Tammy Dean

Dr. Tammy Dean earned her BSN degree in June 1982 her MSN in December 1987. During her graduate education, she chose a dual specialty path of Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nursing Education. In July 2013, she completed a DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) program with the focus of an Advanced Practice Nurse Administrator. A total of 570 clinical hours were completed for the DNP with the majority of these hours completed with various health-related administrators.

Dr. Dean began her nursing education career with Lincoln Memorial University in August 1988 as a nursing instructor. Beginning August 2005, she became the ASN Program Director and then in 2008 was named Chair of the ASN Program. Commencing in August 2014, she became the CSON Assistant Dean of Academics. In 2018, she was named Associate Dean for the CSON, and in December 2020 she assumed the role of Dean of the CSON. During her tenure at LMU, she was promoted to Assistant Professor and then to Associate Professor. In December 2020, she was promoted to the Vianna Hillman Caylor Distinguished Professor in Nursing.

In addition to serving as Dean of the CSON, Dr. Dean serves the University through the Dean’s Committee, the LMU COVID-19 Taskforce, the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, and Academic Council. She is a member of the Tennessee Organization of Nurse Executives, the National League of Nursing, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Theta Tau. She was inducted into the LMU Professional Hall of Fame in October 2021.

Dr. Dean enjoys spending time with her spouse and daughter. And in February 2021, she was

blessed with a precious granddaughter!