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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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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
 
  • Associate 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
 
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Gil Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7275
  • GPS/GIS in Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Land Surveying and Geomatics
   
  PAULA GALE
 
  • Professor of Soil Science
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7326
  • Composting, Organic Farming
  • Community Gardens
  • Wetlands, Soil Science, Soil Conservation
   
  JOEY E. MEHLHORN
 
  • Professor of Agricultural Economics
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7257
  • Agricultural Policy Issues
  • Agricultural Management and Marketing Issues
  • International Agriculture
   
 
ART
   
  LANE LAST
 
  • Associate Professor of Art
  • Department of Visual and Theatre Arts
  • Office phone: 881-7489
  • Visual Art
  • Graphic Design
  • Computer / Media Arts
   
  DIANE SHAW
 
  • Assistant 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, Referee games
   
  PHIL DANE
 
  • Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office phone: 881-7661
  • UT Martin Athletics, NCAA Rules
   
  ROBERT ALLEN LEMASTER
 
  • Associate 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
   
 
BIOFUELS
   
  TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM
 
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Gil Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7275
  • Biofuels
   
  JIM BYFORD
 
  • Dean, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7250
  • Ethanol / Biofuels Debate
   
  JOEY E. MEHLHORN
 
  • Professor of Agricultural Economics
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7257
  • Biofuels
   
 
BIOLOGY
   
  JOHN L. COLLINS
 
  • Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7172
  • Genetics, Molecular Biology, DNA Technology
   
  JENNIFER GREENWOOD
 
  • Assistant 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
   
  LINDA RAMSEY
 
  • Professor of Health and Human Performance
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7318
  • Breast Cancer Issues
   
  VICTORIA SENG
 
  • Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs / Dean, Graduate Studies / Interim Chair of the Department 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 / Professor
  • 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
  • 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
   
  ELAINE HARRISS
 
  • Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7411
  • What Can Music Do for Children?
   
 
CIVIL RIGHTS / RACIAL RELATIONS
   
  DAVID BARBER
 
  • Assistant Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7465
  • Civil Rights
  • Racial Relations
   
 
CLIMATE
   
 

TODD ALBERT

 
  • Assistant Professor of Geography
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7438
  • Climate, Meteorology, Climate Change, and Global Warming
  • Glaciers, Mountain Glaciers, and the Greenland Ice Sheet
  • Satellite and Field-based Observations of Glaciers, Climate, and Meteorology
   
 
COLLEGE PREPARATION
   
  BOB BEARD
 
  • Rifle Coach
  • Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office phone: 881-7586
  • Preparing Students for College
   
  JUDY RAYBURN
 
  • Director of Admissions
  • Office of Admissions
  • Office phone: 881-7032
  • Getting Ready for College
   
 
COMMUNICATIONS
   
  TERESA COLLARD
 
  • Instructor 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)
   
  JEFF HOYER
 
  • Associate Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7547
  • 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
   
  RICHARD ROBINSON
 
  • Assistant Professor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7555
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Broadcast News Media
  • Propaganda Efforts
  • Political Media Campaigns
   
  JENNA WRIGHT
 
  • Assistant Professor of English / Co-Coordinator of Hortense Parrish Writing Center
  • Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone: 881-7300
  • Humor and Laughter: Communication in the Real World
   
 
COMPUTERS
   
  SHANNON BURGIN
 
  • Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Chief Information Officer
  • Information Technology Services
  • Office phone: 881-7890
  • Technology - Software, Hardware, Networks, Servers, Training, Labs, Electronic Communication, Web Sites
  • Information Technology Organizational Structures
   
  STEVE HOLT
 
  • Assistant Director of Information Technology Services
  • Office phone: 881-7609
  • General Technology
  • Technological Change
  • Web Design
   
  BOB MOSELEY
 
  • IT Administrator III
  • Information Technology Services
  • Office phone: 881-7552
  • Computers, Viruses, Networks, Hackers
   
 
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
   
  KEITH CARVER
 
  • Vice Chancellor for Development
  • Division of University Advancement
  • Office phone: 881-7636
  • Conflict Resolution
   
