Teaching and Learning Council 2025-2026 AY

TEACHING AND LEARNING COUNCIL:  This Council works to advance excellence in teaching and academic advising at UTK. Areas of concern for the Council include incentives for recognizing quality instruction and advising, methods for improving instruction at a campus and departmental level, and guidelines for routine and disciplinary evaluation of teaching, academic advising, and curriculum. For example, the Teaching and Learning Council examines policy issues related to teaching on the campuses and works with the Chief Academic Officer to recognize excellence in teaching and advising. The Council works with the Teaching and Learning Innovation to run a yearly campus-wide program that involves faculty and staff in addressing issues central to improving instruction and advising. The Teaching and Learning Council works with both the Graduate School and the Teaching and Learning Innovation to develop practical means of improving and rewarding instruction and advising on campus.

 

	Teaching and Learning Council 2025-2026 AY
		Title	Email	Caucus
	Neno Russell, Chair	Assistant Professor	nrussel9@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities
	Johnathan Brantley	Associate Professor	jbrant13@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences & Mathematics
	Felecia Dean	Assistant Professor	fdean2@utk.edu	College of Architecture and Design
	Cassio Ferrigno	Assistant Professor	cferrign@utk.edu	College of Veterinary Medicine
	David Horton	Teaching Associate Professor	davnhort@vols.utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences & Mathematics
	Robert Jacobsen	Teaching Assistant Professor	rjacobse@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences & Mathematics
	Karen Lasater	Clinical Professor	klasater@utk.edu	College of Nursing
	Lindsay Mahony	Senior Lecturer and Assistant Department Head	lmahony@utk.edu	Haslam College of Business
	Anthony Nownes	Professor	anownes@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences
	Brandon Stevens	Assistant Professor of Practice	bsteve22@utk.edu	Tickle College of Engineering
	Laura Trujillo-Mejia	Teaching Professor	ltrujill@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities
	Tao Wu	Associate Professor	twu2@utk.edu	UT Institute of Agriculture
20.	To Be Determined	Graduate Student Selected by Graduate Student Senate
21.	To Be Determined	Graduate Student Selected by Graduate Student Senate
22.	To Be Determined	Graduate Student Selected by Graduate Student Senate
23.	To Be Determined	Undergraduate Student selected by SGA and/or Director of Honors Program
24.	To Be Determined	Undergraduate Student selected by SGA and/or Director of Honors Program
25.	To Be Determined	Undergraduate Student selected by SGA and/or Director of Honors Program