Meet new High School faculty
Join us in welcoming HS History Teachers Yao Tan and Cameron Parsons, HS Science Teacher Carrie Riley, and HS Latin Teacher Julianna Lewis '14.
Yao Tan joins the High School history department after teaching at McGavock High School, Tennessee's largest public high school. Originally from Sichuan Province, China, Tan spent the latter half of her childhood growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. Outside of teaching, she loves to read, watch binge-worthy tv shows and movies, play clarinet, draw, dance (most flag twirling and hip-hop), hike, and travel. Tan is also quite the foodie and loves spending time with her husband and toddler who she says is growing up too fast. Tan earned her bachelor's degree from Emory University and her master's from Vanderbilt University.
Born and raised in Boston, Cameron Parsons joins the history department after five years in Los Angeles teaching history in the upper school at Chadwick School. Parsons first learned of USN and fell in love with Nashville while completing is master's in independent school leadership at Vanderbilt University. He is an avid Boston sports fan and enjoys running, rock climbing, and cooking in his free time.
Carrie Riley joins the High School faculty as a new Science Teacher. Riley joins us from previous stints at marine laboratories in Dauphin Island, Alabama and the educational platform GoNoodle. She'll be a parent in our community as her two children join USN too. Though she studied science at the University of Georgia and College of Charleston, Riley also has a minor in theater design. She's a true music fan with eclectic tastes including Otis Redding, Lizzo, The Chicks, and Madeleine Peyroux. Perhaps not a surprise, Riley is an avid birder as well.
Julianna Lewis '14 returns to 2000 Edgehill to teach the full scope of the Latin sequence in the High School and support the school's efforts in the Tennessee Junior Classical League. She recently earned a master's in classics from the University of California, Los Angeles and is excited to return to Nashville. After leaving USN, Lewis attended Bowdoin College before teaching and coaching at Wayland Academy in Wisconsin.
French Teacher Alissa Murdoch joined USN in January 2022.
Get to know other new faces at USN: Meet new Lower School faculty here. Meet new Middle School faculty here. Meet the new Counseling Office here. Meet new administrators and staff here.
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Born and raised in Boston, Cameron Parsons joins the history department after five years in Los Angeles teaching history in the upper school at Chadwick School. Parsons first learned of USN and fell in love with Nashville while completing is master's in independent school leadership at Vanderbilt University. He is an avid Boston sports fan and enjoys running, rock climbing, and cooking in his free time.
Carrie Riley joins the High School faculty as a new Science Teacher. Riley joins us from previous stints at marine laboratories in Dauphin Island, Alabama and the educational platform GoNoodle. She'll be a parent in our community as her two children join USN too. Though she studied science at the University of Georgia and College of Charleston, Riley also has a minor in theater design. She's a true music fan with eclectic tastes including Otis Redding, Lizzo, The Chicks, and Madeleine Peyroux. Perhaps not a surprise, Riley is an avid birder as well.
Julianna Lewis '14 returns to 2000 Edgehill to teach the full scope of the Latin sequence in the High School and support the school's efforts in the Tennessee Junior Classical League. She recently earned a master's in classics from the University of California, Los Angeles and is excited to return to Nashville. After leaving USN, Lewis attended Bowdoin College before teaching and coaching at Wayland Academy in Wisconsin.
French Teacher Alissa Murdoch joined USN in January 2022.
Get to know other new faces at USN: Meet new Lower School faculty here. Meet new Middle School faculty here. Meet the new Counseling Office here. Meet new administrators and staff here.
More USN News
List of 3 news stories.
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Experienced educators join High School
Allison Van Konynenburg returns to USN as Interim HS Dean of Teaching and Learning. Taking on additional responsibilities this academic year, Justin Fitzpatrick is now Interim HS Dean for Academic Affairs and Laura Snow is the High School Academic Operations Manager.Read More -
Lower School welcomes new faculty for 2026-2027
Please join us in welcoming to USN: LS Spanish Teacher Connor Mitchell, LS Music Teacher Marisa Frank, LS Learning Support Specialist MacKenzie Grant, Fourth Grade Teacher Alexis Novotny, Second Grade Teachers Cara Bishop and Lindsay Moates, First Grade Teachers Marisa Depke and Molly Roth '10, and Kindergarten Teacher Ellen Haber '00. Also, Naturalist Carrie Riley transitions to LS from the HS Science Department.Read More -
Middle School welcomes learning specialist
Learning Specialist Rachel Harley has over a decade in middle school education. Her office is located in room 1171 on the first floor of the Gordon Wing, in the former Middle School conference room.Read More
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Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-321-8000
Fax: 615-321-0889
Email: info@usn.org
River Campus
1200 County Hospital Road
Nashville, TN 37218
2000 Edgehill Ave.
Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-321-8000
Fax: 615-321-0889
Email: info@usn.org
River Campus
1200 County Hospital Road
Nashville, TN 37218
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University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.
University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.