Faculty Appreciation 2021

Celebrate our Faculty!

We’ve named Feb. 22, 2021, “Faculty Appreciation Day” in our college. Let’s celebrate our amazing faculty every day but especially on Faculty Appreciation Day on Feb. 22. Now more than ever, we appreciate our faculty, who are going above and beyond to ensure our incredible curriculum and creative culture are still going strong during the pandemic.

 

Give a Shout-Out!

Students, in honor of Faculty Appreciation Day, give a shout-out to your favorite professors! Complete the form below and hit “Submit.” Shout-outs will be added to this page regularly, so check back to read your shout-out and those from your friends in the college. The form closed on Feb. 23.

 

Thank you, faculty!

 

Read Student Shout-outs!

 

James Rose

Thank you for giving me an opportunity last minute without having much prior knowledge about who I am. You have been a very good mentor and advisor to me and thanks to your guidance I have secured my first solo exhibition. I really appreciate all your help and guidance. You ROCK!

Deniz Soydan

M.Arch Graduating

 

Maged Guerguis

Thanks to your guidance on illustration methods and encouragement I was able to secure a connection at Perkins and Will. Best studio ever !!

Deniz Soydan

M.Arch Graduating

 

Mark Stanley

Prof. Mark Stanley has been an influencer during my academic career. The time, effort and thought he puts into his student’s work in and out of studio is admirable and highly applaudable. Thanks for all you do!

Annie Phillips

2G MArch

 

Scottie McDaniel

My professor is so patient and invested. I appreciate all of her hard work in teaching us new software and ways of design thinking. She goes out of her way to help us learn!

Kati Grostefon

5th, 5+1 Landscape Architecture

 

Yojairo Lomeli

Transitioning from high school to studio culture can be extremely difficult for first year students. However, Yojairo Lomeli created a challenging, yet welcoming studio environment. He is committed to his students’ progression towards excellence. He constantly reminded us that your process is just as crucial as your end product. Yojairo has instilled commitment, creativity, and crucial thinking into his students. Thank you for encouraging us to be ambitious from the get-go.

Emmie Barnett

First Year Interior Architecture

 

Brad Collett

Want to send a shout-out to Prof. Brad Collett for leading and organizing such a resoundingly successful 2021 RiverLine Summit! Your leadership, visionary, and collaboration skills always inspire me and I’m fortunate to be able to learn and grow from your leadership!

Caleb Brackney

 Dual MArch + MLA

 

Marleen Davis

So glad to have you again for tech this year and have learned a lot about structures so far! Thank you for the super helpful notebooks you have compiled for your classes (I still have my first year notebook) it makes a huge difference in organizing my notes and having pride in looking back at them! Thanks for all you do!

Madison Wilson

2nd Year Architecture

 

Julie Beckman

Thank you for always making yourself available and guiding us throughout the way! You’ve been incredible throughout my time here at UT!!

Sandra Ghabrial

5th Year Architecture

 

Maged Guerguis

Thank you for always believing in and pushing your students! Your constant encouragement is so appreciated. Learning from you has been so incredible!!

Sandra Ghabrial

5th Year Architecture

 

James Rose

Professor Rose, whether you know it or not, the power of your words and the studio atmosphere you created really change my perspective towards Architecture and my design intent, like a curious child sifting the head of a kaleidoscope.

You are amazing!

Sincerely,

Your student who wanted to reimagine the ‘Children of the Corn’ mist

Christina Ceniceros

4th Year Architecture

 

Rana Abudayyeh

I had Rana last semester. She has such a positive energy about her and it’s honestly contagious. I feel like she genuinely cares about everyone of her students and is looking out for us. A true queen.

Marina Woodroffe

2025 Architecture

 

Tracy Moir-McClean

You’re doing great in our studio even over zoom! I’m so excited to continue our with our arctic context and feel you do a great job at designing the process for us to derive architecture from a concept and giving great comments about our individual work! You are appreciated!

Madison Wilson

2nd Year Architecture

 

Hansjoerg Goeritz

I’m really excited about learning more in tech this year and am intrigued in your background as a Mason! Your lectures are interesting and fun to listen to! Thanks for all you do!

Madison Wilson

2nd Year Architecture

 

Rana Abudayyeh

Thank you for being so supportive, sweet, and such a great teacher during 121!!!

Sydney Ellen Lashbrook

First-Year Architecture

 

Brian Ambroziak

Thank you for being so passionate about what you are teaching and making 102 about the heart of generating images; you have made the course so interesting and eye-opening for me!

