The Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy focuses on three main areas of interest. The Center maintains and promotes research in the papers of Howard H. Baker, Jr. and other political collections at the University of Tennessee. These materials provide a wealth of information for scholars and students. The Center will work to [...]
The Center for Applied Research and Evaluation (CARE) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville provides top quality research services to a multitude of clients on local, state, and national levels. In 2009, the College of Social Work’s Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS) acquired the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), renaming it CARE. Under [...]
The Center for the Study of Social Justice comprises more than 40 faculty members working in the behavioral sciences, humanities, and law. We are engaged in research and practice intended to inform scholars about what is fair, equitable, and beneficial for people. The Center for the Study of Social Justice facilitates extramurally funded interdisciplinary research [...]
Faculty Brian Barber, Child and Family Studies – Brian K. Barber, PhD is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Conflict, professor of child and family studies, and adjunct professor of psychology, all at the University of Tennessee (USA). He is also Technical Advisor to the World Health Organization and [...]
The mission of the Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS) is to foster and disseminate scientific understanding of children, families and the early education process. This mission has two fundamental areas of emphasis. The first of these – development in context – recognizes that development occurs in multiple, interconnected settings, such as the family, [...]
The interdisciplinary Critical Theory Research Group brings together a group of faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Our research relies on contributions from critical theory, broadly understood. As a distinct research tradition, critical theory began during the 1930s in Germany and in the United [...]
Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights (DDHR) is a research and training focus spearheaded by the cultural anthropology faculty and graduate students at UT. We also cultivate important links across the different sub-disciplines of anthropology and with faculty and students in other departments and colleges. Core Faculty Dr. Gregory V. Button Dr. Marisa O. Ensor Dr. [...]
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) seeks to excel in preparing effective leaders for PreK-12 schools and colleges, researchers and policy scholars involved in state, regional, and national study of major policy issues related to schools and colleges, educational leaders for active participation in policy dialogue affecting the purpose and performance of [...]
The department offers undergraduate and graduate study related to various aspects and approaches to individual and collaborative learning, teaching, research, technology, cultural studies, and counseling. The department is committed to the creation and study of environments that enhance learning potential and promote lifelong learning for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds and the professional [...]
Purpose and Focus The purpose of The Institute for Environmental Modeling (TIEM) is to do basic research on significant environmental problems that impact the State of Tennessee and have national and international implications. The focus of the Institute is on experimental design, environmental model formulation together with mathematical and statistical analyses of the models, projection of [...]
