| AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY | ||
| Department of Physics and Astronomy | ||
| 2017 - 2018 | ||
| Assignment | Responsibilities | Responsible Person |
| Associate Department Head | Assists the Department Head with various aspects of departmental administration. | Marianne Breinig, Kate Jones |
| Astronomy outreach and planetarium use | Make presentations on astronomy and related topics to schools and civic organizations; astronomy observations for general education courses and the public | Paul Lewis, Sean Lindsay |
| Building Representative | Departmental contact concerning physics space issues | Christine Cheney, Kate Jones |
| College Curriculum Committee: natural sciences divison | Development and review of college curriculum | tbd |
| College Promotion and Tenure Committee | Advise the Dean on tenure and promotion | no representation |
| Colloquia | Be responsible for organizing, implementing, and coordinating departmental colloquia | Thomas Papenbrock (Fall), Jian Liu (Spring) |
| Commencement - Fall 2017 | Participate in the commencement ceremonies as arranged by the university and the college | Yuri Efremenko, Christine Nattrass, Marianne Breinig |
| Commencement - Spring 2018 | Participate in the commencement ceremonies as arranged by the university and the college | Sowjanya Gollapinni, Stu Elston, Geoff Greene |
| Arts and Sciences Advisory Council | Serve as the Department of Physics and Astronomy's representative to the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences | Lucas Platter |
| Dean's Student Advisory Council | Serve as the Department's representative(s) to the Dean's Student Advisory Council. | tbd |
| Director of Graduate Program | Coordinate the activities of the committees on graduate affairs; graduate studies, graduate recruitment, graduate admissions, graduate student progress, and graduate student liaison brochure, qualifying examination. | Marianne Breinig |
| Assistant Director of Graduate Program | Steve Johnston | |
| Director of Undergraduate Program | Coordinate the activities of the committees on undergraduate affairs; undergraduate studies, curriculum and advisng. | Stu Elston |
| Assistant Director of Undergraduate program | Christine Nattrass | |
| Diversity Officer | Advise the Head with regard to promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment. | Soren Sorensen |
| Elements liaison | Assisting faculty with implementation of Elements | Haidong Zhou |
| Environmental Health and Safety | Monitor chemical storage and safety, hazardous waste disposal; inform faculty & staff of chemical hazards and procedures for waste disposal | Christine Cheney |
| Faculty Senate | Members of the Faculty Senate | Soren Sorensen, George Siopsis; Steve Johnston (alternate) |
| GTA Workshop | Organize and coordinate the GTA workshop for August 2016 | Kate Jones, Christine Cheney |
| Graduate Council | Represent the department on UTK's Graduate Council | no representation |
| Graduate research participation seminar-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | Sowjanya Gollapinni |
| Honors Day | Organize Honors Day program, select speaker, guide process to choose award winners | Catherine Longmire, Christine Cheney, Chrisanne Romeo, Hanno Weitering |
| Honors Liaison | Departmental representative for the University Honors Program | Stu Elston |
| Inventory | Be responsible for inventory of equipment | Business office |
| Library Representative | Represent the department's book and journal needs to the library | Mike Guidry |
| Open House | Organize open house for high school students | Kate Jones, Christine Cheney, Catherine Longmire |
| Ph.D. Qualifying Exams | Organize Ph.D. Qualifying Exam committees and maintain responsibility for exam process | Marianne Breinig |
| Placement Exams and Graduate Advising | Administer and evaluate placement exams for new graduate students | Thomas Papenbrock, Ken Read. |
| Publications Coordinator | Be responsible for departmental newsletter, brochure, homepage, recruitment, and handbook materials | Catherine Longmire |
| Qualifying Exam AY17/18 | Develop and grade the two annual Qualifying Exams for the Doctoral Program (August 2017 & January 2018) | Marianne Breinig (chair), Cristian Batista, Yuri Efremenko, Geoff Greene, Jian Liu, Adriana Moreo, Chris Parigger, Sowyanja Gollapinni |
| Qualifying Exam AY18/19 | Develop and grade the two annual Qualifying Exams for the Doctoral Program (August 2018 & January 2019) | Marianne Breinig (chair), Stu Elston, Ken Read, Jaan Mannik, Robert Grzywacz, Mike Fitzsimmons, Yuri Kamyshkov, Max Lavrentovich |
| Radiation Safety | Monitor and report usage and/or transport of radioactive materials | Kate Jones, Christine Cheney |
| Research Council | Represent the department on UTK's Research Council | Chris Parigger, George Siopsis |
| Seminars in Nuclear Physics-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | 2017 Fall - Miguel Madurga 2018 Spring - tba |
| Seminars in Condensed Matter Physics-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | 2018 Fall - Mike Fitzsimmons 2017 Spring - tba |
| Seminars in High energy and Astrophysics-P599 | Responsible for this seminar | 2017 Fall - Andrew Steiner 2018 Spring - |
| Society of Physics Students Advisor | Work with officers of SPS, select members for Sigma Pi Sigma, and coordinate activities of Sigma Pi Sigma | Kate Jones |
| Surplusing | Be responsible for disposal of equipment and clearing inventory records | Brad Gardner and Paul Lewis |
| Undergraduate Council | Represent the department on UTK's Undergraduate Council | Nadia Fomin |