Sydney Ellen Lashbrook

First-Year Architecture

 

Marleen Davis

Thank you for being so passionate about what you are teaching and helping us develop the knowledge that needs to be at the foundation of our architecture education: drawing freehand and developing those skills, abstraction, and elements that are vital to built architecture: stairs, space, etc.

Sydney Ellen Lashbrook

First-Year Architecture

 

Ronda Wright

Thank you for taking on the world last semester for us and teaching me about my own language of design!

Sydney Ellen Lashbrook

First-Year Architecture

 

Marleen Davis

Professor Davis, thank you for a fascinating intro to architecture! I really enjoyed taking your course and having you as a professor; your knowledge and passion for the field always shone through and created a wonderful learning environment! Thank you!!

Ivanna Adames

First Year / Architecture

 

James Rose

Professor Rose, I am so, so grateful to have had you as my first professor of architecture school! I enjoyed your studio and projects so much, and I really appreciate all of your insightful feedback, advice, and design lessons! Thank you for a wonderful semester!

Ivanna Adames

First Year / Architecture

 

Avigail Sachs

I have appreciated getting to know you from my first semester here; I will never forget how exciting that dam tour was with your TVA elective. Then getting to learn so much from working with you as a TA in 211 and now finishing with my thesis project has been incredible. Your knowledge of Jerusalem is invaluable to the project. I am so thankful for your enthusiasm about academia and everything you do for us graduate students!

Rachel Crosslin

Second Year / Architecture 

 

Katherine Ambroziak

Thank you Katherine for the major help being the primary advisor to my thesis project. I am glad you agreed having only met me once in person prior to our initial discussion. I really admire how invested you are in the not only us students and CoAD but also in the greater Knoxville community. Thank you!

Rachel Crosslin

Second Year / Architecture

 

Rana Abudayyeh

I am so thankful to have the opportunity to have conversations with you about my thesis project. I am especially appreciative since you agreed to work with many of the MAP projects. The insight you have brought has been really incredible, and the willingness to spend your time for our benefit truly speaks to how invested you are in us students. Thank you!!!

Rachel Crosslin

Second Year / Architecture

 

Olivia Poston

Olivia! You were so great to have as an introduction to studio culture and architecture as a whole. I loved our creative projects and how passionate and thought-out each one was. And especially for working with me when I got sick during reviews! Will never forget you keeping my project for me! Thank you so much!

Georgia Perry

First-Year Architecture

 

Marleen Davis

Marleen, I have so many amazing things to say about you! From hunting me down to be a TA for Arch 101, to then inviting me on your T3 + T4 team this semester, I have so appreciated the opportunities and experiences you have given me. Because of your willingness to provide me with these positions and mentor/teach me along the way, I have grown so much as a student leader and designer. I never knew how much I would love teaching alongside you. You are such an inspiration and a great friend!

Molly Miller

Third-Year Architecture

 

David Fox

David, thank you for your efforts to create an incredible program for our studio this year. I have so appreciated your passion for enriching and preserving communities through design. I also greatly enjoy your emphasis on creating beautiful art through painting and hand drawing. It is a skill we all need to learn and grow in as architects! Looking forward to the work our studio produces this semester.

Molly Miller

Third-Year Architecture 

 

Jinoh Park

Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into your class! Each class is filled with so much interesting and thought provoking content, and your work does not go unnoticed!

Claire Haeberle

First-Year Interior Architecture

 

Tim Dolan

My favorite Professor I’ve had so far. Tim genuinely cares and loves his students!! He is so informative, kind-hearted, and funny. Thanks for doing an amazing job at teaching the IA101 class!

Lily Prabhakar

First-Year Interior Architecture 

 

Caley Shoemaker

Caley is a teacher who shows how much she cares! She helped us learn and pushed us. Caley is a wonderful UT professor.

Kati G

Fifth-Year Landscape Architecture

 

Gale Fulton

Thanks for keeping it weird and strange this studio!! I am looking forward to the rest of the studio.

Seth Zanoni

Second-Year Landscape Architecture

 

Mark DeKay

Shout-out to Mark DeKay for always wanting better for his students and those around him. It is evident that Mark wants nothing more than to help and teach his students in and out of the classroom. His sayings such as “use the fat pen” and many more are truly clever. He is an absolute pleasure to learn from. Thank you Mark!

Beau Begley

5th Year Architecture

 

Caley Shoemaker

Caley goes above and beyond in the classroom, teaching online, and meeting one on one. Having her for both LAR 525 and LAR 432 she continually pushed me to learn something new each and every class. She is so kind-hearted, eager to help us succeed, and understanding of life’s circumstances. Thank you for everything Caley!

Ellie Brannum

4th Year Interior Architecture