Faculty Steering Committee
The role of the steering committee is to provide student counseling, contribute to integrative activities in curriculum development and review, arrange and monitor practicum assignments, and to contribute to the global focus of the program.
Members include:
Jon Shefner
Director
Department of Sociology
jshefner@utk.edu
Stephen Blackwell
Department of Modern Foreign Languages
sblackwe@utkledu
Harry F. Dahms
Department of Sociology
hdahms@utk.edu
Ian Down
Department of Political Science
idown@utk.edu
Ronald Foresta
Department of Geography
foresta@utk.edu
Paul Gellert
Department of Sociology
pgellert@utk.edu
Robert Gorman
Department of Political Science
rgorman@utk.edu
Michael Handelsman
Department of Modern Foreign Languages
handelsm@utk.edu
Mark Hulsether
Department of Religious Studies
mhulseth@utk.eduRachelle Scott
Department of Religious Studies
rjacobs2@utk.eduAsafa Jalata
Department of Sociology
ajalata@utk.eduDavid Reidy
Department of Philosophy
dreidy@utk.eduUrmila Seshagiri
Department of English
useshagi@utk.eduYang Zhong
Department of Political Science
yzhong@utk.edu