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Office of University Relations
304 Administration Building
University of TN at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7615
Director: Bud Grimes
bgrimes@utm.edu

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Office of University Relations - A Guide to Speakers and Sources

This guide is designed to acquaint the news media with the wide range of human resources available at the University of Tennessee at Martin. In addition to the news media, service organizations, municipalities and others will find this guide useful in the selection of speakers or experts for various projects and/or meetings.

 

The guide is prepared in alphabetical order by general topic and broken down into subtopics. For assistance in making contacts or for more information call the Office of University Relations at (731) 881-7615.

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AEROSPACE

 

ROBERT ALLEN LEMASTER

  • Professor of Engineering
  • Department of Engineering
  • Office phone: 881-7382
  • Aerospace applications of science and technology (20 years of experience on Air Force, Star Wars and NASA projects)
  • How the lessons learned in sports correlate with what's required to be successful in science and technology fields of employment.

 

AGRICULTURE

 

TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM

  • Interim Chair, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources/Professor of Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7260
  • GPS/GIS in Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Land Surveying and Geomatics
  • Graduate Programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources Systems Management.

 

PAULA GALE

  • Professor of Soil Science
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7326
  • Soil Science; Soil Conservation; Soil Fertility
  • Wetlands; Land Use
  • Composting; Environmental Education.

 

 

JOEY E. MEHLHORN

  • Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7275
  • Agricultural Policy Issues
  • Agricultural Management and Marketing Issues
  • International Agriculture.

 

RICHARD SHADDEN

  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7264
  • Management and Treatment of Biodegradable Agricultural Waste
  • Composting.

 

 

ART

 

LANE LAST

  • Professor of Art
  • Department of Visual and Theatre Arts
  • Office phone: 881-7489
  • Visual Art
  • Graphic Design
  • Computer/Media Arts.

 

DIANE SHAW

  • Associate Professor of Art
  • Department of Visual and Theatre Arts
  • Office phone: 881-7417
  • Studio Arts (Drawing and Painting)
  • Art Education (K-College)
  • Public Relations/Grant Writing for an Art Museum.

 

ATHLETICS

 

JERRY CARPENTER

  • Head Golf Coach
  • Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office phone: 881-7665
  • High School Athletics, TSSAA, Refereeing High School Sports.

 

PHIL DANE

  • Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office phone: 881-7661
  • UT Martin Athletics, NCAA Rules.

 

ROBERT ALLEN LEMASTER

  • Professor of Engineering
  • Department of Engineering
  • Office phone: 881-7382
  • How the lessons learned in sports correlate with what's required to be successful in science and technology fields of employment.

 

ATHLETIC TRAINING / SPORTS MEDICINE

 

JANET RASMUSSEN-WILBERT, Ed.D., ATC, LAT

  • Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance/Athletic Training
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7339
  • Athletic Training and Sports Medicine
  • Allied Health Care Professions Preparation; Clinical Internships.

 

AUTISM

CLINTON SMITH

  • Assistant Professor of Special Education
  • Department of Educational Studies
  • Office phone:  881-7167
  • Email:  csmit279@utm.edu
  • Special Education
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Classroom Management
  • Social Skills.

BIOFUELS

 

TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM

  • Interim Chair, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources/
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering
  • Office phone: 881-7260
  • Biofuels and Energy.

 

JOEY E. MEHLHORN

  • Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7275
  • Biofuels.

 

RICHARD SHADDEN

  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7264
  • Production and Use of Renewable Bio-energy Resources – Methane, Ethanol and Biodiesel.

 

 

BIOLOGY

 

JOHN L. COLLINS

  • Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7172
  • Genetics, Molecular Biology, DNA Technology.

 

ANN GATHERS

  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone:  881-7178
  • Email:  agathers@utm.edu
  • Human anatomy and physiology
  • Nervous system – brain and spinal cord
  • Vision.

 

JENNIFER GREENWOOD

  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7175
  • Algae
  • Human Impact on Freshwater Ecosystems.

