Dr. Jason Peter serves as the Mary B. Jackson Assistant Professor, and DNP PMHNP Program Director at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) College of Nursing, where he has been a faculty member since January 2018. With over 25 years of comprehensive nursing experience spanning mental health, cardiac care, medical-surgical nursing, and diabetes/weight management, Dr. Peter's academic and clinical trajectory demonstrates a sustained commitment to advanced nursing practice and education. He earned his Associate of Applied Science in Nursing from Niagara County Community College in 2000, followed by his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2016) and Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner (2018) from UTC, and completed his Doctor of Nursing Practice with a concentration in Psychiatric-Mental Health from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis in 2023. Additionally holding a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition/Dietetics from UTC and having completed his dietetic internship at Western Carolina University, Dr. Peter brings interdisciplinary expertise to his role teaching mental health courses across undergraduate nursing programs, drawing upon extensive clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings. Licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Tennessee and dual board-certified as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Dr. Peter maintains an active clinical practice as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner in community mental health while serving as Secretary for the Tennessee Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.