The UT Global Strategy Commission‘s purpose is to integrate college-level efforts into the university-wide mission of the Center for Global Engagement. The commission is made up of global leads, and globally-engaged faculty and staff, selected from each of UT’s fourteen colleges. The commission will serve to streamline the flow of information about CGE policies and programs to colleges and help to publicize some of the great global work occurring in colleges to central administration and community advocates.

 

2024-2025 Commmission Members

Center for Global Engagement	Will Jennings (Co-Chair)	Associate Vice Provost for Global Learning and Impact	wjenning@utk.edu
Center for Global Engagement	Kate Scott (Co-Chair)	Director, Programs Abroad Office	kscott71@utk.edu
Herbert College of Agriculture	Dave Ader	Research Assistant Professor, Smith Center for Sustainable Agriculture	dader@utk.edu
Herbert College of Agriculture	Jennie Ivey	Associate Professor, Animal Science	jzivey@utk.edu
College of Architecture and Design	Matt O’Mara	Director, Finance and Administration	momara1@utk.edu
College of Arts and Sciences	Luis Cano	Head, World Languages and Culture	lcano@utk.edu
College of Arts and Sciences	Liem Tran	Associate Dean for Academic Programs	ltran1@utk.edu
University Libraries	Nathalie Hristov	Professor and Music Librarian	mhristov@utk.edu
Howard Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs	Krista Wiegand	Director, Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs	kwiegand@utk.edu
Haslam College of Business	George Drinnon	Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs	gdrinnon@utk.edu
Haslam College of Business	Sara Easler	Haslam Business Director of International Programs and Study Abroad	seasler@utk.edu
College of Communication and Information	Laura Miller	CCI Director of Study Abroad, Associate Professor	lmille41@utk.edu
College of Education, Health, and Human Services	Lars Dzikus	Associate Professor, Kinesiology; CEHHS Director of Academic Affairs	ldzikus@utk.edu
College of Education, Health, and Human Services	Fatima Zahra	Assistant Professor, Education Leadership and Policy	fzahra@utk.edu
College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies	Vandana Singh	Professor and CECS Program Director	vandana@utk.edu
Tickle College of Engineering	Mike Berry	Professor, Electrical Engineering	mberry@utk.edu
UT College of Law (Fall 2024)	Becky Jacobs	Waller Lansden Distinguished Professor of Law	jacobs@utk.edu
UT College of Law (Spring 2025)	Robert Blitt	Distinguished Professor of Law	rblitt@utk.edu
Natalie L. Haslam College of Music	Jorge Variego	Assistant Professor, Music and Technology	jvariego@utk.edu
College of Nursing	Melissa Hessock	Clinical Assistant Professor	mhessock@utk.edu
College of Social Work	Mary Gitau	Associate Professor of Practice	mgitau1@utk.edu
College of Veterinary Medicine	Chika Okafor	Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health	okaforch@utk.edu