  TERESA COLLARD
 
  • Instructor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7557
  • Conflict Resolution
   
 
DANCE
   
  LINDA RAMSEY
 
  • Professor of Health and Human Performance
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7318
  • Country and Western Line Dancing
  • Ballroom Dancing
   
 
DISTANCE LEARNING
   
  TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM
 
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Gil Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7275
  • Distance Learning
   
  TOMMY CATES
 
  • Interim Executive Director, Office of Extended Campus and Online Studies / Professor of Management
  • Office phone: 881-7589
  • Online Degree Programs
   
  DERRICK HEAD
 
  • Assistant Director, UT Online
  • 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 / Professor
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • 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
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7228
  • Money and Banking, Federal Reserve Policy
   
 
EDUCATION
   
  CAHIT ERKAL
 
  • Professor of Physics
  • Department of Chemistry and Physics
  • Office phone: 881-7432
  • Gifted Education
   
  BETH N. QUICK
 
  • Associate Professor and Chair
  • Department of Educational Studies
  • Office phone: 881-7193
  • Preschool Education, Primary and Elementary Education, Teacher Education
   
  THOMAS RAKES
 
  • Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Martin
  • Office phone: 881-7500
  • What's Next: What Works and What Doesn't
   
 
ENVIRONMENT
   
  TIMOTHY N. BURCHAM
 
  • Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Gil Parker Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7275
  • 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
 
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7175
  • Algae
  • Human Impact on Freshwater Ecosystems
   
 
EVOLUTION
   
  MICHAEL A. GIBSON
 
  • Professor of Geology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7435
  • Evolution
   
 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (COLLEGE)
   
  SANDRA J. NEEL
 
  • Director, Student Financial Assistance
  • Office phone: 881-7640
  • College Funding (FAFSA Application Process)
  • Scholarship Searches
  • College Consulting Services
  • HOPE Lottery Scholarship
  • General Financial Aid Issues
   
 
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
 
  • Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts; Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy; Associate Professor of History
  • Office phone: 881-7342
  • American History; War and Military History
  • Latin American and Mexican History and Issues; American and Mexican Culture
   
  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
 
  • Instructor of Political Science
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7230
  • International Political Issues
   
  THEODORE MOSCH
 
  • Professor Emeritus, Political Science
  • Address: 203 Clark Street, Martin, TN 38237
  • Tibet, Mongolia, North Korea
   
  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
   
 
FUNDRAISING
   
  KEITH CARVER
 
  • Vice Chancellor for Development
  • Division of University Advancement
  • Office phone: 881-7636
  • Fundraising
   
 
GENEALOGY
   
  RICHARD SAUNDERS
 
  • Curator, Special Collections / University Archives
  • 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.)
   
 
GLOBAL EDUCATION
   
  J.C. KIM
 
  • Assistant Professor of Sport Management
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7667
  • Global Education
   
 
GOVERNMENT
   
  CHRIS BAXTER
 
  • Assistant Professor of Political Science
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7367
  • Government and Politics; Courts
   
 

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
   
 
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
   
  JOHN SCHOMMER
 
  • Professor of Mathematics
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Office phone: 881-7366
  • Habitat for Humanity
   
 
HEALTH
   
  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
   
  LINDA RAMSEY
 
  • Professor of Health and Human Performance
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7318
  • Adapted Physical Education; Therapeutic Recreation; Back and Hip Therapy
  • Relay for Life; American Cancer Society
   
 
HISTORY
   
  DAVID BARBER
 
  • Assistant Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7465
  • Civil Rights History
  • History of the Sixties
  • African-American History
   
  ALICE-CATHERINE CARLS
 
  • Tom Elam Distinguished Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7472
  • Eastern European History, Culture and Literature
   
  DAVID COFFEY
 
  • Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts; Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy; Associate Professor of History
  • Office phone: 881-7342
  • American History; War and Military History; Civil War and Related Issues
  • Latin American and Mexican History and Issues; American and Mexican Culture
   
  DONNA COOPER GRAVES
 
  • Associate Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-4769
  • Women's History
   
