2023 Japanese Roundtable
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 | 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The Japanese Business Roundtable event will Consul General Yoichi Matsumoto and guests from all over the state to discuss the ever-growing business...
View ArticleStaff Spotlight: Jada Russell
Jada Russell Earlier this year, Jada started her new role as the Executive Director of Academic Advising and Enrollment Management and Professor of Practice with the College of Nursing. She...
View ArticleStaff Spotlight: Germán Valenzuela Buccolini
In Fall 2022, Buccolini became the UT School of Interior Architecture‘s inaugural visiting professor. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of the Republic of Uruguay, after earning his...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Michelle Kwon
Early last month, Professor Michelle Kwon was selected to serve as the College of Law’s interim associate dean for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement. Kwon will be developing and advancing...
View ArticleStaff Spotlight: Amanda Assalone Cho
Earlier this month, Amanda Assalone Cho co-published a research article called Contextualizing Contemporary Racial Justice Activism in Higher Education for New Directions for Student Services, Volume...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Devina Sanjaya
Devina was recently chosen to join the 2023 Class of MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellows. She is one of the two fellows, out of a total of eight, with an engineering background. After getting her B.S. in...
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As an artist and activist, Wright has created the on-going sculptural installation, “Creating Artifacts of Home.” Through a series of workshops, participants sculpt small artifacts of home. These...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight: Dawn Duke, PhD
Dr. Dawn Duke, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, celebrates her single-authored publication that was released at the beginning of 2023, Mayaya Rising: Black Female Icons in Latin American and...
View ArticleStaff Spotlight – Noelia Pacheco-Diaz, PhD
Dr. Noelia Pacheco-Diaz, Co-Chair and Assessment Coordinator for the Office of Student Life Assessment & Strategic Initiatives guides the newly established Commission for the Latin American...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – Nuria Cruz Camara, PhD
Nuria Cruz Camara, Professor and Chair for the Hispanic Studies Program at the University of Tennessee, specializes in 20th-century Spanish women’s studies. She received her Licenciatura (bachelor’s...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight – Joshua Lane
Joshua Lane is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Office of Multicultural Student Life while working on obtaining his Masters degree in College Student Personnel at UT. He earned his Bachelor of...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – Pedro Tomas
Cuban native, Pedro Tomas serves as Senior Lecturer of Spanish for the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. Tomas earned his Bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Spanish Literature, and...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – DeLisa D. Hawkes, PhD
Along with being an assistant professor of English and African Studies, DeLisa D. Hawkes Ph.D. is a faculty fellow for the UT Humanities Center. Hawkes’ research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – Lisa King, PhD
Dr. Lisa King serves as faculty Co-Sponsor for UT’s Native American Student Association and Associate Professor. Her research and teachings include cultural rhetorics with an emphasis in contemporary...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – Jessie Tanner
Dr. Jessie Tanner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Psychology at the University of Tennessee. Her work includes addressing fundamental questions...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – Megan Haselschwerdt
Megan Haselschwerdt is an Associate Professor in Child and Family Studies. Along with her research team and faculty collaborators, she studies intimate partner violence (IPV) from the perspective of...
View ArticleMcClung Museum’s Dedication to Repatriation
Earlier this month, the Assistant Director and Curator of Arts & Culture Collections at McClung Museum, Catherine Shteynberg, spoke with DAE about the vital role of Repatriation in the McClung’s...
View ArticleUniversity of Tennessee Students Immersion in Rwanda
In June 2023, the University of Tennessee Division of Access and Engagement and the Thornton Athletics Center expanded the University of Tennessee’s footprint in Rwanda through the Tennessee-Rwanda...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – Brooke Bauer
As an Early American historian, Beaur’s work has focused on the histories of Southeastern Native Americans and how they responded to the effects of colonialism. Her interests lie in Native women, as...
View ArticleFaculty Spotlight – Maurice Moore, PhD
Maurice Moore, PhD, received their Doctor of Philosophy in Performance Studies from the University of California, and a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina. Their...
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