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Dr. Bradley Reynolds teaches Introduction to Environmental Science II Laboratory on April 20 in Holt Hall. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

For nearly 20 years, Dr. Bradley Reynolds has been a member of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science faculty.<\/p>\n

It is virtually impossible to talk to him without asking about the nickname he bestowed upon himself: The \u201cKing of Environmental Science.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI call myself that jokingly, but I really am devoted to environmental science,\u201d said Reynolds, a senior lecturer. \u201cThese environmental problems aren\u2019t going away until we address them, conquer them and rise above them. We want to make sure that our students have the scientific and technical expertise they need to get the jobs they want.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s that next generation of up-and-coming environmental scientists that will be trying to tackle these environmental problems that plague modern society. We\u2019re training an army to go out and to be on the front lines of environmental reform and come up with solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a non-tenure-track faculty member, Reynolds does not have formal research expectations, \u201cbut I still dabble in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teaching, he said, is his focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe classroom is where I\u2019m most at home and where I really belong, which is amazing\u2014considering that teaching was not something I originally sought to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reynolds\u2019 original career path was pharmacy school, and he earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in chemistry from Tennessee Wesleyan College (now Tennessee Wesleyan University) in 1996.<\/p>\n

After graduation, \u201cI needed a job, and I wanted one using my chemistry degree,\u201d he said. The Chattanooga State Community College chemistry department was looking for a teaching technician, and \u201cI applied for it and I got it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A funny thing then happened. Reynolds realized that he was good at teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure I ever really picked teaching; it feels more like teaching picked me,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople used to say to me, \u2018Brad, what do you want to do with your life?\u2019 I would say, \u2018Anything but teach,\u2019 but I realized pretty quickly that I had an aptitude for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found out I was a natural teacher. I was strong in front of a classroom and I just fell in love with it. I can\u2019t imagine doing anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reynolds taught at Chatt State for five years. He also spent time on the student side of the ledger, pursuing a master\u2019s in environmental science at UTC\u2014and earning a degree in 2003.<\/p>\n

The following year, he joined the UTC faculty\u2014meaning that the 2023-2024 academic year will be his 20th at the University and his 25th overall in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was barely 25 when I started teaching at Chattanooga State, so I have been here half my life,\u201d he said. \u201cI think about that all the time. To do anything for 25 years boggles the mind. How time flies, how it goes by. Then I think about it not so much in terms of the years but more in terms of the people that I\u2019ve reached, the lives I\u2019ve impacted and the careers I\u2019ve helped launch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to Dr. Bradley Reynolds, \u201cI\u2019m not sure I ever really picked teaching; it feels more like teaching picked me.”<\/p><\/div>\n

As a UTC faculty member, Reynolds pursued\u2014and completed in 2013\u2014a Doctorate of Education in Learning and Leadership. His dissertation research focused on reptiles and amphibians and investigated the impact of transformational leadership, experiential learning and reflective journaling on the conservation ethic of non-science majors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s good to go back and take a class every now and again if you can work it in and fit it in,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause very quickly we forget what it\u2019s like to be on that side of the podium.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt replenished and refreshed me as an educator because I was able to see things from the perspective of the student again\u2014and that changed the way I related to my students.\u201d<\/p>\n

At various times during his teaching career, Reynolds has co-taught a tropical ecology course with Professor of Biology David Aborn.<\/p>\n

Aborn talked about birds of tropical forests, reptiles and insects; Reynolds covered the evolution of rainforests and rainforest conservation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were both interested in learning from each other,\u201d Aborn said, \u201cso I sat in on his lectures and he sat in on mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

They even took classes to Costa Rica at the end of the semester so the students could see first-hand the lectures come to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrad is just exceptional in every way,\u201d Aborn said. \u201cHe\u2019s a gifted teacher and the students in his classes just adore him. There\u2019s always a line of students outside of his office coming to talk about things they discussed or for career advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s extremely collegial. He\u2019s happy to help out whenever asked if another faculty member needs help, and he\u2019s always very giving of his time. He even engages in research when that\u2019s not an expectation for non-tenured-track faculty. He just has that level of interest in environmental science that he wants to engage in research and mentor graduate students and things of that nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Added Reynolds, \u201cIt was wonderful to see Dr. Aborn in action because that\u2019s how I have become a proper lecturer and a proper teacher myself\u2014by watching others that are good and by emulating what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reynolds said he tries to make his lectures engaging and conversational, which is how the King of Environmental Science title came about.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really strange \u2026 if you call yourself something long enough, it will start to catch on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been calling myself the King of Environmental Science for many years, and the students just think it\u2019s hilarious that I call myself that. They never know what I\u2019m going to say or what kind of personal story I\u2019m going to tell in order to make the material come alive\u2014and that keeps them engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For nearly 20 years, Dr. Bradley Reynolds has been a member of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science faculty. It is virtually impossible to talk to him without asking about the nickname he bestowed upon himself: The \u201cKing of Environmental Science.\u201d<\/p>\n

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