 

H. DAWN WILKINS

  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7188
  • Conservation Biology
  • Ornithology: Natural History of Cavity Nesting Birds.

 

BREAST CANCER

 

VICTORIA SENG

  • Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs /Dean, Graduate Studies/Professor of Nursing
  • Office phone: 881-7854
  • Breast Cancer Issues.

 

BUSINESS/FINANCE

 

MAHMOUD M. HADDAD

  • Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7249
  • Finance, Business.

 

THOMAS H. PAYNE

  • Chairholder, Horace and Sara Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking/Interim Chair of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science/Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7324
  • Globalization, International Finance, Stock and Bond Markets, Trends in Higher Education-Economic Update, Banking, Federal Reserve Policy, Personal Finance, Technology in Banking and Financial Services.

 

PHILIP J. YOUNG

  • Chairholder, Tom E. Hendrix Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise/Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7228
  • Financial Management, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management.

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

 

P. MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH

  • Professor of Management
  • Department of Management, Marketing, Computer Science, and Information Systems
  • Office phone: 881-7325
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Effectiveness and Environmental Sustainability
  • Business Ethics, Power and Politics in Organizations
  • Leadership
  • Organizational Communication, Employee Motivation, Teams, Industrial Psychology
  • Time Management.

 

 

KIATTISAK PHONGKUSOLCHIT

  • Assistant Professor of Management
  • Department of Management, Marketing, Computer Science, and Information Systems
  • Office phone: 881-7209
  • Production and Service Operations Management.

 

CHILDREN / YOUTH

ELAINE HARRISS

  • Chair, Department of Music/Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7402
  • What Can Music Do for Children?

 

CIVIL RIGHTS/RACIAL RELATIONS

 

DAVID BARBER

  • Associate Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7465
  • Civil Rights
  • Racial Relations.

 

COLLEGE PREPARATION

 

JUDY RAYBURN

  • Director of Admissions
  • Office of Admissions
  • Office phone: 881-7032
  • Getting Ready for College.

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

TRISHA CAPANSKY

  • English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone:  881-7291
  • Email:  tcapansky@utm.edu
  • Urban Planning
  • Technical Communications
  • Content/Medium Relationships
  • Declaration of Independence.

TERESA COLLARD

  • Assistant Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7557
  • Leadership and Interpersonal Communications, Public Speaking Skills, Self-Esteem.

 

RODNEY FREED

  • Instructor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7532
  • Television Production, Directing and Editing, Photojournalism (video and still).

 

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Being an Effective Communicator.

 

JEFF HOYER

  • Associate Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7533
  • Understanding internal communications in a corporation dealing with employee morale
  • Tools and techniques in building relationships inside and outside of the company
  • Using newsletters to promote the corporate agenda
  • Management skills and techniques in working with hard-to-work-with employees
  • How small companies can build a big-company image on a shoestring
  • Techniques and tips to improve corporate proposal writing.

 

 

ARTHUR W. HUNT III

  • Associate Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone:  881-7552
  • Email:  ahunt@utm.edu
  • Public Speaking
  • Media and Culture
  • Community Life.

RICHARD ROBINSON

  • Assistant Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7555
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Broadcast News Media
  • Propaganda Efforts; Political Media Campaigns.

 

SUSAN WALKER

  • MSN, RN
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone:  731-616-3137
  • Email:  swalker@utm.edu
  • Eating Disorders
  • Organizational Skills and Communication Techniques for Professionals
  • Marriage Enrichment.

COMMUNITY LIFE

ARTHUR W. HUNT III

  • Associate Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone:  881-7552
  • Email:  ahunt@utm.edu
  • Public Speaking
  • Media and Culture
  • Community Life.

 

COMPUTERS

 

BOB MOSELEY

  • IT Administrator III
  • Information Technology Services
  • Office phone: 881-7852
  • Computers, Viruses, Networks, Hackers.

