School of Journalism & Media

Faculty and staff directory

The School of Journalism and Media is located on the third floor in Room 333 of the Communication and Information Building.

You can contact the school by email at [email protected] and by phone at 865-974-5155.

Faculty

Amy Jo Coffey

Professor and Director, School of Journalism and Media

Headshot of Professor of Practice Melanie Faizer

Melanie Faizer

Professor of Practice

Heather Haley

Assistant Professor of Practice

Guy Harrison

Associate Professor, Director of the Alan & Wendy Wilson Communication & Leadership Academy

Rob Heller

CCI Board of Visitors Professor

Tatia Jordan

Assistant Professor of Practice

Catherine Luther

Director of the Information Integrity Institute, Minnie Doty Goddard Distinguished Professor

Michael Martinez

Professor of Practice

Mustafa Oz headshot

Mustafa Oz

Assistant Professor

Martin Riedl

Assistant Professor

Shannon Scovel

Assistant Professor

Brittany Tarwater

Brittany Tarwater

Assistant Professor of Practice

Erin Whiteside

Erin Whiteside

Professor, Graduate Programs Coordinator for the School of Journalism and Media

Gene Wojiechowski

Gene Wojciechowski

Edward J. Meeman Distinguished Professor of Practice

Shiyu Yang

Assistant Professor

Staff

Cari Erwin

Administrative Specialist

Adjunct Faculty

Hayden Antal

Associate Director of Communications, Content, at the College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Brian Canever

Content Marketing Manager, Global Supply Chain Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Annie Carr

Executive Producer, WBIR

Mariel Clark

Summer Dashe

Communications and Visual Storytelling, contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy

Erica Estep

Isaac Fowler

Senior Producer – Office of Communications and Marketing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Ashley Farrell

Associate Director of VFL Films

Lisa Gary

Lecturer – College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Paige Halsey

Russ Hollingsworth

Director – Video Production, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Phil Kaplan

Director, Video Production – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Mike Keith

[email protected]

Brad Lyle

Video Production Specialist – Office of Communications and Marketing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Rachel McClelland

Executive Director for Marketing and Communications – Pellissippi State Community College

Michelle McGuffin

Director of Communications – Center for Transportation Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Chris O’Keeffe

Austin Orr

Multimedia Manager – Haslam College of Music at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Leigh Seaman

Executive Producer and Creative Director, Sea2Sea Media

Jim Sexton

John Shearer

Kimberly Showalter

Bradley Stringfield

Digital Analytics Manager – Outdoor Sportsman Group

Sam Swan

Professor Emeritus – College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Cheryl Welch

Publications Advisor – The Media Center at University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Communication and Information

David Winstrom

News Director/Broadcast Manager, WVLT

Max Zarchin

Vice President of Z Media Ventures

Lola Alapo

Brooks Clark

Tim Santos

Multimeda Specialist – The Media Center at University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Communication and Information

Emeritus Faculty

Julie Andsanger

Paul Ashdown

Dorothy Bowles

Ed Caudill

James Crook

Mark Littmann

Peter Gross

Barbara Kaye

Barbara Moore

Mike Singletary

James Stovall

Sam Swan

Mike Wirth