Committees

UTC and UT System Committees:

  • Undergraduate Academic Standards Committee member (2021- Present)

  • CHEPS Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure representative (2018-2020)

    • Attended meetings to evaluate and advocate for faculty as they were reviewed by the college board regarding post-tenure performance.

  • UT System Co-curricular committee (2018-2019)

    • Engaged with representatives across the UTC campus, as well as from UTK and UT Martin, to establish methods for tracking co-curricular participation across the UT system. These metrics are now collected to support student retention and achievement.

  • UTC Outdoors Coordinator search (Fall 2018)

    • This effort resulted in the successful hire of Lisa Ivester as the current coordinator.

  • Undergraduate Research Director Search committee (2017-2018)

    • This successful search resulted in the hiring of Dr. Piazza as the current Director of Undergraduate Research.

  • UTC Learning & Auxiliary Services Committee (2016-2017)

  • ThinkAchieve Faculty Fellow (2015-2016)

  • UTC Petitions Committee (2015-2016)

  • Faculty Research Grant Committee (2014-2015)

  • Experiential Learning Task Force (2015- current)

  • ThinkAchieve New Student Orientation Leader (2015-2018)

  • Student Support Services Space Utilization Committee (2014)

Departmental Committees:

  • Sport, Outdoor Recreation, and Tourism Management Program Coordinator (2012-Current)

  • HHP Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure Chair (2020-2022)

    • Organized meetings and documentation, oversaw committee voting and feedback, communicated with faculty, and developed guiding documents for future Chairs.

  • SORT THEC committee (2020)

    • Prepared material for the final report, identified & recruited external reviewers, identified & recruited students, alumni & faculty for site visit meetings, coordinated with the department head, faculty, and other administrators to for material acquisition.

  • Chair: Tourism Mgmt faculty search committee (2018-2019)

      • This successful search resulted in the hiring of Dr. Joo, from an original pool of 70+ candidates.

  • HHP Dept. Head Search committee (2017-2018)

      • This successful search resulted in the hiring of Dr. Colston as current Department Head of HHP.

  • TN Curriculum Audit Committee (2015-2016)

        • This committee collected and presented material to support accreditation of the SLSA program. While it was not as extensive as the 2020 THEC search, it did require a substantial amount of data gathering, and curriculum revisions.

  • Chickamauga Chase Scholarship Committee (2012-2016)

  • SLSA Faculty Search Committee Chair (2015)