Teaching and Learning Council 2022 – 2023

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 2022 – 2023
		Title	Email	Department
1.	Bernard Issa, Co-Chair	Assistant Professor	bissa@utk.edu	MFFL
2.	Lauren Whitnah, Co-Chair	Senior Lecturer	lwhitnah@utk.edu	History
3.	Jeremy Chandler	Senior Lecturer	jwchand@utk.edu	Biology
4.	Beth Cooper	Distinguished Lecturer	ecooperj@utk.edu	Psychology
5.	Bob DuBois	Lecturer	drbob@utk.edu	Psychology
6.	Susan Groenke	Professor	sgroenke@utk.edu	Theory and Practice of Teacher Education
7.	Melissa Hinten	Lecturer	mhinten@utk.edu	Geography
8.	Karen Lasater	Clinical Professor	klasater@utk.edu	Nursing
9.	Christopher Lavan	Executive Director of Teaching and Learning	clavan@utk.edu	Administrative Member
10.	Scott MacKenzie	Lecturer	smackenz@utk.edu	English
11.	Sarah Mobley	Lecturer	smobley2@utk.edu	Civil and Environmental Engineering
12.	Thomas Mueller	Professor	tmueller@utk.edu	Plant Science
13.	Shelli Rampold	Assistant Professor	srampold@utk.edu	Agricultural Leadership
14.	Mia Romano	Senior Lecturer	mromano2@utk.edu	MFFL
15.	Nora Anne Vines	Clinical Assistant Professor	nvines@utk.edu	Child and Family Studies
16.	R. J. Hinde	Vice Provost for Academic Affairs	rhinde@utk.edu	Ex-Officio
17.	Ernest Brothers	Associate Dean of Graduate School	ebrother@utk.edu	Ex-Officio
18.	Elizabeth Pemberton	Coordinator of TNVoice	epembert@utk.edu	Ex-Officio
19.	Doug Renalds	Director of Academic Success Center	drenalds@utk.edu	Ex-Officio
20.	Bayyinah Jeffries	Africana Studies	bjeffri4@utk.edu	New faculty (invited by President Schussler)
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	Graduate Student Selected by Graduate Student Senate
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
26.	To Be Determined	Undergraduate Student selected by SGA and/or Director of Honors Program