Mary Ellen Pethel

Mary Ellen Pethel is an associate professor and academic leader at Belmont University, where she directs key interdisciplinary and global initiatives--including the Belmont Global Honors Program, University You with Metro Nashville Public Schools, the Fisk-Belmont Social Justice Collaborative, and the Summer Exchange Institute with Queen's University Belfast. An award-winning author of six books on education, women, and sports, her most recent work is Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee's Trailblazers. As a public historian, she served as a consultant and cast member for the documentary Facing the Laughter: Minnie Pearl. Pethel also leads Nashville Sites as executive director and is an archivist at Harpeth Hall School.