Departmental Teaching & Research strengths
Our faculty have co-authored and co-edited award-winning volumes and widely used texts in higher education and student affairs.
Our faculty share their expertise through teaching and research, particularly in three core areas:
Law and Policy Issues
George S. McClellan is the co-author of Student Clashes on Campus: A Leadership Guide to Free Speech
Kerry Brian Melear spoke about free speech and students’ rights on C-SPAN
Women, Gender, and Critical Studies
The department offers a dual-title Ph.D. in Higher Education and Gender Studies with The University of Mississippi’s Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies
Kerry Brian Melear is Chair of The University of Mississippi Chancellor's LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee
Amy Wells Dolan writes and teaches about women in the history and development of American higher education
Professional Practice
Institutional Research, Assessment, Accreditation, and Evaluation:
Our core faculty include Phillis L. George (a former Quality Enhancement Plan [QEP] Director). Our affiliate faculty include Katie Busby (current Director of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning at The University of Mississippi) and Sarah Mason (current Director of the Center for Research Evaluation at The University of Mississippi)
Student Affairs Administration: Our core faculty include Macey Edmondson (former Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at The University of Mississippi Law School), George McClellan (former Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at Indiana University -Purdue University, Fort Wayne), and Whitney Webb (current Assistant Dean and Director of the Student Advising and Field Experience Office at the University of Mississippi School of Education)