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Advising Staff

Directors

Shanna Pendergrast
Director of Advising Services
313 Ayres Hall
Phone: 865-974-4481
E-mail: spender1@utk.edu

Lindi Barillaro
Associate Director of Advising Services
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: lsmedber@utk.edu

Alexandra Brewer
Associate Director of Advising Services
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: abrewer7@utk.edu

Kristin Tocci
Associate Director of Advising Services
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: ktocci@utk.edu

Brittany Hunt-Woods
Assistant Director of Advising Services
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: bhunt11@utk.edu

Coordinator

K’Cindra Cavin
Petition/DARS Coordinator
E-mail: kcavin1@utk.edu

Administrative Support

Ciara Bingham
Pre-Health Coordinator
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: ciara@utk.edu

Misty Dutton
Scholarship Coordinator
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: mdutton6@utk.edu

Kaitlyn Hoelzle
Events Coordinator
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: khoelzle@utk.edu

Emily Weeks
Scheduling Coordinator
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: eweeks6@utk.edu

Academic Advisors

Madeline Anderson
Coordinator for Academic Advising, Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: mande111@utk.edu

Bobby Bennett
Academic Advisor for the Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: rbenne20@utk.edu

Cassie Bennett
Academic Advisor for the Department of Psychology
307 Austin Peay
E-mail: cmccar27@utk.edu

Emily Brandel
Academic Advisor for the Departments of History, Classics, Religious Studies, and Philosophy
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: ebrande1@utk.edu

Tommy Brown
Academic Advisor for the Departments of Geography and Political Science
302 Burchfiel Geography Building
E-mail: tbrow116@utk.edu

Raven Daniel
Academic Advisor for the Division of Biology
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: rdanie37@utk.edu

Hannah Frankel
Academic Advisor for the Department of Psychology
307 Austin Peay
E-mail: jthom128@utk.edu

Carol Frazier
Academic Advisor for the Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: cfrazi12@utk.edu

Nick Grant
Academic Advisor for the Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: ngrant3@utk.edu

Ross Johnson
Coordinator for Academic Advising, Division of Biology
M303 Walters Academic Building
E-mail: rjohn108@utk.edu

Samantha Keyser
Academic Advisor for the Departments of Africana Studies and World Languages and Cultures
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: skeyser1@utk.edu

Alexa La Pierre
Academic Advisor for the Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: alapierr@utk.edu

Kaylee Lawson
Academic Advisor for the Social Sciences
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: klawso22@utk.edu

John Mooneyham
Coordinator for Academic Advising, Department of Online Interdisciplinary Programs
E-mail: jmoone10@utk.edu

Emily Neely
Academic Advisor for the Social Sciences
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: eneely2@utk.edu

Gina Ondercin
Academic Advisor for the Department of Political Science
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: gonderci@utk.edu

Justin Phillips
Academic Advisor for the Department of Arts and Sciences Economics
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: jphill31@utk.edu

Kirsten Pitcock
Coordinator for Academic Advising, Department of English
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: kpitcock@utk.edu

Ashleigh Powers
Coordinator for Academic Advising, Department of Psychology
Austin Peay 307-C
E-mail: apower16@utk.edu

Samantha Register
Academic Advisor for the Department of Chemistry
M303 Walters Academic Building
E-mail: sregist1@utk.edu

Aubrey Riggs
Academic Advisor for the Division of Biology
M303 Walters Academic Building
E-mail: ariggs4@utk.edu

Shay Riggs
Academic Advisor for the Department of Psychology
307 Austin Peay
E-mail: sriggs8@utk.edu

Brooke Schmalhorst
Academic Advisor for the Division of Biology in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
M303 Walters Academic Building
E-mail: bschmalh@utk.edu

Brian Schmid
Academic Advisor for the Department of Psychology
307 Austin Peay
E-mail: bschmid5@vols.utk.edu

Raini Sizemore
Academic Advisor for the Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: rainsize@utk.edu

Juliana Spradling
Academic Advisor for the Departments of Mathematics and Physics
M303 Walters Academic Building
E-mail: jspradl8@utk.edu

Sarah Taylor
Academic Advisor for the Department of Anthropology
505A Strong Hall
E-mail: stayl123@utk.edu

Lonnie Thayer
Academic Advisor for the Division of Biology in Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
M303 Walters Academic Building
E-mail: athayer3@utk.edu

Keira Towers
Academic Advisor for the Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: ktowers@utk.edu

Christopher Treece
Academic Advisor for the Central Advising Team
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: ctreece4@utk.edu

Emilie Aslinger Wise
Coordinator for Academic Advising, Department of Sociology and Global Studies
313 Ayres Hall
E-mail: easlinge@utk.edu

Cidae’a Woods
Academic Advisor for the Department of Psychology
307 Austin Peay
E-mail: cwoods29@utk.edu

College of Arts and Sciences

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Knoxville, TN 37996-1330

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