Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

Shande King of Knoxville, Tennessee, is not your typical math teacher. A current graduate student, he is working on his sixth degree—and his fifth from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, continues to be rated among the top Tennessee institutions for preparing educators to work in the state, according to the 2021 Educator Preparation Report Card.…

Ginger Carney (’76) is serving as the 2020-2021 president of the Tennessee Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, an affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The focus of Carney’s…

The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences is proud of our faculty, staff and students. Several were named as recipients at the 2021 Chancellor’s Honors banquet. — Excellence in…

In preparation for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, the National Endowment for the Humanities put out a call for projects promoting a deeper understanding of…

Written by Brian Canever Photos by Steven Bridges The hour before the announcement felt like one of the longest in Kami Lunsford’s life. A 2006 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, alumna,…

Written by Brian Canever Cody Neighbors, a fourth-year student in the Deaf Studies program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, sensed it the moment he walked onto the silent second…

Three faculty from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) were recently awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Computer Science for All program. This funding will bring Culturally…

Child and Family Studies Jeremy Kanter is an assistant professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies. In 2019, he received his PhD in Human Development and Family Science from…

Like you, all of us in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) are continuously making adjustments as we manage all of the rapid changes that the COVID-19…