People Heather Whaley Heather Whaley Dean, School of Business and Family & Consumer Sciences; Associate Provost — Human Resources; Chair & Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences PhD, The University of Tennessee MS, The University of Tennessee BSHE, The University of Tennessee Dr. Whaley teaches Human Development through the Lifespan, Personal and Family Management, and supervises students in FCSE at the secondary level. Her specialty area is secondary Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) education, and her areas of interest include student development and maintaining FACS education in public schools. Dr. Whaley’s research areas are accreditation, the FCS Body of Knowledge student transfer, and training design.