The University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Arts & Sciences

Celebrating our College

As we wrap up another academic year, Dean Lee thanks all our faculty, staff, and students for your hard work this year and encourages you to take some time to rest this summer. Read her full message.

Brown Keeps Eye on Community, Popular Culture

Michelle Brown, professor and associate head of the Department of Sociology, is taking the community’s pulse on issues surrounding school safety in Knox County.

SPOTLIGHTS

Williams Named W. T. Grant Scholar

The William T. Grant Foundation has named Deadric Williams, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, one of five members of its newest class of William T. Grant Scholars.

Havens Awarded Grant for Digital Humanities

Hilary Havens, associate professor of English, received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for The Maria Edgeworth Letters Project.

Hawkes Receives SHARP Development Grant

DeLisa D. Hawkes, assistant professor of Africana studies, received a research development grant for her first book project on literary works from the New Negro Renaissance of the 1920s to 1930s.

Seddighi Named a 2022 Key into Public Service Scholar

Diba Seddighi, a College Scholar, is one of 20 students selected as a Key into Public Service Scholar by The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society.

Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Three College of Arts and Sciences students have been selected to be a part of the 2022 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

DID YOU KNOW?

The Center for Career Development & Academic Exploration collects First Destination career profiles from both graduate and undergraduate students to help inform students and their families about potential career outcomes with a degree from UT.