Skip to content
Anita Hollander

Anita Hollander

Assistant Department Head and Teaching Professor

Phone 865-974-1757

Email ahollan5@utk.edu

Download Resume/CV

Location Room - 610, Haslam Business Building

Department:

Accounting & Information Management

View Faculty Publications

Biography

Anita Sawyer Hollander serves as the assistant department head for the Department of Accounting and Information Management, as well as the director of information management, for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. She teaches information management courses and performs administrative duties. Before coming to UT, Hollander was the Chapman Professor in the College of Business at the University of Tulsa and was a member of the College of Business faculty at Florida State University.

Hollander has published a variety of journal articles and research reports and is coauthor of both text books and a professional book. She has presented her work at numerous academic and professional conferences and has received several teaching and academic awards during her career. She received national distinction when she was appointed a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

Education:

1987 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ph.D., Business Administration

1983 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, M.Acc., Accounting

1981 Grand Valley State College, B.B.A., Business Administration

Awards/Honors
  • Haslam College of Business Bank of America Leadership Award (2022)
  • UTK Department of Accounting and Information Management Leadership Award (2018)
  • Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Carnegie Pew Scholar (ongoing distinction, initially appointed in 1999)
  • Univ. of Tennessee Dept. of Acct and Info Mgt. Pugh Faculty Excellence Award, 2013
  • Univ. of Tennessee Beta Alpha Psi Professor of the Year Award, 2008, 2012
  • Univ. of Tennessee College of Business DeCosimo Leadership Award, 2007
  • Univ. of Tennessee College of Business Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award, 2006
  • Reagan Scholar, University of Tennessee College of Business, 2004-2006
  • Alumni Distinguished Career Award, Grand Valley State University College of Business, 2003
  • University of Tulsa University-wide Teaching Award Medal, 2000
  • University of Tulsa College of Business Teaching Award, 2000
  • University of Tulsa Mortar Board Professor of the Year, 1998
  • University of Tulsa Dean's Innovation in Teaching Award, 1998
  • Invited Participant AICPA/AAA IT Visioning Conference, 1998
  • Invited Academic Participant CPA Vision Project Future Forum, 1997
  • Appointed by FSU President to the University Council on Teaching, 1994-1996)
  • Deloitte and Touche Youth Leadership Conference Invited Faculty Representative, 1995
  • State of Florida Legislature Teaching Incentive Program Award, 1994)
  • Arthur Andersen New Faculty Consortium Information Systems Leader, 1993, 1994
  • Florida State University Teaching Award, 1990
  • FSU College of Business Teaching Award, 1990
  • 1995/1996 Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Faculty of the Year
  • 1988/1989 Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Faculty of the Year
  • McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship Alternate, 1990-1991