UTAA Presents Awards to Top Faculty, Staff

Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.

Distinguished Service Professorship

The UTAA Distinguished Service Professorship award is intended by the UTAA to attract and retain outstanding professors. Winners receive a $1,000 cash award for three years and the title of distinguished service professor. There have been 96 awarded this distinction since 1962.

Douglas Cook
Professor and Chair/Designer of Vanguard Theatre
Department of Visual and Theatre Arts
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
UT Martin

Mahmoud Haddad
Professor of Finance
Department of Accounting, Finance Economics and Political Science
College of Business and Global Affairs
UT Martin

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Outstanding Teachers

The UTAA Outstanding Teacher awards have been presented since 1966 to 510 faculty members selected by their colleagues and students from all UT campuses. Winners receive a one-time gift of $1,000.

William Kuby
Associate Professor
Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences
UT Chattanooga

Amanda Wintersieck
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and Public Service
College of Arts and Sciences
UT Chattanooga

Dr. Sara Cross
Associate Professor
Department of Medical Education and Infectious Disease
College of Medicine
UT Health Science Center

Dr. Tom Korioth
Professor and Director
Department of Prosthodontics
College of Dentistry
UT Health Science Center

Tricia Hepner
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
UT Knoxville

Lisa King
Assistant Professor
Department of English
College of Arts and Sciences
UT Knoxville

Larry McKay
Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
UT Knoxville

Elizabeth McPherson
Lecturer
Department of Microbiology
College of Arts and Sciences
UT Knoxville

Jason Stout
Associate Professor
Department of Visual and Theatre Arts
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
UT Martin

Danny Walker
Associate Professor
Department of Agriculture, Geosciences and Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
UT Martin

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Public Service

Since 1973, the UTAA Public Service awards have recognized faculty and staff who make substantial contributions to the welfare and good of the state or national public. Awardees receive a one-time gift of $1,000. This award began in 1973, with 115 recipients to date.

Christopher Horne
UC Foundation Associate Professor of Public Administration
Dalton Roberts Professor, MPA Program Coordinator, Political Science and Public Service
College of Arts and Sciences
UT Chattanooga

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The UTAA annual awards are made possible by the UTAA Fund for the Future donors.