Ashley Blamey
Title IX Coordinator
Ashley Blamey, UT’s Title IX coordinator, has expertise include distressed students, crisis management, bystander intervention, and sexual assault.
Shandra Forrest-Bank
Associate Professor of Social Work
Shandra Forrest-Bank has expertise in the transition to adulthood, risk and resilience, positive youth development, racial microaggression, and how poverty and racism impact young adult trajectories.
Mary Lehman Held
Associate Professor of Social Work
Mary Lehman Held’s research is centered on the mental health and well-being of vulnerable populations, including Latino immigrants.
Lisa Reyes Mason
Associate Professor of Social Work
Lisa Reyes Mason has expertise in social vulnerability to environmental change, adaptation to climate change, water security, and urban sustainability.
David Patterson
Professor of Mental Health Research and Practice
David Patterson has developed curriculum related to evidence-based substance abuse treatment and is the principal investigator for HUD’s Knox Region’s Homeless Management Information System.
Laura Wheat
Assistant Professor of Education
Laura Wheat has expertise in grief and grief counseling.