Prior to joining the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) full time she was a Joint Faculty Member between the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UTK and the Materials Science and Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for twelve years. Some of the primary courses she has taught at UTK include Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (MSE201) and Principles of Ceramics (MSE360). She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1995. Among Dr. Rawn’s research interests are the following: