(as of Oct. 30, 2025)
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Rob Baron, Chair, Dept. of Communication
Email: baronr@apsu.edu
(931) 221-6819
Kathy Lee Heuston, professor
(931) 221-7554
Email: LeeK@APSU.edu
Music Mass Comm Bldg MMC 166
Clarksville, TN 37044
Website: www.apsu.edu
CARSON-NEWMAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Douglas Johnson, Chair
Department of Communication
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City, TN 37760
(865) 471-7107
Email: dejohnson@cn.edu
Website: www.orangeandblueonline.com
CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Laurie Rowland, Associate Professor
3535 Adkisson Dr.
Cleveland, TN 37320-3570
(423) 473-2333
Email: lrowland01@clevelandstatecc.edu
Website: www.clevelandstatecc.edu
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Andrew Dunn, Chair, Media & Communication
P.O. Box 70667, Johnson City, TN 37614-1701
(423) 439-4170
Email: dunnra@etsu.edu
Website: www.etsu.edu/cas/mass_comm/journalism/
www.etsu.edu/buildingmediacareers
JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Kim Rawson, Associate Professor
Communication and Humanities Division
CLR C-213P, 2046 N. Parkway
Jackson, TN 38305
(731) 424-3520 ext. 50223
Email: krawson1@jscc.edu
Website: www.jscc.edu/communication-humanities
LEE UNIVERSITY
Kimberly Lyon
Dept. of Communication and the Arts
P.O. Box 3450
Cleveland, TN 37320
(423) 614-8341
Email: klyon@leeuniversity.edu
Website: www.leeclarion.com
LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY
James F. McCollum, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Journalism
Director, Tennessee High School Press Association
1 University Park Dr.
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 966-5788
Email: jimmy.mccollum@lipscomb.edu
Website: www.lipscomb.edu/communication
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Beverly Keel, Dean, College of Media & Entertainment
Bragg Media & Entertainment Bldg., Rm. 247
(615) 898.5150
Email: beverly.keel@mtsu.edu
Dr. Katie Foss, Director, School of Journalism and Strategic Media
MTSU Box 64
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
(615) 494-8925
Email: katie.foss@mtsu.edu
Website: www.mtsu.edu
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Kevin Qualls, Chair, Journalism & Mass Communication
Email: kqualls@murraystate.edu
114 Wilson Hall
Murray, KY 42071
(270) 809-5490
Website: www.thenews.org
SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY
Rachel Williams-Smith, Dean. School of Journalism and Communication
P.O. Box 370
Collegedale, TN 37315-0370
(423) 236-2300
Email: rwilliamssmith@southern.edu
Website: www..southern.edu
TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Dr. Brenda Wilson, Director/Journalism
1000 Dixie Ave., RUC 384
Cookeville, TN 38505
(931) 372-3064
Email: brendawilson@tntech.edu
UNION UNIVERSITY
Ted Kluck, Associate Professor of Journalism
1050 Union University Drive
Box 3024
Jackson, TN 38305
(731) 661-5578
Email: tkluck@uu.edu
Website: www.uu.edu
THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
Matthew J. Haught, Chair
Journalism & Strategic Media
300 Meeman Journalism Building
Memphis, TN 38152
(901) 678-2402
Email: mjhaught@memphis.edu
Website: www.memphis.edu/jrsm
Thomas J. Hrach, Ph.D., Associate Professor
308 Meeman Journalism Building
(901) 678-4779
Email: thrach@memphis.edu
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
Charlene Simmons, Interim Dept. Head, Department of Communication
Email: Charlene-Simmons@utc.edu
615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 3003
Chattanooga, TN 37403
(423) 425-4400
Website: https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/communication
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE
Joseph Mazer, Dean, College of Communication and Information
Email: joemazer@utk.edu
293 Communication & Information Building
1345 Circle Park Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-0324
(865) 974-0696
Amy Jo Coffey, Director, School of Journalism & Media
Email: ajcoffey@utk.edu
333 Communications Bldg.
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-5155
Website: jem.cci.utk.edu
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN
Dr. Robert Nanney, Chairman
305 Gooch Hall
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7556
Email: rnanney@utm.edu
Website: www.utm.edu/departments/comm/
VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Karen Hill, Chair, Dept. of Communication Studies
Email: karen.hill@volstate.edu
1480 Nashville Pike
Gallatin, TN 37066-3188
(615) 230-3782
Website: www.thesettler.online
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Ron DeMarse, Director, School of Media & Communication
1906 College Heights Blvd., JRH 214
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-4144
Email: ron.demarse@wku.ed
Website: www.wkuherald.com