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Home » About TPTE » People

People

People

Department Leadership

Katie Bookout

Assistant Business Manager | Profile
  • Email kbookout@utk.edu

Wade McGarity

Business Manager | Profile
  • Email wade@utk.edu

Lynn Hodge

Professor & Department Head | Profile
  • Email lhodge4@utk.edu

Stewart Waters

Professor & Unit Head | Profile
  • Email kwaters2@utk.edu

Merilee McCurdy

Professor & Unit Head | Profile
  • Email mccurdy2@utk.edu

Frances Harper

Associate Professor & Unit Head | Profile
  • Email francesharper@utk.edu

Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching (ILT) Unit Faculty

Jessica Adkins

Clinical Instructor | Profile
  • Email adkinsj3@utk.edu

Jun Ai

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email jai1@utk.edu

Samara Akpovo

Associate Professor | Profile
  • Email smadrid1@utk.edu

Mehmet Aydeniz

Professor | Profile
  • Email maydeniz@utk.edu

Kelly L. Boles

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email klboles@utk.edu

David Bowers

Research Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email dbower14@utk.edu

Robyn Brookshire

Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email rbrooks8@utk.edu

Lori Caudle

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email lcaudle@utk.edu

Missy D. Cosby

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email mdcosby@utk.edu

Frances Harper

Associate Professor & Unit Head | Profile
  • Email francesharper@utk.edu

Melody Hobbs

Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email mhobbs@utk.edu

Lynn Hodge

Professor & Department Head | Profile
  • Email lhodge4@utk.edu

Kathy Kidd

Clinical Instructor; Associate Director, ELC | Profile
  • Email kkidd@utk.edu

Nicholas Kim

Research Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email nkim2@utk.edu

Yolanda Kirkpatrick

Clinical Professor | Profile
  • Email yfkirkpa@utk.edu

Amy Maples

Postdoctoral Research Associate | Profile
  • Email amaples8@vols.utk.edu

Sukanya Moudgalya

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email smoudgal@utk.edu

Elizabeth DeMartino Newton

Center Director, ELC | Profile
  • Email edemarti@utk.edu

Shalaunda Reeves

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email sreeve10@utk.edu

Melanie Roberts

Clinical Instructor, PreK-3 Program Coordinator | Profile
  • Email mrobe135@utk.edu

Enilda Romero-Hall

Associate Professor | Profile
  • Email eromeroh@utk.edu

Joshua Rosenberg

Associate Professor | Profile
  • Email jmrosenberg@utk.edu

Yukyeong Song

Assistant Professor | Profile

    Anne Miller Stott

    Clinical Instructor | Profile
    • Email astott@utk.edu

    Hanall Sung

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email hanallsung@utk.edu

    Dani Rose Thibus

    Clinical Instructor | Profile
    • Email drose@utk.edu

    Rachel Wong

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email rwong2@utk.edu

    Language, Culture, and Teacher Education Unit Faculty

    Janine Al-Aseer

    Director of University-Assisted Community Schools and Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email jalaseer@vols.utk.edu

    Ashlee Anderson

    Clinical Professor | Profile
    • Email abanders@utk.edu

    Anna Austin

    ASL Lab Coordinator | Profile
    • Email aausti15@utk.edu

    Katherine Beeler

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email kbeeler@utk.edu

    Kate Bentley

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email kbentl10@utk.edu

    Joy Bertling

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email jbertling@utk.edu

    Stergios Botzakis

    Professor | Profile
    • Email sbotzaki@utk.edu

    Clara Lee Brown

    Associate Professor | Profile
    • Email cbrown26@utk.edu

    James Coda

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email jcoda@utk.edu

    Samantha Cooper

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email scoope54@utk.edu

    Calvin Farley

    Senior Lecturer | Profile
    • Email cfarley4@utk.edu

    Amanda Galbraith

    Post-Doctoral Research Associate | Profile
    • Email agalbra6@utk.edu

    Susan Groenke

    Director, Professor | Profile
    • Email sgroenke@utk.edu

    April Haggard

    Distinguished Lecturer | Profile
    • Email akirby1@utk.edu

    Sharon Hill

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email shill95@utk.edu

    Leala Holcomb

    Research Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email lholcom5@utk.edu

    Shawn (Bear) Holder

    Lecturer | Profile
    • Email sholde10@utk.edu

    Emily Holtz

    Assistant Professor of Elementary Education | Profile
    • Email eholtz@utk.edu

    Amanda Hufstedler

    Lecturer | Profile
    • Email ahufsted@utk.edu

    Jennifer Jordan

    Clinical Professor | Profile
    • Email jjorda15@utk.edu

    Joshua Kenna

    Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor | Profile
    • Email jkenna@utk.edu

