna West Russell Chair in Manufacturing Excellence |
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Engineering Technology Department |
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The Katherine Davis Murfree Chair in Dyslexic Studies |
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Interdisciplinary |
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John C. Miller Chair in Equine Reproductive Physiology |
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School of Agribusiness and Agriscience |
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Mary E. Miller Chair in Equine Health |
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School of Agribusiness and Agriscience |
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