Meet Our Team
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee of the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts (DCHA) is the central faculty advisory board reporting to the Director of the Center. It formulates policy advisory to the Director, addresses issues of funding, and may oversee or approve the decisions of other committees. The Steering Committee also advises the Director on establishing priorities for how the DCHA can best serve the university and community. Membership appointments are for tenured or tenure-stream research faculty who will serve a term of two academic calendar years.
![Justin Arft](https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/Justin-Arft.jpg)
Justin Arft
(to May 2024)
Associate Professor, Department of Classics
![A headshot of a bald, bearded white man wearing a button-up white shirt and red-rimmed glasses](https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/fleshner-e_300x300.jpeg)
Nathan Fleshner
Interim Associate Dean of Research & Facilities, Associate Professor of Music Theory, College of Music
![Brittany Murray](https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/Brittany-Murray.jpg)
Brittany Murray
Assistant Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures
![Larry Perry](https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/Larry-Perry.jpg)
Larry Perry
2022-2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies
![Lisi Schoenbach](https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/Lisi-Schoenbach.jpg)
Lisi Schoenbach
(to May 2024)
Associate Professor, Department of English
![A headshot of a dark-haired woman wearing a string of pearls](https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/Thalos-Mariam_300x300.png)
Mariam Thalos
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy
![A photo of a young white woman with blond hair and dark highlights smiling at the camera. She is standing in front of a wall of plants with clusters of white flowers.](https://humanitiescenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/Yildirim-Duygu-e1722606759846.jpeg)
Duygu Yıldırım
Assistant Professor, Department of History