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  • Caula Beyl

    Caula Beyl
    Professor and Dean
    Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

    Expertise:
    Caula Beyl has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on 41 funded research projects in various areas of horticulture, stress physiology and space biology.  Her research has resulted in several refereed research publications, seven book chapters, one book and 115 abstracts and presentations, which included institutional research and assessment topics.

    She began her academic career as a researcher and teacher at Alabama A&M University where she remained for more than 26 years. She assumed the role of director of the Office of Institutional Planning, Research and Evaluation in 2002. Beyl helped to revise and write new strategic and effectiveness documents for the university and was essential in guiding Alabama A&M University through its reaffirmation of accreditation process including the development of a Quality Enhancement Plan.

    She has presented on a variety of retention, institutional planning, learning outcomes, and QEP development topics to NACDRAO, SAIR, SEF and SACS, among others. She also has served as the external examiner for Masters of International Horticulture students at Liebniz University in Hannover, Germany.

    Expertise Categories: Biology | Horticulture | Retention | Institutional Planning

    Contact Information

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 865-974-7303
    Web:

  • Stergios Botzakis

    Stergios Botzakis
    Assistant Professor
    Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

    Expertise:
    Stergios Botzakis can discuss adolescent literacy, content area literacy, media literacy and graphic novels. His research includes secondary education and popular culture.

    Expertise Categories: Adolescent Literacy | Content Area Literacy | Media Literacy | Graphic Novels

    Contact Information

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 865-974-6159
    Web: http://web.utk.edu/~tpte/faculty/sbotzakis.html

  • Katy Chiles

    Katy Chiles
    Assistant Professor
    English

    Expertise:
    Katy Chiles can discuss African-American literature, early American studies and critical race theory. Her research focuses on how late 18th century beliefs about the potential mutability of the racialized body structures the way that early American literary texts characterize racial difference.

    Expertise Categories: African-American Literature | Early American | Critical Race Theory

    Contact Information

    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 865-974-6945
    Web: http://web.utk.edu/~english/staff/faculty/gf_chiles.php