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Dr. DeeDee Anderson
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Development and Dean of Students

email: DeeDee-Anderson@utc.edu
phone: 423.425.4761
fax: 423.425.5357

Dr. Anderson graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 1990 with a Bachelor's degree. She also earned a Masters and Doctoral degrees at Louisiana Tech.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Campus Recreation
  • Dean of Students office
  • Placement and Student Employment
  • University Center
  • Student Governement
James S. Hicks
Associate Dean of Students

email: Jim-Hicks@utc.edu
phone: 423.425.4761
fax: 423.425.5357

Dean Hicks graduated from the University of Alabama in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He earned a Masters of Arts in Education from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in 1995.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Student Government Association
  • New Student Orientation
  • Campus Media
  • Student Organizations
Tara Mathis
Associate Dean of Students and Director of Multi-Cultural Affairs

email:Tara-Mathis@utc.edu
phone: 423.425.4301
fax: 423.425.5357

Dean Mathis graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and also earned a Master of Business Administration from UTC in 1997.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Multicultural Center in the University Center
  • Multi-cultural Programming
  • Student Discipline
  • Black Student Alliance

 

Sara L. Jahansouz
Assistant Dean of Students

email: Sara-Jahansouz@utc.edu
phone: 423.425.4301
fax: 423.425.5357

Dean Jahansouz earned a Bachelor of Science in Lifescience from Kansas State University in 2004. She earned a Master of Science in Education in Student Affairs Administration from Indiana University in 2006, and Master of Public Administration for The University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 2009.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Greek Life
  • Student Discipline
  • Leadership Development

 

Madison J. Ralston
Assistant Director for Student Activities

email: Madison-Ralston@utc.edu
phone: 423.425.4761
fax: 423.425.5357

Ms. Ralston earned a Bachelors of Health Sciences from Armstrong Atlantic State in 2007 and will complete her Masters in Public Administration in 2010 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Areas of Responsibility:

  • Campus Programming
  • Student Organizations
  • Homecoming