Initiative Designed to Elevate Teaching Excellence The Community of Scholars for Advancing Teaching Excellence (CATE) launched in summer 2024 along with other new collaborative research initiatives supported by the UT College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Over the next two years, CATE will build a community among instructors and develop resources and guidance on teaching […]
The 2024 University of Tennessee President’s Awards recognized Associate Professor Katy Chiles, Department of English, with the Embrace Diversity Award for her teaching and collaborations in projects that elevate ways in which individual and organizational uniqueness makes UT stronger. Chiles teaches and writes about African American and Native American literature, early American literature and culture, […]
The Bottom: Stories from the NeighborhoodThrough August 3, 2024UT Downtown Gallery Research on East Knoxville’s former Bottom neighborhood has led to an exhibit featuring new works by southern artists, as well as paintings by artists connected to the area, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Downtown Gallery. The Bottom: Stories from the Neighborhood is a way […]
by Randall Brown Professor and Chair of Excellence Cornelius Eady is also the cofounder of the Cave Canem Foundation, established in 1996 to remedy the underrepresentation and isolation of African-American poets in the literary landscape. Cornelius Eady’s summer finds him traveling to oversee the filming of a dance production in Montreal, Canada, based on his […]
by Randall Brown Stephen Hay, from Greeneville, Tennessee, built a standout Vol experience double majoring in English and religious studies and minoring in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program. He has maintained a steady pace with this mix of studies, delivering substantial scholarship to close out his senior year. “I am currently working on my […]
By Randall Brown Three faculty members from the UT College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) presented in the closing session for the 2023-2024 Research Development Academy (RDA), which empowers faculty to advance in research, scholarship, and/or creative activities in a collegial environment with supportive guidance. Assistant Professors Shinnerrie Jackson, Department of Theatre; DeLisa Hawkes, Africana […]
Students in Associate Professor Tore Olsson’s spring 2024 Red Dead History course were already highly engaged in its unique topic: viewing American history through the lens of the popular video game series Red Dead Redemption. They were in for a surprising new connection, though, when they showed up to class one day expecting a pre-spring-break […]
Are we paying enough attention? Are we paying too much attention? Are we paying attention to the right things? Researchers in philosophy and related fields will gather this July 1–5 in Budapest, Hungary, to address these questions of today’s attention economy at the Ethics of Attention summer university course at Budapest’s Central European University (CEU). […]
Meet and Greet with Ian Kelly Noon Wednesday, April 24Mary Greer Room, Hodges LibraryFree, open to the public Ian Kelly keeps such a busy schedule as a playwright, stage and screen actor, and screenwriter that his participation in a major movie franchise is not even on the first page of his website. Only the most […]
The College of Arts and Sciences hosted its annual Faculty Convocation March 25, 2024, at the UT Conference Center in Downtown Knoxville. Faculty from across the college received awards for excellence in teaching and advising, academic outreach, research and creative activity, and more. Congratulations to all the award recipients on your outstanding service to our […]
