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Overview

The College of Education is consistently ranked as one of the most effective educator preparation programs in the state of Tennessee and the nation. Whether you are at the undergraduate or graduate level, if you feel called to make an impact on the next generation, then you can pursue a career as a teacher, school counselor or educational leader who inspires and changes the lives of students. You can pursue required knowledge, skills and credentials in teaching, administration, special education, literacy, English language learning, school counseling, gifted education, curriculum, instructional coaching, applied behavior analysis or higher education.

Ready to make an impact on the next generation? Join one of Lipscomb College of Education’s academic programs and become a leader who inspires students and changes our world. Learn how to become a teacher orview our undergraduate degree offerings to start your journey.

Undergraduate Programs

PK-12 teachers are expected to have mastery of content and pedagogy necessary to meet the needs of students. The College of Education partners with other academic departments to achieve needed skill for a lifelong career in education.

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Graduate Programs

Our graduate programs — certificates, master’s, education specialist and doctorate — develop leaders in the classroom and in the field of education. Ranked as one of the most effective teacher preparation programs in the state, Lipscomb’s College of Education will prepare you to confidently lead with excellence and integrity from day one.

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60K+

students taught by Lipscomb-trained teachers daily

Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation

The Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning & Innovation was established as a partnership between the Ayers Foundation and Lipscomb University’s College of Education. We serve as a bridge between policy and practice, as well as between educators in PK-12 and higher education. Our mission is to support teachers and leaders in improving student outcomes through proven professional learning and to incubate innovative instructional ideas and resources.

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Pionero Scholars Program

Creating a local pipeline of teacher candidates who plan to teach in Davidson county communities. By providing scholarships to a number of these students who are passionate about teaching, our program prepares graduates to return to teach in their local communities and provide quality education to the next generation.

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Secondary teacher prep by NCTQ

Years as Teach for America’s licensing partner

People

Meet the key people that make up the College of Education.

Leslie Cowell

Dean, College of Education

Dr. Leslie Cowell serves as the Dean and Professor for the College of Education at Lipscomb University . She has a doctorate in Elementary Education from Auburn University, a master's...

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Trace Hebert

Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies

Trace Hebert serves as Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies. He has been at Lipscomb University since 2010 as the Director of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Program and...

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Megan Parker Peters

Associate Dean, College of Education

Dr. Megan Parker Peters is the Interim Associate Dean, an Associate Professor, and the Director of Accreditation, Assessment, and Research at Lipscomb University. She is a licensed psychologist and licensed...
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Rachael Milligan

Associate Professor

Rachael was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She met her husband, Matt, when they were both undergraduates at Harding University, where Rachael studied History and Political Science. Rachael and...

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Kristin Blankenship

Senior Director of Graduate Enrollment

Kristin is the Director of Graduate Enrollment for the College of Education. She came to Lipscomb in 2008 and has served in various roles across campus working with the undergraduate...

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Deborah Boyd

Dean Emerita, Professor, College of Education

Deborah Myers Boyd's experience in education includes teaching and leadership spanning prekindergarten through doctoral levels. Currently dean emerita of the Lipscomb University College of Education, she served as dean of...

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Kristin Baese

Associate Professor

Dr. Kristin Baese is a third generation Lipscomb alum and a third generation educator. She met her husband, Jon, while they were both undergraduate students serving on a spring break...

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Robin Cayce

Assistant Professor

Dr. Cayce is an Assistant Professor with Lipscomb University in the Learning Organizations & Strategic Change Doctoral Program within the College of Education. Additionally, she leads coursework in the Educational...

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Lisa Davies

Assistant Professor

Lisa Davies is a graduate of Lipscomb University (1985). She received her M.S. in School Counseling from Tennessee State University (1991), and her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis...

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Sarah Duncan

ed TPA Coordinator and Associate Professor

Sarah Duncan was a language arts teacher and intervention coach in Mississippi before coming to Lipscomb. A former National Board Certified Teacher, she currently teaches literacy and clinical practice courses...

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Jeanne Fain

Program Director of ELL

Jeanne Gilliam Fain is a professor in the College of Education at Lipscomb University and she is the Director of MLL/ELL program. Her scholarship agenda includes a focus on Literacy,...

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Lance Forman

Associate Professor

Lance Forman served for 13 years in the Metro Nashville School District as an elementary teacher, assistant principal, and executive principal prior to joining the College of Education in 2017....

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Vanessa Garcia

Senior Program Director

Dr. Vanessa Garcia is an experienced educator who has held various leadership positions in her 20-year career. That career has seen her serve as a middle and high school teacher,...

