Dr. Dawn Wilkins, a professor in the UT Martin Department of Biological Sciences, has been named the university’s 2021 spring semester Featured Faculty Scholar. The award recognizes faculty members whose research and creative works are judged to be among the most prestigious of those produced by individuals in the UT Martin academic community. Examples of her research can be seen near the Paul Meek Library’s main entrance. In this file photo, Wilkins is pictured working with then UT Martin student Benjamin Chrestman, a natural resources management major from Adamsville, who graduated in May 2020.