Several academic programs are enriched through the establishment of Chairs dedicated to the support of a particular discipline. The chairholders may be full-time faculty members or may be individuals from the appropriate business or professional field who are on campus for special seminars or lecture series.

Two Chairs, funded by gifts to the University Foundation, are administered through the Economics and Finance Department, of which the chairholders are members. The Chairs are:

• Martin Chair of Insurance , Kenneth W. Hollman, chairholder, Phone: (615) 898-2673
• Weatherford Chair of Finance , William F. Ford, chairholder, Phone: (615) 898-2889
• The Wright Travel Chair in Entrepreneurship, Douglass Tatum, chairholder, (615) 898-2745

Chairs of Excellence

• The Jennings Jones Chair in Free Enterprise
  David J, Urban, dean, College of Business, (615) 898-2764
• The Jennings Jones Chair in Urban and Regional Planning
  David J, Urban, dean, College of Business, (615) 898-2764
• The John Seigenthaler Chair in First Amendment Studies
  Wendell Rawls, director , College of Mass Communication, (615) 898-5150
• The Dr. Carl Adams Chair in HealthCare Services
  M. Jo Edwards, chairholder, (615) 898-2905
• The National HealthCare Chair in Nursing
  Jenny Sauls, interim director, School of Nursing, (615) 898-2437
• The Robert E. and Georgianna West Russell Chair in Manufacturing Excellence
  Charles H. Perry, chairholder, Department of Engineering Technology, (615) 898-5683
• The Katherine Davis Murfree Chair in Dyslexic Studies
  Sharon Farmer, Executive Aide, (615) 898-5642
• John C. Miller Chair in Equine Reproductive Physiology
  Warren Gill, Director, School of Agribusiness and Agriscience, (615) 898-2523
• Mary E. Miller Chair in Equine Health
  Warren Gill, Director, School of Agribusiness and Agriscience