Courtney Holbert Brings Vol Experience and Passion to Role Courtney Holbert joined the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) in 2023 in the inaugural role of Director of Research. She brings years of previous experience to the position from the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA), the UT College of Education, Health and Human Sciences (CEHHS), […]
Beauvais Lyons, Chancellor’s Professor in the School of Art, will serve as the inaugural divisional dean for arts and humanities in the UT College of Arts and Sciences. Since 1985, Lyons has taught printmaking at UT. Working with his colleagues, he has helped elevate the MFA printmaking program to its current third-place ranking among public […]
Kate Jones, professor and associate head in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will serve as the inaugural divisional dean for natural sciences and mathematics in the UT College of Arts and Sciences. “I am thrilled to be joining the college leadership,” Jones said. “Transformations can be challenging, and the college is currently undergoing a […]
Patrick Grzanka, professor in the Department of Psychology, will serve as the inaugural divisional dean for social sciences in the UT College of Arts and Sciences. Grzanka joined the Department of Psychology in 2014, and during his first semester, he co-founded the Intersectionality Community of Scholars, an interdisciplinary network of faculty across the university who […]
Alison Buchan, Carolyn W. Fite Professor and associate head of microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was recently elected as a 2022 Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology. This is an honor that recognizes service, leadership, and creative achievement in the field of microbiology. The fellow selection process is based on several factors, […]
Generally, it is rather easy to ignore the complex microbiome surrounding our everyday endeavors; however, as you listen to Theresa Jones passionately describe T. gondii toxoplasma, which she studies as doctoral researcher in Professor Chunlei Su’s lab, you start to look at your environment through the eyes of a microbiologist. Jones explains that toxoplasma is […]
