Terence Hicks is the dean of the Clemmer College of Education at East Tennessee State University. He is an accomplished author/editor and an award winning university dean. He is a noteworthy scholar who has conducted important research analysis on self-efficacy, STEM research, health and educational disparities, college retention, high school to college transition, and spirituality/psychological well-being of college students. Terence Hicks holds a bachelor and a master degree from Virginia State University. He has earned two doctorate degrees, a doctorate in education degree from Wilmington University, Delaware and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.