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Administrative Staff

Natalie Baggett
Administrative Specialist
Email
Stevenson Center 6633A
On Campus: Tu,Th
Remote: M, W, F
Don Berry
Coordinator, System Support

I can help you with...

  • Placing Oracle orders and processing shopper requisitions
  • Processing expense reports for faculty
  • Content updates to the department website
  • Internal card lock access for SC6
Email
(615) 322-3542
Stevenson Center 6817
Ashley Brammer
FUM/Administrative Manager

I can help you with

  • Serving as the department Financial Unit Manager (FUM), reviewing and approving expense reports, procurement requests, software store orders, and iLab requests
  • Assisting with troubleshooting expense report and procurement questions
  • Acting as the department liaison for hiring all research staff
  • Overseeing the department space and space survey
Email
(615) 343-7389
Stevenson Center 6301DA
On Campus: M, Tu, Th
Remote: W, F
John Fellenstein
Shop/Tech. Supervisor
Email
(615) 322-2770
Stevenson Center 6316
Michael Gillis
Grants Manager

I can help you with

  •  All aspects of the grant life cycle from proposal submission to post-award closeout
  •  Communication with Research Finance and SPA as the department's primary point of contact
  • Coordinating set-up, continuation, and termination of all incoming and outgoing grant-funded subcontracts (incoming and outgoing) with the SPA Contracts team
  • Making payroll costing changes for lab personnel funded by external grants/contracts
Email
(615) 875-9231
Stevenson Center 6731A
On Campus: Tu, W, F
Remote: M, Th
Libby Johnson
Administrative Officer

I can help you with

  • Anything related to the managing of day-to-day operations of department
  • Processing faculty and other personnel record transactions as departmental HCM, Human Capital Management Specialist
  • Reviewing and oversight of human resource activities, including payroll processing submissions for faculty (academic/summer), postdocs, staff, students, and temporary employees
  • Anything at all you need more information on!
Email
(615) 343-2449
Stevenson Center 6302AA
On Campus: M, Tu, W
Remote: Th, F
Stephen Lancaster
Grants Specialist

I can help you with

  • Monitoring financials for external grants and contracts
  • Making payroll costing changes for lab personnel funded by external grants/contracts
  • Overseeing financial reports for grants/contracts
Email
Teams
Stevenson Center 6732A
On Campus: M, W, Th
Remote: Tu, F
Peggy Lucas-Mcgowan
Administrative Specialist

I can help you with

  • Coordinating appointments, reappointments, and promotions of faculty and Visiting Scholar requests
  • Assisting Department Chair with calendar/scheduling
  • Assigning Postdoc/Graduate Students’ office and Key Access
  • Work Orders
  • Designing graphics and updates visual displays for department events
Email
(615) 343-9072
Stevenson Center 6310AA
On Campus: Tu, W, Th
Remote: M, F
Alisha McCord
Academic & Educational Support Program Coordinator

I can help you with

  • Coordinating Physics and Astrophysics Ph.D. programs
  • Managing graduate student payroll
  • Coordinating appointments and reappointments of postdocs as well as hiring
Email
(615) 322-2570
Stevenson Center 6301EA
On Campus: W, Th, F
Remote: M, Tu
Donald Pickert
Administrative Specialist

I can help you with

  • Assisting Directors of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies [DUS & DGS respectively] for graduate and undergraduate student needs
  • Booking Guest Travel for student related travel, registrations, and events
  • Assisting students in the completion of all necessary paperwork related to their PhD & contact for graduate student recruiting
  • Coordinating conference room reservations Room Reservation Request Form
Email
Website
(615) 343-1026
Stevenson Center 6301CA
On Campus: M, Th, F
Remote: Tu, W
Kaitlin Porter
Administrative Specialist
Email
(615) 343-3896
17th & Horton A1114E
On Site: M, F
Remote: Tu, W. Th
Position Vacant
Administrative Specialist

Duties

  • Coordinating weekly colloquium speaker engagements (including travel arrangements and processing honoraria)
  • Planning department events and arranging faculty workshops
  • Guest travel for visitors
  • Procurement requests as a departmental procurement requester and one card holder