 

CONFLICT RESOLUTION / PREVENTION

 

TERESA COLLARD

  • Assistant Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7557
  • Conflict Resolution.

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Conflict Prevention and Management.

 

 

DISTANCE LEARNING

 

TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM

  • Interim Chair, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources/
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering
  • Office phone: 881-7260
  • Computer Technologies for Online/Distance Education.

 

TOMMY CATES

  • Executive Director, Office of Extended Campus and Online Studies/Professor of Management
  • Office phone: 881-7100%
  • Online Degree Programs.

 

BRIAN DONAVANT

  • Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
  • Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-3510
  • Email:  bdonavant@utm.edu
  • Online Education; Online training.

DERRICK HEAD

  • Assistant Director, Online Studies
  • Office phone: 881-7959
  • Online Degree Programs.

 

 

ECOLOGY

 

H. DAWN WILKINS

  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7188
  • Animal Ecology.

 

 

ECONOMICS

 

CAHIT ERKAL

  • Professor of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry and Physics
  • Office phone: 881-7432
  • Chaos Applied to Financial Markets.

 

MAHMOUD M. HADDAD

  • Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7249
  • Economics and Finance.

 

THOMAS H. PAYNE

  • Chairholder, Horace and Sara Dunagan Chair of Excellence in Banking/Interim Chair,  Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science/Professor of Finance
  • Office phone: 881-7324
  • Globalization, Stock and Bond Markets, Trends in Higher Education-Economic Update, Banking, Federal Reserve Policy.

 

PHILIP J. YOUNG

  • Chairholder, Tom E. Hendrix Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise/Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7228
  • Money and Banking, Federal Reserve Policy.

 

 

EDUCATION

BRIAN DONAVANT

  • Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
  • Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-3510
  • Email:  bdonavant@utm.edu
  • Adult Education.

 

CAHIT ERKAL

  • Professor of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry and Physics
  • Office phone: 881-7432
  • Gifted Education.

JOSEPH OSTENSON

  • Lecturer
  • Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Office phone:  881-7542
  • Email:  jostenso@utm.edu
  • Marriage and Family Relationships
  • Sex Education.

BETH N. QUICK

  • Chair, Department of Educational Studies/Associate Professor  
  • Office phone: 881-7210
  • Teacher Education; Early Childhood Education
  • Educational Policy and Advocacy
  • Emergent Literacy.

 

THOMAS RAKES

  • Chancellor, The University of Tennessee at Martin
  • Office phone: 881-7500
  • What's Next: What Works and What Doesn't.

 

CLINTON SMITH

  • Assistant Professor of Special Education
  • Department of Educational Studies
  • Office phone:  881-7167
  • Email:  csmit279@utm.edu
  • Special Education
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Classroom Management
  • Social Skills.

 

ENVIRONMENT

 

TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM

  • Interim Chair, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources/
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering
  • Office phone: 881-7260
  • Onsite Waste Water Treatment Systems.

 


PAULA GALE

  • Professor of Soil Science
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7326
  • Environmental Education
  • Wetlands, Soil Science, Soil Conservation.

JENNIFER GREENWOOD

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7175
  • Email:  jgreenwood@utm.edu
  • Algae
  • Human Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems.

 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY

JENNIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Diversity Training.

EVOLUTION

MICHAEL A. GIBSON

  • Professor of Geology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7435
  • Geology and Geologic History of Tennessee
  • Evolution.

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

 

ROBERT D. PECKHAM

  • Professor of French
  • Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone: 881-7424
  • Why study a foreign language?
  • The Role of Digital Communication Technology in Language Learning.

 

FOREIGN POLICY / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 

ALICE-CATHERINE CARLS

  • Tom Elam Distinguished Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7472
  • Russian Foreign Policy; European Foreign Policy
  • U.S. Foreign Policy (Current and Historical Background)
  • Cold War
  • Holocaust Studies
  • The Silk Road of the 21st Century.

