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2025-2026 Faculty Senate Officers

 

Charles Noble

President

cnoble@utk.edu

Henry Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Haslam College of Business

 

Jud Laughter

President-Elect

jlaught3@utk.edu

Professor, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

 

Derek Alderman


Immediate Past President
dalderma@utk.edu

Professor, Geography and Sustainability

Derek is a cultural geographer interested in landscapes of public memory, race, heritage travel and tourism, social/spatial justice, critical place naming and mapping studies. He is a former Department Head at UT and a past President of the American Association of Geographers. He is the author of over 180 articles, book chapters, and essays and a regular contributor to The Conversation.

 

Michelle Brannen

Recording Secretary
brannen@utk.edu

Media Literacy Librarian, UT Libraries

 

Heather Sedges

Parliamentarian

hsedges@utk.edu

Associate Professor, Family & Consumer Sciences

 

M. Nathalie Hristov

Communications Officer

mhristov@utk.edu

Professor and Music Librarian

https://faculty.utk.edu/Maria.Hristov