    Geri Landry

    Clinical Assistant Professor and Art, Math and Social Science Education JEP Coordinator | Profile
    • Email glandry@utk.edu

    Judson Laughter

    CEHHS Director of Faculty Affairs and Professor | Profile
    • Email jud.laughter@utk.edu

    Elizabeth MacTavish

    Clinical Associate Professor | Profile
    • Email emactav@vols.utk.edu

    Megan Wylie Potts

    Lecturer, Deaf Studies and Educational Interpreting Program Coordinator | Profile
    • Email mpotts10@utk.edu

    Kristin Rearden

    Clinical Professor | Profile
    • Email krearden@utk.edu

    Marianne Rice

    Assistant Professor of Literacy Education | Profile
    • Email mrice44@utk.edu

    Amanda Rigell

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email arigell@utk.edu

    Cheryl Shahan

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email cshahan1@utk.edu

    Michael Skyer

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email mskyer1@utk.edu

    David Smith

    Director of the Center on Deafness and Research Professor | Profile
    • Email dsmit147@utk.edu

    Francheska Starks

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email fstarks1@utk.edu

    William (Bill) Stricklen

    Distinguished Lecturer | Profile
    • Email wstrick7@utk.edu

    Ethan Swafford

    Lecturer | Profile
    • Email eswaffo8@utk.edu

    Zoi Traga-Philippakos

    Associate Professor | Profile
    • Email zphilipp@utk.edu

    Allison Varnes

    Clinical Associate Professor | Profile
    • Email avarnes@utk.edu

    Kelly Wallace

    Clinical Associate Professor | Profile
    • Email kbailes@vols.utk.edu

    Stewart Waters

    Professor & Unit Head | Profile
    • Email kwaters2@utk.edu

    Kimberly A. Wolbers

    Professor | Profile
    • Email kwolbers@utk.edu

    Special Education & Applied Learning Sciences Unit Faculty

    Donna Alderman

    Distinguished Lecturer | Profile
    • Email dalderm1@utk.edu

    Katherine Austin

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email katie.austin@utk.edu

    Alexis Boucher

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email abouche5@utk.edu

    Xiao-Yin Chen

    Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email xy.chen@utk.edu

    David F. Cihak

    CEHHS Associate Dean, Director, and Professor | Profile
    • Email dcihak@utk.edu

    Mari Beth Coleman

    Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor | Profile
    • Email mbc@utk.edu

    Patricia Higgins

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
    • Email phiggin5@vols.utk.edu

    Lindsey Loflin

    Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile

      Betsie Malone

      Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile

        Tara Moore

        Professor and Director | Profile
        • Email tmoorepa@utk.edu

        Julie Owens

        Assistant Professor | Profile
        • Email jowens57@utk.edu

        Deborah Reed

        Professor, Senior Literacy Scholar and Director of the Tennessee Reading Research Center | Profile
        • Email dreed20@utk.edu

        Kristen Secora

        Assistant Professor & SLP Research Lab Director | Profile
        • Email ksecora@utk.edu

        Kai Zhuang Shum

        Assistant Professor | Profile
        • Email kshum1@utk.edu

        Christopher H. Skinner

        Professor | Profile
        • Email cskinne1@utk.edu

        Cate Smith

        Clinical Associate Professor | Profile
        • Email ccaudle1@utk.edu

        Angela Wegner

        Director | Profile
        • Email awegner1@utk.edu

        Brian Wilhoit

        Clinical Professor, KLASS Center Director | Profile
        • Email bwilhoit@utk.edu

        Administrative Staff

        Melissa Breeden

        Administrative Specialist | Profile
        • Email mbreede2@utk.edu

        Heather Davis

        Communications and Marketing Coordinator | Profile
        • Email hdavis26@utk.edu

        Lisa Emery

        Advising & Licensure Specialist | Profile
        • Email lemery@utk.edu

        Gina Guinn

        Grad Studies Program Coordinator | Profile
        • Email gguinn@utk.edu

        Rachel Heston

        Administrative Program Specialist | Profile
        • Email rxb289@utk.edu

        Jessica Iqal

        Financial Associate | Profile
        • Email jiqal@utk.edu

        Renee Johnson

        Financial Associate | Profile
        • Email rdjohns@utk.edu

        Sarah Martis

        • Email smartis@utk.edu

        Wendy Williams

        Financial Associate | Profile
        • Email wendy.williams@utk.edu

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