Terence Hicks is the Dean of the Clemmer College of Education at East Tennessee State University. He is an accomplished author/editor, 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 two earned doctorate degrees, a doctorate in education degree from Wilmington University, Delaware and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.