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Executive Committee <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a> <\/th>

President<\/span>
<\/b>Dr. Somaditya Banerjee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>banerjees@apsu.edu<\/a><\/span>
<\/th>


Austin Peay State University<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr>

\"\"<\/th>President-Elect<\/span><\/b>
Dr. Sean Walker<\/strong>

swalke47@utm.edu<\/a>

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University of Tennessee, Martin<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr>

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Past President<\/span>
<\/b>Dr. DeAnna Owens-Mosby<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

dgish@memphis.edu<\/a><\/p><\/th>

University of Memphis<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr>

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Secretary<\/span>
<\/b>Prof. Nancy Gibson<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>gibsonn@apsu.edu<\/a><\/th>

Austin Peay State University<\/span><\/p><\/th><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Members and Friends of TUFS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

East Tennessee State University<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

President: Alan Stevens (stevensae2@etsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President: Kate Beatty (beattyk@etsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate Past President: Ginni Blackhart (blackhar@mail.etsu.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative Liaison: Bridget Baird (bairdb@etsu.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Memphis<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Jeni Loftus (jmloftus@memphis.edu)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President-Elect: Stephen Karr  (sfkarr@memphis.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate Past President: DeAnna Owens-Mosby (dgish@memphis.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative Liaison: Allie Jones (Allie.Jones@memphis.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Martin<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Sandy Mehlhorn (smehlhor@utm.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President-Elect: Saman Sargolzaei (ssargolz@utm.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate Past President: Sean Walker (swalke47@utm.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative liaison: Carey Whitworth (carey.whitworth@tennessee.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friend of TUFS: Dan McDonough (dmcdonou@utm.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Charles Noble (cnoble@utk.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Elect: Jud Laughter (jlaught3@utk.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past President:  Derek Alderman (dalderma@utk.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Member: Bonnie Ownley (bownley@utk.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative liaison: Carey Whitworth (carey.whitworth@tennessee.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee State University<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi (vtirivee@tnstate.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President-Elect:  William Johnson (wjohnso7@tnstate.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past President: Dr. Artenzia Young-Seigler (ayoung@tnstate.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member: Guinevere Bennett (gbennett@tnstate.edu<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee Southern<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Melissa Ryckman (mryckman@utsouthern.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle Tennessee State University<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Patrick McCarthy (Patrick.McCarthy@mtsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate Past President: Michael Federici (Michael.federici@mtsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative Liaison (Bill.Ketron@mtsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Beth Crawford (Beth-Crawford@utc.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President-Elect: Sarah Einstein (Sarah-Einstein@utc.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee Health Science Center<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Karen J Derefinko (kderefin@uthsc.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate Past President: Tracy McClinton (tmcclint@uthsc.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member: Yanhui Zhang (yzhang36@uthsc.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee Tech University<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President: Kristine Craven  (KCraven@tntech.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TUFS Emeritus: Sandi Smith Andrews (sjsmith@tntech.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative Liaison: Terry Saltsman (tsaltsman@tntech.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin Peay State University<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate President:  Brandon Di Paolo Harrison (dipaolob@apsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TUFS President: Soma Banerjee (banerjees@apsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TUFS Secretary: Nancy Gibson (gibsonn@apsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member Senates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Austin Peay State University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Tennessee State University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle Tennessee State University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee State University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee Tech University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Memphis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Chattanooga<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Health Sciences Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Martin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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