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Brent Nelson Lamons

Assistant Professor Of Practice | Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications

Specialization: Advising, Mentoring, Student Success/Development, Undergraduate Research

Overview

Brent fosters and promotes holistic student success through various avenues and ways. He leads, oversees, develops, and implements all initiatives related to advising and student success within the college; directs and leads the student services teams throughout the college and individual academic departments and promotes staff’s commensurate professional development. Brent also directs and leads faculty development/affairs efforts within the college ranging from advising, mentoring, student success interventions for at-risk students, pedagogical strategies and issues in the classroom, e.g. social identity awareness, critical thinking, cell phone usage, disabilities, etc. In concert with the Associate Dean, Brent assists with curriculum development efforts within the college, catalog and DARS review, final approver/Dean’s designee for college petitions and curricular exception decisions. Brent also fosters a culture of assessment, evidence based practice and decision making collect and analyze data on student persistence, retention, probation, honors, undergraduate research, student engagement, student satisfaction, faculty needs, and curricular exceptions. He's the point person for collecting data and sharing opportunities for experiential learning in the college. He, additionally, leads and coordinates undergraduate research opportunities within the college.

Teaching Focus

Student Success, Philosophy, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Educational Theory and Ethics, Pragmatism, Honors Special Topics, Critical Thinking

Research Focus

Mentoring, Student Success, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Social and Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy, Educational Theory, Educational Ethics, and Leadership Development

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
ALEC 202 - Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities
3 credit hour(s)

Analysis of the dynamic interactions of personal characteristics, technical skills, interpersonal influence, commitment, goals, and power necessary for both leader and follower effectiveness in complex agricultural and natural resource organizations. Examination of leadership theories and their applications in diverse organizations and communities. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 210 - Effective Oral Communications in Digital Environments
3 credit hour(s)

Enables students to develop and master communication skills in digital environments. Students will learn and apply verbal and nonverbal communication strategies relevant to the delivery of formal online presentations, interviews, webinars, and workshops in a digital age. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirements: (OC)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 211 - Knowledge, Society, and Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Explores the development of life science and agricultural knowledge and the competing schools of thought on how to develop an educational system in a democratic society. Early debates centered on agriculture as a science, an art, or simply a mass of empiricism. Major thinkers of agriculture and education believed in the power of educating the masses and the social power of knowledge. Current and historical models of agricultural leadership, education, and communications will be interpreted through cultural and historically significant works, figures, and schools of thought. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH)

Other Instructors: Colclasure, Blake Clayton | Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 325 - Philosophy of Sustainable Agriculture
3 credit hour(s)

This course examines the human dimension of cultural values and how they influence the questions we ask and priorities we develop related to sustainable agriculture. Students will engage with texts from philosophical naturalism, pragmatism, transcendentalist literature, and modern poetry. Topics to be covered related to sustainable agriculture in the course are human values, leadership, naturalistic inquiry, pragmatism, and ecological existentialism. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH) (EI)

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
ALEC 510 - Leadership, Inquiry, and Ethics
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of philosophical foundations and frameworks involved with shaping human values and ethical decision making in diverse leadership contexts.

Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Summer
ALEC 677 - Emergent Trends and Critical Issues in Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of emergent trends, current issues, philosophical thought, and pragmatic approaches to solving problems in a variety of leadership contexts. Topics including, but not limited to, organizational structure and equity, civility (dialogue and deliberation), inclusive leadership, adaptable and transformational leadership, thought leading, global and social impacts of leadership, and critical and creative thinking in leadership will be covered in this course.

Registration Restriction(s): minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Spring
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865-974-0574

blamons1@tennessee.edu

321A Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Philosophy, University of South Florida, 2012
  • MA, History, East Tennessee State Univ, 2006
  • BA, Philosophy, Carson-Newman University, 2003

Brent Nelson Lamons

Assistant Professor Of Practice | Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
Picture of Brent Nelson Lamons image

865-974-0574

blamons1@tennessee.edu

321A Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Philosophy, University of South Florida, 2012
  • MA, History, East Tennessee State Univ, 2006
  • BA, Philosophy, Carson-Newman University, 2003
Overview

Brent fosters and promotes holistic student success through various avenues and ways. He leads, oversees, develops, and implements all initiatives related to advising and student success within the college; directs and leads the student services teams throughout the college and individual academic departments and promotes staff’s commensurate professional development. Brent also directs and leads faculty development/affairs efforts within the college ranging from advising, mentoring, student success interventions for at-risk students, pedagogical strategies and issues in the classroom, e.g. social identity awareness, critical thinking, cell phone usage, disabilities, etc. In concert with the Associate Dean, Brent assists with curriculum development efforts within the college, catalog and DARS review, final approver/Dean’s designee for college petitions and curricular exception decisions. Brent also fosters a culture of assessment, evidence based practice and decision making collect and analyze data on student persistence, retention, probation, honors, undergraduate research, student engagement, student satisfaction, faculty needs, and curricular exceptions. He's the point person for collecting data and sharing opportunities for experiential learning in the college. He, additionally, leads and coordinates undergraduate research opportunities within the college.

Teaching Focus

Student Success, Philosophy, Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Educational Theory and Ethics, Pragmatism, Honors Special Topics, Critical Thinking

Research Focus

Mentoring, Student Success, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Social and Critical Theory, Critical Pedagogy, Educational Theory, Educational Ethics, and Leadership Development

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
ALEC 202 - Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities
3 credit hour(s)

Analysis of the dynamic interactions of personal characteristics, technical skills, interpersonal influence, commitment, goals, and power necessary for both leader and follower effectiveness in complex agricultural and natural resource organizations. Examination of leadership theories and their applications in diverse organizations and communities. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 210 - Effective Oral Communications in Digital Environments
3 credit hour(s)

Enables students to develop and master communication skills in digital environments. Students will learn and apply verbal and nonverbal communication strategies relevant to the delivery of formal online presentations, interviews, webinars, and workshops in a digital age. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirements: (OC)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 211 - Knowledge, Society, and Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Explores the development of life science and agricultural knowledge and the competing schools of thought on how to develop an educational system in a democratic society. Early debates centered on agriculture as a science, an art, or simply a mass of empiricism. Major thinkers of agriculture and education believed in the power of educating the masses and the social power of knowledge. Current and historical models of agricultural leadership, education, and communications will be interpreted through cultural and historically significant works, figures, and schools of thought. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH)

Other Instructors: Colclasure, Blake Clayton | Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 325 - Philosophy of Sustainable Agriculture
3 credit hour(s)

This course examines the human dimension of cultural values and how they influence the questions we ask and priorities we develop related to sustainable agriculture. Students will engage with texts from philosophical naturalism, pragmatism, transcendentalist literature, and modern poetry. Topics to be covered related to sustainable agriculture in the course are human values, leadership, naturalistic inquiry, pragmatism, and ecological existentialism. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH) (EI)

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
ALEC 510 - Leadership, Inquiry, and Ethics
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of philosophical foundations and frameworks involved with shaping human values and ethical decision making in diverse leadership contexts.

Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Summer
ALEC 677 - Emergent Trends and Critical Issues in Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of emergent trends, current issues, philosophical thought, and pragmatic approaches to solving problems in a variety of leadership contexts. Topics including, but not limited to, organizational structure and equity, civility (dialogue and deliberation), inclusive leadership, adaptable and transformational leadership, thought leading, global and social impacts of leadership, and critical and creative thinking in leadership will be covered in this course.

Registration Restriction(s): minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Spring