 


DAVID COFFEY

  • Chair, Department of History and Philosophy/Professor of History
  • Office phone: 881-7342
  • American History; War and Military History
  • Latin American and Mexican History; Current Events and Culture
  • Military History and Issues
  • Politics and International Relations.

 

MAHMOUD M. HADDAD

  • Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7249
  • International Issues and Middle East Topics.

 

MALCOLM KOCH

  • Executive Director, Center for International Education
  • Office phone:  881-1017
  • Programs that contribute to the internationalization of UT Martin.

 

JEFF ROGERS

  • Associate Professor of Geography
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7442
  • International Conflicts.

 

FOSSILS AND PALEONTOLOGY

 

MICHAEL A. GIBSON

  • Professor of Geology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7435
  • Geology and Geologic History of Tennessee
  • Earth Science and Geoscience Education (K-16)
  • Fossils and Paleontology.

 

GENEALOGY

 

RICHARD SAUNDERS

  • Interim Director, Paul Meek Library
  • Associate Professor of Library Science
  • Paul Meek Library
  • Office phone: 881-7094
  • Family history; preserving and organizing family documents and photos.

 

GEOGRAPHY

 

JEFF ROGERS

  • Associate Professor of Geography
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7442
  • Maps, Cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

 

GEOLOGY

 

MICHAEL A. GIBSON

  • Professor of Geology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7435
  • General Geology Questions
  • Geology and Geologic History of Tennessee
  • Earth Science and Geoscience Education (K-16)
  • Geologic Hazards (earthquakes, flooding, etc.).

 

GOVERNMENT

 

CHRIS BAXTER

  • Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7367
  • Government and Politics; Courts.

 

TRISHA CAPANSKY

  • English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone:  881-7291
  • Email:  tcapansky@utm.edu
  • Urban Planning
  • Technical Communications
  • Content/Medium Relationships
  • Declaration of Independence.

BEAU E. PEMBERTON, J.D.

  • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7226
  • Operation of Local, State, or Federal Governments.

 

GRIEF ISSUES

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Grief Issues.

 

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

 

JOHN SCHOMMER

  • Professor of Mathematics
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Office phone: 881-7366
  • Habitat for Humanity.

 

HEALTH

 

GLORIA ANN BROWNING, Ph.D., RN

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
  • Department of Nursing
  • Office phone:  881-7145
  • Email:  gbrowning@utm.edu
  • Health Promotion Among Rural Older Adults
  • Community Health Nursing
  • Wellness and Nutrition
  • Medical-Surgical Problems.

SHANNON DEAL

  • Director, Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Health Issues.

 

CAHIT ERKAL

  • Professor of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry and Physics
  • Office phone: 881-7432
  • Heartbeat; EKG Research.

 

DEBORAH GIBSON, Ph.D., C.H.E.S.

  • Professor of Health and Human Performance
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7321
  • Email:  gibson@utm.edu
  • Health Behavior Change
  • Substance Dependence
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections.

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Suicide Prevention and Awareness/QPR Training
  • Alcohol and Drug Topics
  • Mental Health Topics; Positive Living; Grief Issues.

 

VICTORIA SENG

  • Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs/Dean, Graduate Studies/Professor of Nursing
  • Office phone:  881-7855
  • Women’s Health Issues.

JANET RASMUSSEN-WILBERT, Ed.D., ATC, LAT

  • Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance/Athletic Training
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7339
  • Athletic Training and Sports Medicine
  • Allied Health Care Professions Preparation; Clinical Internships.

 

SUSAN WALKER

  • MSN, RN
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone:  731-616-3137
  • Email:  swalker@utm.edu
  • Eating Disorders
  • Organizational Skills and Communication Techniques for Professionals
  • Marriage Enrichment.

 

HISTORY

 

DAVID BARBER

  • Associate Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7465
  • Civil Rights History
  • History of the 1960s
  • African-American History.

 

CHRISTOPHER M. BROWN

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone:  881-7471
  • Email:  chrisb@utm.edu
  • Philosophy
  • History of Philosophy
  • Catholic Philosophy and Theology.

