Our Mission
The Marketing and Sales Innovation Alliance connects industry leaders in marketing and sales to the Department of Marketing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville — its students, faculty, programs, research and events.
Department of Marketing Faculty

Alex Zablah
Marketing Department Head, Gerber/Taylor Professor of Marketing, and Kinney Family Faculty Research Fellow

Annika Abell
Assistant Professor

Eddie Armbrister
Assistant Department Head and Lecturer

Neeraj Bharadwaj
Proffitt’s Professor in Marketing, Charlie and Carolyn Newcomer Faculty Research Fellow and Neel Corporate Governance Center Research Fellow at the Haslam College of Business.

Daniel Chavez
Assistant Professor, Marketing

Mark Collins
Director, MS in Marketing, and Distinguished Lecturer

Jonathan Hasford
Douglas and Brenda Horne Professor in Business, Director of the Ph.D. Program in Marketing, Stewart Bartley Family Faculty Research Fellow

Courtney Herda
Lecturer

Kelly Hewett
Professor of Marketing, Reagan Professor of Business Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee

Darren Purkey
IT Technician II

Youngtak Kim
Assistant Professor of Marketing

Melinda Micheletto
Senior Lecturer

Mark Moon
Associate Professor, Director, Greg & Lisa Smith Global Leadership Scholars, and Lyle & Marcella Flaskurud Faculty Fellow

Jules Morris
Lecturer and Digital and Visual Marketing

Mitch Newman
Lecturer

Charles Noble
Jerry and Kay Henry Professor of Business and Roy and Audrey Fancher Faculty Research Fellow

Stephanie Noble
Proffitt’s Professor in Marketing and William B. Stokely Faculty Research Fellow

Cindy Raines
Lee and Allison Herring Endowed Teaching Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer

Victor Ranft
Lecturer

Marisabel Romero
Associate Professor

Ruta Ruzeviciute
Assistant Professor

Tom Van Dorselaer
Adjunct Lecturer
Alliance Staff

Christine White
Director, Office of Partnerships

Brenda Carlisle
Project Manager