Expertise:
Silke Hecht is a veterinary radiologist who can discuss magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, neuroimaging and other forms of diagnostic imaging, especially small animal diagnostic ultrasound. Hecht also can discuss theory and practice in veterinary education.

Expertise Categories: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Neuroimaging | Radiology | Ultrasound | Education

Contact Information

Email: shecht@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-8387
Web: http://www.vet.utk.edu/faculty/hecht.php

Jan R. Williams

Expertise:
Jan R. Williams can discuss corporate financial reporting and accounting education. He has been a faculty member since 1977. He previously served on the faculties at the University of Georgia and Texas Tech University. He is a CPA in Tennessee and Arkansas. He is the co-author of three books and has published over 70 articles and other publications on issues of corporate financial reporting and accounting education.

He is also the Stokely Foundation Leadership Chair at the University of Tennessee. Williams has been extensively involved in professional accounting and business organizations.  He has served as both vice president/education and president of the American Accounting Association, national president of Beta Alpha Psi, vice president of the Tennessee Society of CPAs, and has been actively involved with the American Institute of CPAs. He is the current chair-elect of the Board of Directors of AACSB International, the accrediting organization for business schools and accounting programs. He received a B.S. from George Peabody College, an MBA from Baylor University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas.

Expertise Categories: Corporate Financial Reporting | Accounting | Information Management | Business

Contact Information

Email: jwilli13@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-5061
Web:

Expertise:
Veterinary oncology (specifically osteosarcoma); Veterinary medical and statistical genetics; Veterinary genetic epidemiology

Expertise Categories: Animals | Veterinary Medicine

Contact Information

Email: jphill35@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-7377
Web: http://www.vet.utk.edu/faculty/phillips.php

Anthony Nownes

Expertise:
Anthony Nownes is an expert on interest groups and lobbying in the United States. He has conducted research on local, state and national interest groups and lobbying. His latest book, “Total Lobbying: What Lobbyists Want (and How They Try to Get It),” was published by Cambridge University Press in 2006.

Expertise Categories: Interest Groups | Lobbying | American Politics

Contact Information

Email: anownes@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-7052
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~anownes/default

Expertise:
Executive selection; Workplace employee assessment; 360 degree appraisal

Expertise Categories: Business | Psychology

Contact Information

Email: tladd@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-1678
Web:

Heather Hirschfeld

Expertise:
Heather Hirschfeld can discuss Shakespeare and Renaissance drama. Hirschfeld also is the incoming director of UT’s Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Expertise Categories: Literature

Contact Information

Email: hhirschf@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-6948
Web:

Michael Handelsman

Expertise:
Central and Latin America; U.S. Hispanic population; Ecuadorian culture (Latin American culture)

Expertise Categories: Foreign culture | Latin America | Sociology

Contact Information

Email: handelsm@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-7010
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~spanport/Spanish/Spag/Faclty/Handelsman.html

Expertise:
Heather Douglas can discuss urban revitalization, Latin America, rainforests and the global economy. NOTE: Dr. Douglas is on leave in Pittsburgh, Penn., through the end of 2011.

Expertise Categories: Latin America | Philosophy

Contact Information

Email: hdouglas@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-7206
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~philosop/staff/douglas.html

Expertise:
Amy Broemmel can discuss literacy, elementary and teacher education, and writing and reading instruction.

Expertise Categories: Education

Contact Information

Email: broemmel@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-4225
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~tpte/faculty/abroemmel.html

Stephanie Bohon
Associate Professor
Sociology

Expertise:
Stephanie Bohon is best known for her work on the growth and needs of Latino migrants in the South. This work examines the difference between Latino migrant adjustment in traditional gateways such as Miami and Houston and emerging gateways such as Atlanta and Nashville.

She is the founder and co-director of the Center for Social Justice at UT, Knoxville. Her work on Latino immigration and immigration policy has been published in several journals including Social Problems, Social Science Quarterly, Rural Sociology, Population Research and Policy Review, The Journal of Latinos and Education and The Journal of Latino-Latin America Studies.

She has received several teaching and research awards, including the M. G. Michael Award for innovative research and the Program Excellence Through Research Award (Southern Division) for the application of research to public policy. She holds degrees in economics, political science, sociology, and demography, including a doctorate in demography and sociology from Penn State University. Her work has been reported by several national and international media including National Public Radio, BBC-London, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Sun-Times and USA Today.

Expertise Categories: Immigration to the U.S. South | Latino/Latina Sociology | Demography

Contact Information

Email: sbohon@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-7019
Web: http://web.utk.edu/~utsocdep/faculty/bohon.htm

Harold Black

Expertise:
Harold Black can discuss banking, the monetary system, financial markets and financial institutions.

Expertise Categories: Business

Contact Information

Email: hblack@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-1721
Web: http://www.bus.utk.edu/finance/faculty/HaroldBlack.htm

Expertise:
Forage health and maintenance; Forage species selection, establishment, fertilization, harvest, and storage

Expertise Categories: Agriculture

Contact Information

Email: gbates@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-7208
Web: http://plantsciences.utk.edu/bates.htm