 

TRISHA CAPANSKY

  • English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone:  881-7291
  • Email:  tcapansky@utm.edu
  • Urban Planning
  • Technical Communications
  • Content/Medium Relationships
  • Declaration of Independence.

ALICE-CATHERINE CARLS

  • Tom Elam Distinguished Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7472
  • 20th Century European History; The Holocaust
  • The European Union; East-Central European History, Literature and Culture.

 

DAVID COFFEY

  • Chair, Department of History and Philosophy/Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7342
  • American History; Civil War and Related Issues
  • Military History and Issues
  • Latin American and Mexican History.

 

DONNA COOPER GRAVES

  • Associate Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7469
  • Women's History.

 

NATHAN HOWARD

  • Assistant Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-3470
  • Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance History; Church History.

 

DAN MCDONOUGH

  • Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7436
  • American Revolution, Lincoln and the Civil War, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Founding Fathers, Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

 

RICHARD SAUNDERS

  • Interim Director, Paul Meek Library
  • Associate Professor of Library Science
  • Paul Meek Library
  • Office phone: 881-7094
  • West Tennessee Family and Community History.

 

HUMANITIES

 

LYNN ALEXANDER

  • Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts/Professor of English
  • Office phone:  881-7490
  • Email:  lalexand@utm.edu
  • Humanities
  • Literature; Women Writers; Victorian Novels.

HYPNOSIS

 

HENRY PARKER

  • Professor of Philosophy
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7545
  • Medical Hypnotherapy as a Means of Alleviating Pain.

 

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

 

MALCOLM KOCH

  • Executive Director, Center for International Education
  • Office phone:  881-1017
  • Programs that contribute to the internationalization of UT Martin.

 

INVESTING

 

ARNOLD REDMAN

  • Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7248
  • Investing and Financial Planning.

 

PHILIP J. YOUNG

  • Chairholder, Tom E. Hendrix Chair of Excellence in Free Enterprise/Professor of Finance
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7228
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA); Security Analysis; Portfolio Management.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

BRIAN DONAVANT

  • Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
  • Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-3510
  • Email:  bdonavant@utm.edu
  • Law Enforcement/Police: Operations, Training, Policy.

 

 

LAW SCHOOL

 

CHRIS BAXTER

  • Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7367
  • Law School (Pre-Law Advising).

 

LEADERSHIP

 

P. MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH

  • Professor of Management
  • Department of Management, Marketing, Computer Science, and Information Systems
  • Office phone: 881-7325
  • Organizational Effectiveness
  • Power and Politics in Organizations
  • Leadership
  • Organizational Communication; Employee Motivation; Teams.

 

BEAU E. PEMBERTON, J.D.

  • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7226
  • Leadership and Motivational Topics.

 


 

THOMAS RAKES

  • Chancellor, The University of Tennessee at Martin
  • Office phone: 881-7500
  • Leadership Strategies for the Professional
  • Leadership for the Next Decade
  • Learning to Make Good Decisions.

 

LEGAL ISSUES

 

BEAU E. PEMBERTON, J.D.

  • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7226
  • Legal Issues including Estate Planning (Wills, Powers of Attorney and Trusts), Probate Law, Planned Giving, Criminal Law, Contract Law, Eminent Domain/Property Law, Domestic Relations Law (Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support)
  • Business Law (Corporations, Partnerships, LLC and Sole Proprietorships), Agriculture Law Issues (Land Use, Conservation, etc.).

 

 

LITERATURE

 

LYNN ALEXANDER

  • Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts/Professor of English
  • Office phone: 881-7400
  • Email:  lalexand@utm.edu
  • Literature; Women Writers; Victorian Novels
  • Humanities.

 

ALICE-CATHERINE CARLS

  • Tom Elam Distinguished Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7472
  • 20th Century Polish and Eastern European Literature.

 

ROY NEIL GRAVES

  • Professor of English
  • Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone: 881-7301
  • Shakespeare's Lost Sonnets; Poetry; Readings of Original Poetry.

