Dr. Robert HindeAssociate Dean for Teaching and Diversity
Interdisciplinary Programs
In keeping with the philosophy that integration of knowledge is as important as proficiency in a given field, the College of Arts and Sciences has combined the resources of several departments to offer a series of interdisciplinary majors and minors. These programs include Africana studies, American studies, Asian studies, cinema studies, comparative literature, environmental studies, global studies, Judaic studies, Latin American studies, linguistics, medieval studies, and women’s studies. The chairs of the College's Interdisciplinary Programs are listed below.
To declare a major in one of the College's Interdisciplinary Programs, students should visit Arts and Sciences Advising Services in room 1 of Alumni Memorial Building. (Students cannot major in Cinema Studies, as this program only offers a minor.)
Program Chairs
Africana Studies
Dr. Asafa Jalata, Interim Chair
Professor, Sociology
901 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0490
Phone: (865) 974-7027
Fax: (865) 974-7013
American
Dr. Michael Fitzgerald, Chair
Professor, Political Science
1009 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0410
Phone: (865) 974-7049 or (865) 974-2261
Fax (865) 974-7037
Asian Studies
Dr. Suzanne Wright, Chair
Associate Professor, School of Art
213 Art And Architecture Building
Knoxville, TN, 37996-2410
Phone: (865) 974-3407
Fax: (865) 974-7037
Dr. Mahagi LaCure
Asian Studies Tape Program
Lecturer, Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
701 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0410
Phone: (865) 974-7002
Fax: (865) 974-7096
Cinema Studies
Dr. Chris Holmlund, Chair
Professor, Modern Foreign
Languages
& Literatures
701 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0430
Phone: (865) 974-7004 or (865) 974-7002
Fax: (865) 974-7096
Comparative Literature
Dr. Carolyn Hodges, Chair
Professor, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
Dean of the Graduate School
701 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0470
Phone: (865) 974-7097 or (865) 974-3421
Fax: (865) 974-7096
Environmental Studies
Dr. Michael McKinney, Chair
Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences
316 Earth & Planetary Sciences Building
Knoxville, TN, 37996-1410
Phone: (865) 974-6359 or (865) 974-2366
Fax: (865) 974-2368
Global Studies
Dr. Jon Shefner, Chair
Associate Professor, Sociology
901 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0490
Phone: (865) 974-6021
Fax: (865) 974-7013
Judaic Studies
Dr. Gilya Gerda Schmidt, Chair
Professor and Head of Religious Studies
515A McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0450
Phone: (865) 974-6985 or (865) 974-2466
Fax: (865) 974-0965
Latin American Studies
Dr. Michael Handelsman, Chair
Professor, Modern Foreign Languages and
Literatures
617 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0470
Phone: (865) 974-7010 or (865) 974-3421
Fax: (865) 974-7096
Linguistics
Dr. Ilona Leki, Chair
Professor, English
405 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0430
Phone: (865) 974-6955 or (865) 974-2261
Fax: (865) 974-6926
Medieval Studies
Dr. Laura Howes, Interim Chair
Associate Professor, English
404 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0430
Phone: (865) 974-6954
Fax: (865) 974-6926
Women's
Studies
Dr. Cheryl Travis, Chair
Professor, Psychology
1912 Terrace Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-0900
Phone: (865) 974-2409 or (865) 974-6843
Fax: (865) 974-3330
This program was discontinued in academic year 2008-2009. Students using Undergraduate Catalogs from earlier academic years who want to pursue a major in Interdisciplinary Programs with a concentration in Legal Studies should contact Dr. Hinde in the College of Arts & Sciences office.
The College has approved a list of course substitutions that can be used to satisfy the "Historical and Global Dynamics" requirement of the Legal Studies program.