Teaching Staff
Theresa Hopkins, Lead Teacher
Dr. Hopkins, a teacher of calculus, holds a doctorate in mathematics education from UT, along with both master's and bachelor's degrees from UT. She has 12 years of secondary teaching experience.
Bennett Adkinson, Physics
Mr. Adkinson earned his master's degree in science education, along with a bachelor's degree in college scholars from UT. In addition to being a certified physics teacher, Adkinson is certified to teach theater, and has spent time the past two summers teaching English at Tsinghua University in China. Currently pursuing his doctorate at UT, he has three years of secondary teaching experience.
Shannon Suddath, Humanities
Ms. Suddath earned a master's degree in education along with a B.A. in history and English from UT. Suddath has seven years of secondary teaching experience, and is currently pursuing her educational specialist degree at UT.
Larry Y. Brown, Instructor of Tai Chi
Sifu Larry Brown earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education from the University of Tennessee, with concentrations in recreation and therapeutic recreation, respectively. He holds national certification as a therapeutic recreational specialist, and has 33 years of experience teaching and learning Tai Chi. He spent 15 years working with school-age students, and has also taught Tai Chi at UT for 18 years.
Thomas Hodges, Graduate Assistant in Mathematics
Mr. Hodges earned his master's degree at UT and his bachelor's in mathematics at Belmont University. A second-year doctoral student, he has six years of experience teaching secondary mathematics.
Yan Wang, Graduate Assistant in Mathematics and Mandarin
Ms. Wang earned her master's in mathematics education at UT, and her bachelor's in mathematics from ChongQing University in China. A native speaker of Mandarin and fluent in English, Wang taught secondary mathematics in China before moving to the U.S.
Whitney Locke, Graduate Assistant and School Counselor
Ms. Locke earned her master's in education from MTSU in school counseling along with her bachelor's degree from East Tennessee State University. A doctoral student in counselor education at UT, Locke has three years of school counseling experience.
Amy Sullins, Graduate Research Assistant and Program Evaluator
Mrs. Sullins graduated with a B.S. and M.S. in secondary English education from Auburn University and taught English and debate at the high school level for seven years. For the past five years, she was a faculty member at Tennessee Wesleyan College, instructing secondary education classes. Mrs. Sullins is a doctoral student in Assessment and Evaluation.
Executive Director
Dr. Vena Long
The University of Tennessee
College of Education, Health & Human Science
Claxton Education Building
1122 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996
Email: vlong@utk.edu
Fax: (865) 974-8718