 

JEFFREY LONGACRE

  • Assistant Professor of English
  • Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone: 881-7295
  • 19th and 20th Century British and Irish Literature
  • Modernism; Romanticism
  • William Blake; James Joyce
  • Film Studies; Gothic/Horror Literature and Film
  • Popular Culture.

 

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

JOSEPH OSTENSON

  • Lecturer
  • Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Office phone:  881-7542
  • Email:  jostenso@utm.edu
  • Marriage and Family Relationships
  • Sex Education.

DANNY WALKER

  • DVM, Professor, Veterinary Technology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone:  881-7328
  • Email:  dwalke41@utm.edu
  • Small Animal Medicine
  • Marriage Enrichment Classes
  • Motivational or Inspirational Talks.

SUSAN WALKER

  • MSN, RN
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone:  731-616-3137
  • Email:  swalker@utm.edu
  • Eating Disorders
  • Organizational Skills and Communication Techniques for Professionals
  • Marriage Enrichment.

MATHEMATICS

 

DERRICK HEAD

  • Assistant Director, Online Studies
  • Office phone: 881-7959
  • Applied Mathematics (Differential Equations and Mathematical Modeling).

 

JOHN SCHOMMER

  • Professor of Mathematics
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Office phone: 881-7366
  • History of Mathematics
  • Point-Set Topology.

 

MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS

JULIE FLOYD

  • Assistant Professor, Nursing; Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Department of Nursing
  • Office phone:  881-7134
  • Email:  jfloyd11@utm.edu
  • Mental health and illness.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION

DANNY WALKER

  • DVM, Professor, Veterinary Technology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone:  881-7328
  • Email:  dwalke41@utm.edu
  • Small Animal Medicine
  • Marriage Enrichment Classes
  • Motivational or Inspirational Talks.

MUSIC

 

ELWOOD DOSS JR.

  • Technical Director/Piano Technician
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-1852
  • Care and maintenance of grand and upright pianos
  • How a piano works
  • Technical aspects of the inner workings of the piano.

 

ELAINE HARRISS

  • Chair, Department of Music/Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7402
  • Music and Young Children
  • Piano
  • Flute
  • Music for the Trio of Piano, Flute and Clarinet.

 

JULIE HILL

  • Associate Professor of Music, Percussion
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone:  881-7418
  • Email:  jhill@utm.edu
  • Music, Percussion
  • World Music, Brazilian Culture.

 

ROBERTO MANCUSI

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7405
  • Email:  rmancusi@utm.edu
  • Singing, opera, vocal music
  • Effective/dynamic use of the speaking voice.

 

 

NATURAL DISASTERS

 

MICHAEL A. GIBSON

  • Professor of Geology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7435
  • Natural Disasters.

 

 

NEUROSCIENCE

ANN GATHERS

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone:  881-7178
  • Email:  agathers@utm.edu
  • Neuroscience.

 

NURSING

 

RUBY L. BLACK

  • Professor of Nursing
  • Department of Nursing
  • Office phone: 881-7133
  • Stroke Awareness, Community Health Nursing, Nursing Education, Health Promotion.

 

 

GLORIA ANN BROWNING, Ph.D., RN

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
  • Department of Nursing
  • Office phone:  881-7145
  • Email:  gbrowning@utm.edu
  • Community Health Nursing
  • Medical-Surgical Problems
  • Nursing Education.

JULIE FLOYD

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing; Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Department of Nursing
  • Office phone:  881-7134
  • Email:  jfloyd11@utm.edu
  • Health assessment and care.

MARY RADFORD, Ed.D., RN, CNOR

  • Interim Chair, Department of Nursing/Assistant Professor
  • Department of Nursing
  • Office phone:  881-7140
  • Email:  marye@utm.edu
  • Perioperative nursing
  • Nursing education
  • Emotional intelligence in nursing students
  • Physical examination.

