Dr. Don Cox
Professor of English and
Executive Associate Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
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, legal studies, linguistics, medieval studies, and women’s studies. See the following list of program chairs and their contact information.
Program Chairs
Africana Studies
Dr. Wornie Reed, Chair
Professor of Sociology
1206 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0412
Phone: (865) 974-5052
Fax: (865) 974-8669
American
Studies
Dr. Michael Fitzgerald , Chair
Professor of Political Science
1009 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0410
Phone: (865) 974-7049 or (865) 974-2261
Fax (865) 974-7037
Asian Studies
Dr. Yang Zhong , Chair
Professor of Political Science
1007 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0410
Phone: (865)974-7187
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 of 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 of 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 of 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 of 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 of Modern Foreign Languages and
Literatures
617 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN, 37996-0470
Phone: (865)974-7010 or (865) 974-3421
Fax: (865)974-7096
Legal
Studies
Dr. David A. Reidy, Chair
Associate Professor of Philosophy
807 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0480
Phone: (865)974-7210
Linguistics
Dr. Ilona Leki, Chair
Professor of English
405 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0430
Phone: (865)974-6955 or (865) 974-2261
Fax: (865)974-6926
Medieval Studies
Dr. Robert Bast , Chair
Associate Professor of History
2616 Dunford Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4065
Phone: (865)974-7083 or (865) 974-5421
Fax: (865)974-3915
Women's
Studies
Dr. Cheryl Travis , Chair
Professor of Psychology
1912 Terrace Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-0900
Phone: (865)974-2409 or (865) 974-6843
Fax: (865)974-3330