  BRENT COX
 
  • Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy
  • Commissioner, Tennessee Historical Commission
  • Board Member, Advisory Council to Tennessee Indian Affairs
  • Office phone: 881-7539
  • Native American History with Emphasis on the Southeastern and Plains Cultures
  • Tennessee 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 / Director of Honors Programs
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7466
  • American Revolution, Lincoln and the Civil War, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Founding Fathers, Revolutionary and Civil Wars
   
  RICHARD SAUNDERS
 
  • Curator, Special Collections / University Archives
  • Associate Professor of Library Science
  • Paul Meek Library
  • Office phone: 881-7094
  • West Tennessee Family and Community History
   
 
HUMOR
   
  STEVE HOLT
 
  • Assistant Director of Information Technology Services
  • Instructional Technology Center
  • Office phone: 881-7609
  • Humor
   
  JENNA WRIGHT
 
  • Assistant Professor of English / Co-Coordinator of Hortense Parrish Writing Center
  • Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages
  • Office phone: 881-7300
  • Humor and Laughter: Communication in the Real World
   
 
HYPNOSIS
   
  HENRY PARKER
 
  • Professor of Philosophy
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-5745
  • Medical Hypnotherapy as a Means of Alleviating Pain
   
 
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
   
  SANDRA BAKER
 
  • Director, International Programs and International Admissions
  • Office phone: 881-7352
  • Travel Study
  • Overview - International Programs
  • International Week
   
 
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
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7228
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Designation; Security Analysis; Portfolio Management
   
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT
   
  BRIAN DONAVANT
 
  • Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
  • Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-3510
  • Law Enforcement / Police: Operations, Training, Policy
   
 
LAW SCHOOL
   
  CHRIS BAXTER
 
  • Assistant Professor of Political Science
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7367
  • Law School (Pre-Law Advising)
   
 
LEADERSHIP
   
  KEITH CARVER
 
  • Vice Chancellor for Development
  • Division of University Advancement
  • Office phone: 881-7636
  • Leadership Development
   
  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, 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.)
   
 
LIBRARY PLANNING
   
  MARY VAUGHAN CARPENTER
 
  • Director, Paul Meek Library
  • Office phone: 881-7071
  • Library Planning
  • Customer Service
   
 
LITERATURE
   
  LYNN ALEXANDER
 
  • Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts; Chair of the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages; Professor of English
  • Office phone: 881-7300
  • Contemporary Literature; Victorian Studies
   
  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
   
 
MATHEMATICS
   
  BILL AUSTIN
 
  • Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
  • Office phone: 881-7360
  • History of Mathematics
  • Multiplication Algorithms
  • Geometric and Algebraic Solutions for Equations
   
  DERRICK HEAD
 
  • Assistant Director, UT Online
  • 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
   
 
MUSIC
   
  ELWOOD DOSS JR.
 
  • Technical Director / Piano Technician
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7482
  • Care and maintenance of grand and upright pianos
  • How a piano works
  • Technical aspects of the inner workings of the piano
   
  ELAINE HARRISS
 
  • Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7411
  • Music and Young Children
  • Piano
  • Flute
  • Music for the Trio of Piano, Flute and Clarinet
   
  ROBERTO MANCUSI
 
  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7405
  • 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
   
 
NATURE
   
  JIM BYFORD
 
  • Dean, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7250
  • Children and Nature Disconnect
   
 
NURSING
   
  RUBY LINDSEY-BLACK
 
  • Professor of Nursing
  • Department of Nursing
  • Office phone: 881-7133
  • Stroke Awareness, Community Health Nursing, Nursing Education, Health Promotion
   
 
OLYMPIC RIFLE SHOOTING
   
  BOB BEARD
 
  • Rifle Coach
  • Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Office phone: 881-7586
  • Olympic Rifle Shooting
   
 
ONLINE STUDIES
   
  TOMMY CATES
 
  • Interim Executive Director, Extended Campus and Online Studies / Professor of Management
  • Office phone: 881-7589
  • Online Degree Programs
   
  DERRICK HEAD
 
  • Assistant Director, UT Online
  • Office phone: 881-7959
  • Online Degree Programs
   
 

ORNITHOLOGY

 

 

