The following are the Directors of Graduate Studies for graduate degree programs and certificates at UT:
- Agricultural and Resource Economics—James Larson (jlarson2@utk.edu)
- Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications—Carrie Stephens (cfritz@utk.edu)
- Animal Science—Lannett Edwards (jedwards@utk.edu)
- Biosystems Engineering—Xiaofei Ye (xye2@utk.edu)
- Entomology and Plant Pathology—Bonnie Ownley (bownley@utk.edu)
- Environmental and Soil Sciences—Jaehoon Lee (jhlee@utk.edu)
- Food Science—Qixin Zhong (qzhong1@utk.edu)
- Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries—Lisa Muller (lmuller@utk.edu)
- Plant Sciences—William Klingeman (wklingem@utk.edu)
- Architecture—Avigail Sachs (avigail.sachs@utk.edu)
- Landscape Architecture—Gale Fulton (gfulton@utk.edu)
- Anthropology—Jan Simek (jsimek@utk.edu)
- Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology—Brad Binder (bbinder@utk.edu)
- Chemistry—Michael Best (mdbest@utk.edu)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology—Michael Blum (mblum@utk.edu)
- English—William Hardwig (whardwig@utk.edu)
- Genome Science and Technology—Albrecht von Arnim (vonarnim@utk.edu)
- Geography—Hyun Kim (hkim56@utk.edu)
- Geology—Annette Engel (aengel1@utk.edu)
- History—Luke Harlow (lharlow1@utk.edu)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (IDPG) – Africana Studies—Carolyn Hodges (chodges@utk.edu)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (IDPG) – Linguistics—Harriet Bowden (hbowden1@utk.edu)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (IDPG) – Medieval Studies—Tom Burman (tburman@utk.edu)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (IDPG) – Women, Gender and Sexuality—Rachel Golden (rmgolden@utk.edu)
- Mathematics—Xiaobing Feng (xfeng@math.utk.edu)
- Microbiology—Steven Wilhelm (wilhelm@utk.edu)
- Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures—Rudyard Alcocer (ralcocer@utk.edu)
- Philosophy—Jonathan Garthoff (garthoff@utk.edu)
- Physics and Astronomy—Marianne Breinig (mbreinig@utk.edu)
- Political Science—Ian Down (idown@utk.edu)
- Psychology, Clinical—Kristina Gordon (kgordon1@utk.edu)
- Psychology, Counseling—Gina Owens (gowens4@utk.edu)
- Psychology, Experimental—Jeff Larsen (jeff.larsen@utk.edu)
- School of Art—Emily Bivens (ebivens@utk.edu)
- School of Music—Angela Batey (abatey@utk.edu)
- Sociology—Stephanie Bohon (sbohon@utk.edu)
- Theatre—Terry Weber (tweber@utk.edu)
- Accounting (MAcc)—Robert Fuller (rmfuller@utk.edu)
- Accounting (PhD)—Linda Myers (lmyers16@utk.edu)
- Business Analytics and Statistics (MS)—Robert Mee (rmee@utk.edu)
- Economics—Scott Gilpatric (sgilpatr@utk.edu)
- Finance—Andy Puckett (pucketta@utk.edu)
- Management and Human Resources MS—Cheryl Barksdale (cbarksd1@utk.edu)
- IGSP—Russell Zaretzki (rzaretzk@utk.edu)
- Management Science PhD (PhD in Analytics)—Sean Willems (swillems@utk.edu)
- Marketing (PhD)—Alex Zablah (azablah@utk.edu)
- MBA (Aerospace & Defense)—James Wansley (jwansley@utk.edu)
- MBA (Full-Time)—Mary Goss (mgoss5@utk.edu)
- MBA (Global Supply Chain)—Shay Scott (sdscott@utk.edu)
- MBA (Healthcare Leadership)—Kate Atchley (kateatchley@utk.edu)
- MBA (Physician Executive)—Kate Atchley (kateatchley@utk.edu)
- MBA (Professional)—Molly Kinard (molly@utk.edu)
- MBA (Strategic Leadership)—Michael McIntyre (doc@utk.edu)
- Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Organizations PhD—David Williams (dwill117@utk.edu)
- Supply Chain Management (MS)—Shay Scott (sdscott@utk.edu)
- Supply Chain Management (PhD)—Christopher Craighead (ccraighe@utk.edu)
- Communication & Information—Michael Palenchar (mpalench@utk.edu)
- Information Sciences—Rachel Fleming-May (rf-m@utk.edu)
- Child and Family Studies—Spencer Olmstead (solmstea@utk.edu)
- Educational Leadership and Policy Studies—Norma Mertz (nmertz@utk.edu)
- Educational Psychology and Counseling—Lisa Yamagata-Lynch (lisayl@utk.edu)
- Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies—Lars Dzikus (ldzikus@utk.edu)
- Nutrition—Guoxun Chen (gchen6@utk.edu)
- Public Health (DrPH)—Laurie Meschke (llmeschke@utk.edu)
- Public Health (MPH)—Kathleen Brown (kcbrown@utk.edu)
- Retail Hospitality and Tourism Management—Jeanie Lim (hlim@utk.edu)
- Theory and Practice in Teacher Education—Amy Broemmel (broemmel@utk.edu)
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering—Eric Boder (boder@utk.edu)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering—Khalid Alshibli (alshibli@utk.edu)
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science—Jens Gregor (jgregor@utk.edu)
- Industrial and Systems Engineering—James Ostrowski ( jostrows@utk.edu)
- Industrial and Systems Engineering (MS in Engineering Management)—James Simonton (jsimonto@utsi.edu)
- Materials Science and Engineering—Kurt Sickafus (kurt@utk.edu)
- Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering—Kivanc Ekici (ekici@utk.edu)
- Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (UTSI)—Trevor Moeller (tmoeller@utk.edu)
- Nuclear Engineering—J. Hines (jhines2@utk.edu)
- College of Nursing—Sadie Hutson (shutson@utk.edu)
- Social Work (DSW)—David Patterson (dpatter2@utk.edu)
- Social Work (MSSW Knoxville)—Ragan Schriver (rschriv1@utk.edu)
- Social Work (MSSW Online and Nashville)—Kate McClernon-Chaffin (kmcclem@utk.edu)
- Social Work (PhD)—Lisa Mason (mason@utk.edu)
- Comparative and Experimental Medicine—Stephen Kania (skania@utk.edu)
- Bredesen Center—Lee Riedinger (lrieding@utk.edu)