James Stamper, Ed. D.
My undergraduate degrees in History and English from Carson-Newman College have been a good background for my work in higher education, as have my Master's of History and Doctorate in Educational Curriculum and Instruction from University of Tennessee-Knoxville. After 4 years of teaching middle school in Knoxville (TN), my career has been exclusively in higher education. I have taught adjunct at several universities, including Peabody College-Vanderbilt, but my full-time service has been to Carson-Newman College (8 years) and to Belmont University.
In my present assignment, I direct Belmont's student teaching program and teach in the area of Educational Foundations and Social Studies Methods. We are fortunate to have talented, competent students in our teacher education program. I particularly enjoy getting out into the schools where the student teachers are taking on the role of educational partners with their mentor teachers in the K-12 world.
I have chaired 30 visiting committees for the College Commission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and I serve as a trustee for International College in Naples/Ft. Myers, Florida. Needless to say, I enjoy being immersed in higher education, but there's no place I'd rather be than at Belmont!
