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Kelsey Ellis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Director of ICCR; Professor, Department of Geography and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Shanahan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Director of ICCR<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emine Fidan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jon Hathaway<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gabe Schwartzman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lisa Zottarelli<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Professor, College of Social Work<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Armsworth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Distinguished Service Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michelle Brown<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Co-Director, Appalachian Justice Research Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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mbrow121@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fiona Doherty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Social Work<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heidi Goodrich-Blair<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor and Head, Microbiology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dimitris Herrera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Geography and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Herrero<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor, Geography and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karen King<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Geography and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nancy Lei<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Chemistry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Haochen Li<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anna Marshall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Geography and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scottie McDaniel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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scottie.mcdaniel@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jack Swab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Geography and Sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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jswab@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raja Swamy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor, Anthropology<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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rswamy1@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AJ Wray<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Public Health<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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