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External Collaborations

Teaching & Learning Innovation (TLI) maintains strategic partnerships with teaching and learning centers across the region to strengthen faculty development and advance shared priorities in teaching and learning.

Through collaborations with UT System institutions and SEC member universities, TLI fosters meaningful dialogue, shares resources, and promotes collective growth across institutions.

UT System Institutions

The UT System Teaching & Learning and Faculty Development Leaders Group brings together colleagues from across all UT System campuses. This group shares insights, discusses emerging teaching and learning needs, and explores opportunities for collaboration.

UT System – Institutional Representatives

UT Knoxville

  • Ferlin McGaskey, Director of Professional Development

UT Chattanooga – The Walker Center for Teaching & Learning

  • Victoria Bryant, Director of the Walker Center for Teaching & Learning

UT Health Science Center – The Teaching & Learning Center

UT Martin

  • Stephanie Kolitsch, Professor of Mathematics & SACSCOC Liaison and Director of Accreditation

UT Southern

  • Melissa Ryckman, Associate Professor of History & Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

SEC Conference Institutions

The SEC Teaching & Learning and Faculty Development Leaders Group connects faculty development leaders from across the Southeastern Conference. Through regular meetings, this group discusses emerging issues, exchanges ideas, and strengthens partnerships that support teaching and learning across SEC universities.

 SEC Conference Institutions

Auburn University

Louisiana State University

Mississippi State University

Texas A&M University

University of Alabama

University of Arkansas

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of Kentucky

University of Mississippi

University of Missouri

University of South Carolina

University of Tennessee

Vanderbilt University