 

ONLINE STUDIES

 

TOMMY CATES

  • Executive Director, Office of Extended Campus and Online Studies/Professor of Management
  • Office phone: 881-7100%
  • Online Degree Programs.

 

DERRICK HEAD

  • Assistant Director, Online Studies
  • Office phone: 881-7959
  • Online Degree Programs.

 

 

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

SUSAN WALKER

  • MSN, RN
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone:  731-616-3137
  • Email:  swalker@utm.edu
  • Eating Disorders
  • Organizational Skills and Communication Techniques for Professionals
  • Marriage Enrichment.

ORNITHOLOGY

 

H. DAWN WILKINS

  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7188
  • Ornithology: Natural History of Cavity Nesting Birds.

 

PET THERAPY

LINDA WREN LUTHER

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone:  881-7188
  • Benefits of pet therapy in the elderly, pediatric and/or acute/chronically ill population.

PHILOSOPHY

CHRISTOPHER M. BROWN

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone:  881-7471
  • Email:  chrisb@utm.edu
  • Philosophy
  • History of Philosophy
  • Catholic Philosophy and Theology.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

 

RODNEY FREED

  • Instructor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7532
  • Photojournalism.

 

RICHARD SAUNDERS

  • Interim Director, Paul Meek Library
  • Associate Professor of Library Science
  • Paul Meek Library
  • Office phone: 881-7094
  • Preserving and organizing family documents and photos; scrapbooks.

 

 

PHYSICS

 

CAHIT ERKAL

  • Professor of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry and Physics
  • Office phone: 881-7432
  • Elementary Particle Physics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  • Physics Education
  • EKG Research
  • Other Physics-Related Topics.

 

LINGHONG LI

  • Assistant Professor of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry and Physics
  • Office phone:  881-7431
  • Email:  lilyli@utm.edu
  • Optical Biophysics
  • Laser Interferometry
  • X-ray.

 

POLITICS

 

CHRIS BAXTER

  • Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7367
  • Government and Politics; Courts.

 

DAVID COFFEY

  • Chair, Department of History and Philosophy/Professor of History
  • Office phone: 881-7342
  • Latin American and Mexican History; Current Events and Culture
  • Politics and International Relations.

 


 

DAN MCDONOUGH

  • Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7436
  • Current Politics; Politics in Chicago and Boston.

 

TED MOSCH

  • Professor Emeritus of Political Science
  • College of Business and Global Affairs
  • Home phone: 587-5791
  • Email:  tmosch@utm.edu
  • Major Domestic and International Issues
  • National Security
  • Congress; Presidency; Judiciary
  • Travel to North Korea, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Russia, Mongolia, Turkey, Brazil.

POSITIVE PARENTING

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Positive Parenting.

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS

 

BUD GRIMES

  • Director, Office of University Relations
  • Office phone: 881-7615
  • Email:  bgrimes@utm.edu
  • Public Relations Planning.

 

PUBLIC SPEAKING

ARTHUR W. HUNT III

  • Associate Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone:  881-7552
  • Email:  ahunt@utm.edu
  • Public Speaking
  • Media and Culture
  • Community Life.

 

PUBLIC TELEVISION

MONICA COCHRAN

  • Public Television.

SUE LASKY

  • WLJT-TV Ready to Learn Coordinator
  • Office phone: 881-7561
  • Children and Television
  • Educational Television as a Teaching Tool; Media Literacy.

 

 

QUILTING

 

LINDA ARANT

  • Student Services Specialist
  • Office of Graduate Studies
  • Home phone: 731-587-6274
  • Email:  larant@utm.edu
  • Quilting.

 

 

RELIGION

 

CHRISTOPHER M. BROWN

  • Associate Professor of Philosophy
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone:  881-7471
  • Email:  chrisb@utm.edu
  • Philosophy
  • History of Philosophy
  • Catholic Philosophy and Theology.

NATHAN HOWARD

  • Assistant Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7384
  • Church and state issues
  • Relations between religions in the East and West (Jew, Muslin, Christian).