H. DAWN WILKINS

 
  • Associate Professor of Biology
  • Department of Biological Sciences
  • Office phone: 881-7188
  • Ornithology: Natural History of Cavity Nesting Birds
   
 
PHOTOGRAPHY
   
  RODNEY FREED
 
  • Instructor of Communications
  • Department of Communications
  • Office phone: 881-7532
  • Photojournalism
   
  TREVOR RUSZKOWSKI
 
  • Coordinator of Photographic Services
  • Office of University Relations
  • Office phone: 881-7625
  • Photography, Digital Photography, PhotoShop
   
  RICHARD SAUNDERS
 
  • Curator, Special Collections / University Archives
  • 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
   
 
POLITICS
   
  CHRIS BAXTER
 
  • Assistant Professor of Political Science
  • Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Political Science
  • Office phone: 881-7367
  • Government and Politics; Courts
   
  DAVID COFFEY
 
  • Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts; Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy; Associate Professor of History
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7342
  • Latin American and Mexican History and Issues; American and Mexican Culture
   
  DAN MCDONOUGH
 
  • Professor of History / Director of Honors Programs
  • Department of History and Philosophy
  • Office phone: 881-7466
  • Current Politics; Politics in Chicago and Boston
   
 
PUBLIC RELATIONS
   
  BUD GRIMES
 
  • Director, Office of University Relations
  • Office phone: 881-7615
  • Public Relations Planning
   
  KARA HOOPER
 
  • Communications Coordinator - Publications
  • Office of University Relations
  • Office phone: 881-7631
  • Graphic Design for Non-Profit Organizations
   
 
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
   
  MONICA SHUMAKE
 
  • WLJT General Manager and CEO
  • Office phone: 881-7561
  • Public Television
   
 
QUILTING
   
  LINDA ARANT
 
  • Student Services Specialist
  • Office of Graduate Studies
  • Office phone: 881-7012
  • Quilting
   
 
RELIGION
   
  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
   
 
SPORT MANAGEMENT
   
  J.C. KIM
 
  • Assistant Professor of Sport Management
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7667
  • Sport Management
   
 
STRESS MANAGEMENT
   
  P. MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH
 
  • Professor of Management
  • Department of Management, Marketing, Computer Science, and Information Systems
  • Office phone: 881-7325
  • Stress Management
   
  LINDA RAMSEY
 
  • Professor of Health and Human Performance
  • Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Office phone: 881-7318
  • Stress Management
   
 
STUDENT LIFE
   
  LOUIS RAGSDALE
 
  • Coordinator of Student Activities and Greek Life
  • Office of Student Affairs
  • Office phone: 881-7527
  • Greek Life / Getting Involved (recruitment, new member education)
   
 
TECHNOLOGY
   
  SHANNON BURGIN
 
  • Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Chief Information Officer
  • Information Technology Services
  • Office phone: 881-7890
  • Technology - Management, Staffing, Budgeting, Software, Hardware, Networks, Servers, Training, Labs, Infrastructure, Electronic Communication, Web Sites, Policy, Leadership
   
  JOEY E. MEHLHORN
 
  • Professor of Agricultural Economics
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7257
  • Teaching Technology
   
 
TIME MANAGEMENT
   
  ELAINE HARRISS
 
  • Professor of Music
  • Department of Music
  • Office phone: 881-7411
  • Time Management for Busy People
   
  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"
   
 
UT MARTIN
   
  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
  • UT Martin Graduate Programs and Admissions
   
 
VOLUNTEERING / WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS
   
  KEITH CARVER
 
  • Vice Chancellor for Development
  • Division of University Advancement
  • Office phone: 881-7636
  • Working with Volunteers
   
 
WILDLIFE
   
  ERIC PELREN
 
  • Professor of Wildlife Biology
  • Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources
  • Office phone: 881-7263
  • Wildlife
 
WOMEN'S ISSUES
   
  LYNN ALEXANDER
 
  • Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts; Chair of the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages; Professor of English
  • Office phone: 881-7300
  • Women / Gender Studies
   
  TERESA COLLARD
 
  • Instructor 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: 881-4769
  • Women's History
  • Issues Pertaining to Women