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Suze Gilbert

Associate Professor, Program Director - Christian Education Program

Suze Gilbert holds a B.S. degree in elementary education from Freed-Hardeman University, the M.Ed. and Ed.S. degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Middle Tennessee State University, and the Ed.D. in...

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Tia Pryor-graves

Assistant Professor

Dr. Matia Pryor Graves is an experienced educator who has held a wide range of leadership and teaching positions during her 15 years of experience in the field of education....

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Katelyn Hadder

Assistant Professor

Katelyn was born in Memphis, TN and has lived in Tampa, FL, Virginia Beach, VA, and Knoxville, TN before residing here in Nashville. She attended the University of Tennessee where...

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Robbie Hampton

Associate Professor

Robbie was born in Memphis, TN and grew up in Nashville after moving here during elementary school. She attended MTSU and received a BS in Elementary and Special Education. She...

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Michelle Hasty

Associate Professor

Michelle Hasty is a Nashville native and graduate of Metro Nashville Public Schools. She received a B.A. in English from Auburn University, an M.Ed. in Secondary English Education from Vanderbilt...

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Ally Hauptman

Associate Professor

Ally Hauptman is the lead faculty for Instructional Practice at Lipscomb University where she teaches graduate level courses in building classroom community, planning, and elementary and middle grades literacy instruction....

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Casey Heard

Assistant Professor

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Debi Hoggatt

Assistant Professor

Deborah Hoggatt completed her undergraduate work in Michigan. She later earned her master's degree in Human Development at Wayne State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Oakland University....

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Kara Krinks

Associate Professor

Dr. Kara Krinks is an assistant professor in the College of Education. She earned her undergraduate degree at Lipscomb University in Engineering Science. She later earned an M.A.T. in Secondary...

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Annette Little

Professor

Dr. Annette Little taught special education classes in residential treatment centers, public schools, and alternative schools for 8 years before moving into higher education. She then spent 4 years directing...

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Karen Marklein

Program Director Ayer's Institute

Dr. Karen Marklein is director of programs for the Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation and assistant professor in the College of Education. The first 20 years of Karen's professional...

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Emily Medlock

Program Director for Undergrad Student Teaching

Dr. Emily Medlock is the Director of Undergraduate Programs and Student Teaching as well as an associate professor in the College of Education. She is a graduate of Lipscomb University...

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Rachael Milligan

Associate Professor

Rachael was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She met her husband, Matt, when they were both undergraduates at Harding University, where Rachael studied History and Political Science. Rachael and...

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Emily Mofield

Assistant Professor

Emily Mofield, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Education serving as Lead Faculty for the Gifted and Advanced Academics Graduate Program and teaching in the Ed.D. Program for Learning Organizations...

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Alice Nie

Assistant Professor

Alice Nie began her career in education in New York working with English language learners. Since then, she has taught both domestically as well as internationally in countries including Saudi...

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Keith Nikolaus

Adjunct Faculty

Living most of his life in Middle Tennessee, Keith Nikolaus is an alumnus of David Lipscomb Campus School (1971) and David Lipscomb College (1975). He earned both his M.Ed. in...

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Misty Parsley

Executive Director, Office of Accessibility and Learning Support

Dr. Misty Vetter Parsley is a professor of Education and the Executive Director of the Office of Accessibility and Learning Supports at Lipscomb University. In her role, she oversees the...

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Andrea Pewitt

Adjunct Faculty

Andrea Pewitt joined the College of Education faculty as the Program Director for the IDEAL program during the summer of 2017 after working for 18 years in a local school...

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Tessa Sanders

Assistant Director for Ed.D. On Campus Cohorts

Prior to joining Lipscomb, Contessa Sanders served as an educational consultant in cities such as Detroit Mich., New Orleans La., Charlotte N.C., Fort Lauderdale Fla.. In Nashville, Tenn., she served...

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Pamela Scretchen

Instructor

Pamela Scretchen is a licensed and Board-Certified Behavior Analyst who has worked in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis since 2004. She has worked with children and adults diagnosed with...

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Julie Simone

Instructor

Ever since she was young, Julie Simone has always known she wanted to be a teacher. She earned her undergraduate and master degrees in elementary and special education from Vanderbilt...

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Kesha Walrond

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kesha L. Walrond is an assistant professor in the college of education at Lipscomb University. Prior to coming to Lipscomb, she spent 20 years in Metro Nashville Public Schools...

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Roger Wiemers

Adjunct Faculty

Roger Wiemers has taught at the graduate level for over 15 years with a speciality in research statistics. He earned both M.Ed. and Ed.D. degrees from Tennessee State University. Wiemers...

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