Faculty & Staff

CECS faculty and staff are dedicated to being on the forefront of change in higher education and to equipping students for the careers of the future.

Featured Faculty/Staff

Dean

  • Ozlem Kilic

    Ozlem Kilic


    Vice Provost and Founding Dean of the College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies

Academic Leadership

Administrative Leadership

Lecturers

Faculty Fellow

Adjunct Faculty

Staff

Curriculum Committees

Applied Artificial Intelligence

  • Vasileios Maroulas, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director of the AI Tennessee Initiative, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
  • Adam Brimer, Haslam College of Business
  • Brianne Dosch, UT Library
  • Dania Bilal, College of Communication and Information
  • Fatima Zahra, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Gary Pulsinelli, College of Law
  • Harrison Meadows, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Harry Dahms, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Hope Chidziwisano, College of Communication and Information
  • Mehmet Aydeniz, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Sergei Kalinin, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Sidney Gavel, UT Library
  • Zan Gao, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences

Applied Computing

  • George Siopsis, CECS Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Amy Elias, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Chad Steed, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Charles Liu, Haslam College of Business
  • Dan Pienta, Haslam College of Business
  • Devemdra Potnis, College of Communication and Information
  • Louis Gross, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Russell Zaretzki, Haslam College of Business
  • Scott Emrich, Tickle College of Engineering

Applied Cybersecurity

  • Elis Vllasi, Senior Lecturer, Program Director, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
  • Abebe Rorissa, College of Communication and Information
  • Brandon Prins, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Dan Pienta, Haslam College of Business
  • Gary Pulsinelli, College of Law
  • Himanshu Thapliyal, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Kevin Heaslip, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Luis Finotti, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Scott Ruoti, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Sidney Gavel, UT Library

Bioinformatics

  • Scott Emrich, CECS Faculty Fellow, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Brynn Voy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Duc Nguyen, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Emily Chase, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Jianbin Wang, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Scott Lenaghan, Herbert College of Agriculture
  • Stephanie Kivlin, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Steven Abel, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Vandana Singh, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies

Data Science

  • Joshua Rosenberg, CECS Faculty Fellow, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Brianne Dosch, UT Library
  • Chad Steed, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Courtney Cronley, College of Social Work
  • Dennis Makau, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Gregory Peterson, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Hillary Havens, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Jiangen He, College of Communication and Information
  • Jon Ring, Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
  • Louis Rocconi, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Marshall Prado, College of Architecture and Design
  • Mike Berry, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Nick Nugent, College of Law
  • Robin Hardin, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Russell Zaretzki, Haslam College of Business
  • Scott Crouter, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Scott Emrich, Tickle College of Engineering

Game Craft

  • Vandana Singh, Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs and New Programs, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
  • Ashley Stowe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Cary Staples, College of Architecture and Design
  • Deb Haines, College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Gosia Citko-DuPlantis, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Hedy Hurban, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
  • Jason Smethers, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Laurent Zunino, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Marina Maccari-Clayton, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Michelle Brannen, UT Library
  • Mike Jantz, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Tore Olsson, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Tyler Smith, College of Arts and Sciences

Human-Computer Interaction

  • Hedy Hurban, Senior Lecturer, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
  • Amir Sadovnik, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Amy Elias, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Dania Bilal, College of Communication and Information
  • Doowon Kim, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Holly Mercer, UT Library
  • Hope Chidziwisano, College of Communication and Information
  • Sai Swaminathan, Tickle College of Engineering

Nuclear Deterrence

  • Howard Hall, CECS Faculty Fellow, Tickle College of Engineering
  • Adam Lowther, External
  • Brandon Prins, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Elis Vllasi, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies

Sports Analytics

  • Robin Hardin, CECS Faculty Fellow, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Jeff Graham, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Josh Rosenberg, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Landon Huffman, College of Education, Health, and Human Science
  • Steve Waller, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
  • Zan Gao, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences

Sustainability

  • Mike McKinney, CECS Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Bill McClanahan, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Gale Fulton, College of Architecture and Design
  • Jay Price, UT Sustainability Staff
  • Joe Witt, College of Arts and Sciences
  • John Bell, Haslam College of Business
  • Katie Cahill, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
  • Mike Ross, Herbert College of Agriculture
  • Moonhee Cho, College of Architecture and Design
  • Nikki Luke, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Tom Gill, Herbert College of Agriculture

Employment Opportunities

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