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Home » About TPTE » People

People

People

Department Leadership

Lynn Hodge

Department Head, Director of the Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences, and Professor | Profile
  • Email lhodge4@utk.edu

Frances Harper

Unit Lead (ILT) and Associate Professor | Profile
  • Email francesharper@utk.edu

Merilee McCurdy

Unit Lead (SEALS) and Professor | Profile
  • Email mccurdy2@utk.edu

Stewart Waters

Unit Lead (LCTE) and Professor | Profile
  • Email kwaters2@utk.edu

Wade McGarity

Business Manager | Profile
  • Email wade@utk.edu

Katie Bookout

Assistant Business Manager | Profile
  • Email kbookout@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

Unit Lead (ILT) and Associate Professor | Profile
  • Email francesharper@utk.edu

Melody Hobbs

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

Lynn Hodge

Department Head, Director of the Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences, and Professor | Profile
  • Email lhodge4@utk.edu

Kathy Kidd

Associate Director of the Early Learning Center and Clinical Instructor | Profile
  • Email kkidd@utk.edu

Nicholas Kim

Co-Coordinator of VolsTeach and Clinical Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email nkim2@utk.edu

Yolanda Kirkpatrick

Co-Coordinator of VolsTeach and 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

Director of the Early Learning Center | Profile
  • Email edemarti@utk.edu

Shalaunda Reeves

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email sreeve10@utk.edu

Melanie Roberts

Clinical Instructor | 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
  • Email ysong51@utk.edu

Anne Miller Stott

Clinical Instructor | Profile
  • Email astott@utk.edu

Hanall Sung

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email hanallsung@utk.edu

Dani Rose Thibus

Assistant Director of the Early Learning Center and 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 of the Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature and 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 | 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 and Associate Professor | Profile
  • Email jkenna@utk.edu

Geri Landry

Clinical Assistant Professor | 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 Mundi

Clinical Instructor | Profile
  • Email mmundie@utk.edu

Megan Wylie Potts

Lecturer | Profile
  • Email mpotts10@utk.edu

Kristin Rearden

Clinical Professor | Profile
  • Email krearden@utk.edu

Marianne Rice

Assistant Professor | 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

Assistant Director of the Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature and Clinical Associate Professor | Profile
  • Email avarnes@utk.edu

Kelly Wallace

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

Stewart Waters

Unit Lead (LCTE) and Professor | Profile
  • Email kwaters2@utk.edu

Kimberly A. Wolbers

Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies and 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 of Professional Educator Programs, Director of the Bailey Graduate School of Education 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@utk.edu

Lindsey Loflin

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

Betsie Malone

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

Tara Moore

East Tennessee Regional Director of the Tennessee Tiered Supports Center at UT and Professor | Profile
  • Email tmoorepa@utk.edu

Julie Owens

Assistant Professor | Profile
  • Email jowens57@utk.edu

Deborah Reed

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

Kristen Secora

Director of the Speech Language Processing Research Lab and Assistant Professor | 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 of the Center for Learning, Education, and Employment | Profile
  • Email awegner1@utk.edu

Brian Wilhoit

Director of the Korn Learning, Assessment, and Social Skills Center and Clinical Professor | 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

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

Accounting Specialist | Profile
  • Email smartis@utk.edu

Matt McAffry

Financial Associate | Profile
  • Email mmcaffr1@utk.edu

Wendy Williams

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

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