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    Deans, Chairs, and Academic Directors

    College of Agriculture and Human Ecology

    Name Email
    Dr. Darron Smith, Dean darronsmith@tntech.edu 
    Dr. James Baier, Assistant Dean jbaier@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Jinfa Zhang, Director, School of Agriculture jzhang@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Samantha Hutson, Interim Director, School of Human Ecology shutson@tntech.edu

     

    College of Arts & Sciences

    Name Email
    Dr. Daren Snider, Dean dsnider@tntech.edu
    Dr. Allan Mills, Associate Dean   amills@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Carla Hurt, Interim Assistant Dean, Research & Graduate Studies churt@tntech.edu
    Dr. Steven Hayslette, Chair, Biology  shayslette@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Chad Rezsnyak, Interim Chair, Chemistry crezsnyak@tntech.edu
    Dr. Peter Li, Interim Chair, Earth Sciences   pli@tntech.edu
    Dr. Steven Thomas, Chair, English   swthomas@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Michael Olsen, Interim Chair, Foreign Languages   molsen@tntech.edu
    Dr. Kent Dollar, Chair, History   kdollar@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Amy Chambers, Interim Chair, Mathematics  achambers@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Mary Kidd, Interim Chair, Physics   mkidd@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Katherine Chaffin, Chair, Sociology and Political Science   kchaffin@tntech.edu
    Mrs. Deborah Allen, Director, Student Success Center (General Curriculum) dkallen@tntech.edu

     

    College of Business

    Name Email
    Dr. Sean Alley, Interim Dean   salley@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Coco Wu, Associate Dean cocowu@tntech.edu
    Dr. Richard Rand, Chair, Accounting   richardrand@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Kyle Turner, Interim Chair, Decision Sciences and Management   kturner@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Alma Nunez, Interim Chair, Economics, Finance, and Marketing  anunez@tntech.edu 
    Ms. Julie Galloway, Director, Student Success Center (Basic Business) jgalloway@tntech.edu

     

    College of Education & Human Sciences

    Name Email
    Dr. Lisa Zagumny, Dean   lzagumny@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Matthew Smith, Interim Associate Dean   mrsmith@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Michael Hoane, Chair, Counseling and Psychology  mhoane@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Jeremy Wendt, Chair, Curriculum and Instruction   jwendt@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Christy Killman, Chair, Exercise Science   ckillman@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Matthew Smith, Student Success Center mrsmith@tntech.edu
    Dr. Amy Brown, Director, Teacher Education abbrown@tntech.edu
    Dr. Darek Potter, Director, STEM Center dpotter@tntech.edu

     

    College of Emerging and Integrative Studies

    Name Email
    Dr. Hayden Mattingly, Interim Dean  hmattingly@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Scott Christen, Interim Chair, Communication & Media schristen@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Steve Sharp, Interim Director, School of Environmental Studies   ssharp@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Steven Frye, Director, School of Interdisciplinary Studies   sfrye@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Dennis Tennant, Interim Director, School of Professional Studies dtennant@tntech.edu
    Ms. Tammy Keylon, Director, Student Success Center tkeylon@tntech.edu
    Dr. Dennis Tennant, Director, Extended Programs dtennant@tntech.edu

     

    College of Engineering

    Name Email
    Dr. Joseph Slater, Dean jslater@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Bill Eberle, Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies weberle@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Allen MacKenzie, Associate Dean, Research  amackenzie@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Christy West,  Assistant Dean, Academic Studies kwest@tntech.edu
    Dr. Kevin West, Chair, Chemical Engineering   kwest@tntech.edu
    Dr. Benjamin Mohr, Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering   bmohr@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Jerry Gannod, Chair, Computer Science  jgannod@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Maanak Gupta, Associate Chair, Computer Science mgupta@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Nezih Pala, Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering   npala@tntech.edu
    Dr. Satish Mahajan, Director, Energy Systems Research Center smahajan@tntech.edu
    Dr. Chris Wilson, Chair, General and Industrial Engineering   chriswilson@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Ying Zhang, Director, Manufacturing Center yzhang@tntech.edu
    Dr. Philip Appiah-Kubi, Chair, Manufacturing and Industrial Systems Engineering  pakubi@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Mohan Rao, Chair, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering   mrao@tntech.edu 
    Dr. Sally Pardue, Associate Chair, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering spardue@tntech.edu 
    Mr. Ted McWilliams, Director, Student Success Center tmcwilliams@tntech.edu

     

    College of Fine Arts

    Name Email Phone
    Dr. Jennifer Shank, Dean   jshank@tntech.edu  x3016
    Ms. Kimberly Winkle, Director, Crafts Center kwinkle@tntech.edu x3051
    Ms. Kimberly Winkle, Director, School of Art, Craft and Design   kwinkle@tntech.edu  x3738 
    Dr. Colin Hill, Director, School of Music cjhill@tntech.edu  x3161 
    Dr. Matthew Younglove, Associate Director, School of Music myounglove@tntech.edu  x3775

     

    College of Graduate Studies

    Name Email Phone
    Dr. Julie Baker, Dean jcbaker@tntech.edu x3233
    Dr. Alice Camuti, Associate Dean acamuti@tntech.edu x3233

     

    Library and Learning Assistance

    Name Email Phone
    Prof. Kelly McCallister, Dean kmccallister@tntech.edu  x3884

     

    Whitson Hester School of Nursing

    Name Email Phone
    Dr. Kim Hanna, Dean khanna@tntech.edu  x3203
    Dr. Barbara Jared, Director bjared@tntech.edu  x3460