Engage Staff
Dr. Julie Myatt, Director
Myatt earned her master’s in English at Tennessee Technological University and her PhD in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisville. She has served as Director of Engage since 2019, and endeavors to provide excellent support for faculty teaching in the program. Myatt piloted her first Engage course in Spring 2016, served as faculty representative for the College of Liberal Arts on the Engage Oversight and ePortfolio Scholarship Review Committees, and presented at the Engage Summer Institute. She previously served as Coordinator of GTAs in English and Co-Director of General Education English.
She teaches English and Public Writing and Rhetoric courses. She is a recipient of an MTSU Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching in General Education and the June Anderson Center National Women’s History Month Trailblazer Award.
Lexy Denton, Assistant Director
Lexy Denton has served as the Assistant Director of the Engage program since its inception in 2016. She was selected to be a member of the university’s inaugural Staff Leadership Development Institute in 2025-2026, and is leading the university’s first Staff Learning Community. She is the recipient of the Career Development Center’s 2026 Career Influencer award.
Lexy earned both her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from MTSU. She also teaches Freshman Seminar (UNIV1010) and was recognized by her students as someone who makes a difference.
Engage Faculty Fellow
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Administrative Assistant
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Ellie Davenport, Graduate Assistant
Ellie Davenport is a graduate student of the Master of Arts in International Affairs program at MTSU. They graduated from MTSU with a bachelor’s degree in global studies with minors in international relations and university honors. As an honors student and a Buchanan Fellow, she successfully defended her thesis exploring the history of and conducting interviews within the Japanese community in the Nashville Metropolitan area. They served for two years as Secretary of MTSU’s Japan Club hosting cultural events for MTSU students including several Japanese exchange students and English language learners from the local Nashville ELS school. They are a recipient of the College of Liberal Arts Student Award for the Department of Global Studies and Human Geography.
Student Worker
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Director
Dr. Julie Myatt
Assistant Director
Lexy Denton
Administrative Assistant
Rebecca Rogers
Graduate Assistant
Ellie Davenport
James Union Building, Room 306
PO Box 0012
615-898-2761
615-904-8281
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