 

JOHN SCHOMMER

  • Professor of Mathematics
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Office phone: 881-7366
  • Catholicism.

 

SHOOTING SPORTS

BOB BEARD

  • Rifle Coach
  • Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office phone: 881-7586
  • Olympic Rifle Shooting.

 

SMOKING CESSATION

 

DEBORAH GIBSON, Ph.D., C.H.E.S.

  • Professor of Health and Human Performance
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7321
  • Email:  gibson@utm.edu
  • Health Promotion; Community Health
  • Smoking Cessation; Substance Abuse.

SOCIOLOGY

JAMES  N. MAPLES

  • Assistant Professor of Sociology
  • Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7479
  • Email:  jmaple11@utm.edu
  • Rural poverty
  • Ethnic niches and enclaves
  • Social problems in Appalachia.

 

STRESS MANAGEMENT

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Stress Management.

P. MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH

  • Professor of Management
  • Department of Management, Marketing, Computer Science, and Information Systems
  • Office phone: 881-7325
  • Stress Management.

 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

 

DEBORAH GIBSON, Ph.D., C.H.E.S.

  • Interim Chair, Professor of Health and Human Performance
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7321
  • Email:  gibson@utm.edu
  • Health Behavior Change
  • Substance Dependence
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections.

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Alcohol and Drug Topics.

 

TECHNOLOGY

 

JOEY E. MEHLHORN

  • Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7275
  • Teaching Technology.

 


TIME MANAGEMENT

 

ELAINE HARRISS

  • Chair, Department of Music/Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7402
  • Time Management for Busy People.

 

JENIFER HART, LMSW

  • Clinical Coordinator of Counseling Services
  • Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Office phone: 881-7750
  • Time Management.

 

P. MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH

  • Professor of Management
  • Department of Management, Marketing, Computer Science, and Information Systems
  • Office phone: 881-7325
  • Time Management.

 

 

TOURISM

 

JEFF ROGERS

  • Associate Professor of Geography
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7442
  • "Gas-Food-&-Lodging."

 

TRAVEL

TED MOSCH

  • Professor Emeritus of Political Science
  • College of Business and Global Affairs
  • Home phone: 587-5791
  • Email:  tmosch@utm.edu
  • Major Domestic and International Issues
  • National Security
  • Congress; Presidency; Judiciary
  • Travel to North Korea, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Russia, Mongolia, Turkey, Brazil.

 

UT MARTIN

BUD GRIMES

  • Director, Office of University Relations
  • Office phone: 881-7615
  • Email:  bgrimes@utm.edu
  • Public Relations Planning.

 

THOMAS RAKES

  • Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Martin
  • Office phone: 881-7500
  • UT Martin Update.

 

 

UT Martin Graduate Programs and Admission

 

LINDA ARANT

  • Student Services Specialist
  • Office of Graduate Studies
  • Office phone: 881-7012
  • Graduate Programs and Admissions.

 

TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM

  • Interim Chair, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources/
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering
  • Office phone: 881-7260
  • Graduate Programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources Systems Management.

 

VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY

DANNY WALKER

  • DVM, Professor, Veterinary Technology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone:  881-7328
  • Email:  dwalke41@utm.edu
  • Small Animal Medicine
  • Marriage Enrichment Classes
  • Motivational or Inspirational Talks.

 


WILDLIFE

 

ERIC PELREN

  • Professor of Wildlife Biology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7263
  • Wildlife.

 

WOMEN'S ISSUES

 

LYNN ALEXANDER

  • Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts/Professor of English
  • Office phone: 881-7400
  • Email:  lalexand@utm.edu
  • Women/Gender Studies
  • Literature; Women Writers; Victorian Novels
  • Humanities.

 

TERESA COLLARD

  • Assistant Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7557
  • Women's Issues
  • Self-Esteem.

 

DONNA COOPER GRAVES

  • Associate Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7469
  • Women's History
  • Issues Pertaining to Women.