General Contact Information
McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture
The University of Tennessee
1327 Circle Park Drive
Knoxville TN 37996-3200
Phone: 865-974-2144
Email: museum@utk.edu
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Claudio Gómez | Jefferson Chapman Executive Director | cgomez7@utk.edu |
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Timothy Baumann | Curator of Archaeology, Director of Laboratory of Environmental Archaeology (LEA) | tbaumann@utk.edu |
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Amanda Beasley | Visitor Services Ambassador | abeasle7@utk.edu |
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Callie Bennett | Assistant Museum Educator | croller2@utk.edu |
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Leslie Chang Jantz | Curator of Education | lcjantz@utk.edu |
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Sandra Cridlin | Archaeological Research Associate | scridlin@vols.utk.edu |
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We’re hiring! | Associate Curator of Environmental Archaeology, Manager of Laboratory of Environmental Archaeology (LEA) | |
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Gerald Dinkins | Curator of Malacology | gdinkins@utk.edu |
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Kandi Hollenbach | Associate Curator of Paleoethnobotany | kdh@utk.edu |
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Chae Howard | Archaeology Lab Associate | jbaker50@vols.utk.edu |
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Katy Malone | Curator of Academic Programs | katy@utk.edu |
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Donna McCarthy | Anthropology Research Associate III | dmccarth@vols.utk.edu |
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Rainey Rawles | Exhibition Designer & Preparator | rrawles@utk.edu |
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Emily Reichard | Communications & Annual Giving Professional | ereichar@utk.edu |
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Drew Rowan | Director of Development | arowan@utk.edu |
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Catherine Shteynberg | Assistant Director Curator of Arts & Culture Collections |
cshteynb@utk.edu |
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Karen Norwood | Interim Registrar and Collections Manager | knorwoo6@vols.utk.edu |
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Karen West | Business Manager | kwest37@utk.edu |
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Chris Weddig | Exhibition and Physical Experiences Manager | cweddig@utk.edu |
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Tiffany Vaughn | Administrative Assistant | tmanes@utk.edu |
Current Graduate Research Assistants
- Archaeology – Garrett Wamack, gwamack@vols.utk.edu
- Arts & Culture/ Exhibitions – Sadie Counts, scounts2@vols.utk.edu
- Paleoethnobotany – Kelly Santana, ksantana@vols.utk.edu