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

865-984-5155

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Stuart N. Brotman


Professor

865-974-5139

Melanie Faizer


Professor of Practice

Nick Geidner


Professor

865-974-4454

Heather Haley


Assistant Professor of Practice

Mark Harmon


Professor

865-974-5122

Guy Harrison


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

Guy Harrison’s profile

Ahmad Hayat


Assistant Professor

818-633-3693

Rob Heller


CCI Board of Visitors Professor

Tatia Jordan


Assistant Professor of Practice

Catherine Luther


Professor, Director of the Information Integrity Institute

Michael Martinez


Professor of Practice

865-974-1567

Mustafa Oz


Associate Professor

865-974-4391

Martin Riedl


Assistant Professor

865-974-0527

[email protected]

Martin Riedl’s profile

Amber Roessner


Professor

865-974-5142

Shannon Scovel


Assistant Professor

919-656-2647

Brittany Tarwater


Assistant Professor of Practice

[email protected]

Erin Whiteside


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

865-974-8498

Gene Wojciechowski


Edward J. Meeman Distinguished Professor of Practice

Shiyu Yang


Assistant Professor

Staff

Noreen Premji


Communications Specialist

[email protected]

Cari Ruthenberg


Administrative Specialist

Adjunct Faculty

Hayden Antal


Creative Manager, College of Communication and Information’s Office of Communications and Marketing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Jerry Bush


[email protected]

Brian Canever


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

Annie Carr


[email protected]

Mariel Clark


[email protected]

Summer Dashe


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

[email protected]

Isaac Fowler


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

 [email protected]

Ashley Farrell


Associate Director of VFL Films

[email protected]

Lisa Gary


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

Russ Hollingsworth


Director, Video Production, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

[email protected] 

Phil Kaplan


College sports editor, USA TODAY Network Tennessee

Mike Keith


Voice of the Vols

Tommy Kim


Executive Creative Director, The League of Angels

[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

[email protected]

Michelle McGuffin


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

[email protected]

Austin Orr


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

Leigh Seaman


Executive Producer and Creative Director, Sea2Sea Media

[email protected]

Jim Sexton


[email protected]

John Shearer


[email protected]

Bradley Stringfield


Digital Analytics Manager, Outdoor Sportsman Group

[email protected]

Melissa Sykes


Executive Producer, OrganWise Guys Inc.

[email protected]

Sam Swan


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

[email protected]

David Winstrom


News Director/Broadcast Manager, WVLT

[email protected]

Gerald Witt


Public Information Officer, Knoxville Utilities Board

[email protected]

Max Zarchin


Vice President of Z Media Ventures

[email protected]

Emeritus Faculty

Paul Ashdown


Dorothy Bowles


Ed Caudill


James Crook


Peter Gross


Mark Littmann


Barbara Moore


Mike Singletary


James Stovall


Sam Swan


Mike Wirth