Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.
The UTAA Distinguished Service Professorship award began in 1962 and is intended by the UTAA to attract and retain outstanding professors. Winners receive a $1,000 cash award for each of three years and the title of distinguished service professor.
The UTAA Outstanding Teacher awards have been presented since 1966 to faculty members selected by their colleagues and students from all UT campuses. Winners receive a one-time gift of $1,000.
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.
The UTAA annual awards are made possible by the UTAA Fund for the Future donors.
The 2022 recipients are:
2022 Outstanding Teacher Award Winners
Melanie M. Faizer
UT Knoxville
Senior Lecturer
School of Journalism and Electronic Media
College of Communication and Information
Jacquelyn D. Jacobs
UT Knoxville
Distinguished Lecturer and Director of Management and Human Resources Graduate Program
Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
Haslam College of Business
Ashley D. King
UT Knoxville
Lecturer
Department of Accounting and Information Management
Haslam College of Business
Christine C. Shepardson
UT Knoxville
Department Head and Lindsay Young Professor
Department of Religious Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Fang Yu Hu
UT Chattanooga
Assistant Professor
Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences
Katherine E. Kinnear
UT Chattanooga
Senior Lecturer; Anatomy and Physiology Lab Coordinator
Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science
College of Arts and Sciences
Dexter J. Davis
UT Martin Associate
Professor of Sport Business
Department of Management, Marketing, and Information System
College of Business and Global Affairs
Joshua T. Guerin
UT Martin
Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Dr. Christopher D. Jackson
UT Health Science Center
Assistant Professor and Senior Associate Program Director
Division of General Internal Medicine
College of Medicine
Jacqueline Sharp
UT Health Science Center
Assistant Professor
Department of Acute and Tertiary
College of Nursing
Diploma, St. Joseph School of Nursing
2022 Alumni Public Service Award Winners
Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin
UT Knoxville
Lecturer
Departments of Sociology and Africana Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Meredith G. Perry
UT Chattanooga
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
2022 Distinguished Service Professors
David L. McBeth
UT Martin
Professor
Department of Visual and Theatre Arts
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Angela R. Cantrell
UT Health Science Center
Professor and Senior Associate Dean
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
College of Medicine
Andrea S. Franks
UT Health Science Center
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science
College of Pharmacy
