Alumni

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies offers a PhD in higher education administration to help professionals who aspire to enhance their leadership knowledge and skills and learn more about policy for service in administrative, faculty, and policy roles. Take a look at how three graduates say the program helped them.

Tamika Catchings (’00, ’05), Lady Vol basketball and retired WNBA player and four-time Olympic gold medalist, came back to Knoxville to host a free basketball clinic in April in partnership…

West High School teacher Paula Franklin (’11) wins the “Oscars of teaching.”

David Thomas Bailey (’50) died on August 6, 2017, at the age of 90. David was my friend. He was also a critical friend of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, which is the beneficiary of more than $34 million that David has given to the college throughout the years.

Karen Pershing (’86 & ’06) serves as the executive director of a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the health of the greater Knoxville community by reducing the use of alcohol and drugs through policy, systems, and environment change.

Sport management senior Christian Coleman beat the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, to take home a silver in the men’s 100-meter final of the IAAF World Championships in London in…

Nearly a decade of work by professors Sarah Hillyer (’10) and Ashleigh Huffman (’07 & ’11) culminated at the Bijou Theatre on September 7 with the debut of a short…

Amber MacDonald’s career trajectory changed from sports to researching the link between nutrition and cancer.

Linda Starnes (’82) has been actively involved in the disability community as a special educator, parent, and volunteer. As a public speaker and disability advocate for the Parent Education Network…