The Board of Trustees approved the following promotion and tenure recommendations at its meeting on April 10.
Faculty whose names are indicated with an asterisk (*) were granted tenure as well as promotion to the rank shown.
PROMOTION TO PROFESSOR
Eldridge Adams
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Fakhreddin Azimi
History, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Janet Barnes-Farrell
Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
JC Beall
Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Sandra Bushmich
Pathobiology & Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Andrea Calabrese
Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Roger Celestin
Modern and Classical Languages, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Thomas Cooke
Geography, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
John Ivan
Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering
Linda Klein
Finance, School of Business
Yi Li
Plant Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Michael Lynch
Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
George McManus
Marine Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Kenneth Noll
Molecular and Cell Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Katharina von Hammerstein
Modern and Classical Languages, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
David Wagner
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
APPOINTMENT AS PROFESSOR
*Daniel Fletcher
Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
*James Ackley
Music, School of Fine Arts
*Pamir Alpay
Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering
*Alexandru Asandei
Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Robert Bifulco
Public Policy, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Karen Bullock
School of Social Work
*Antonia Cordero
School of Social Work
*Michael Coyne
Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education
*Anke Finger
Modern and Classical Languages, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Maria Gordina
Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Virginia Hettinger
Political Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Randall Hoyt
Art and Art History, School of Fine Arts
*Chun-Hsi Huang
Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering
*Guillermo Irizarry
Modern and Classical Languages, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Kyungseon Joo
Physics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Ralph Kaufmann
Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Joseph Madaus
Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education
*Natalie Munro
Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Jenifer Nadeau
Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
*Manuel Nunez
Operations & Information Management,Business
*Mark Peczuh
Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Vladimir Pozdnyakov
Statistics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Janet Pritchard
Art and Art History, School of Fine Arts
*David Reed Solomon
Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Constance Rock
Music, School of Fine Arts
*Maria Rubio
Physiology and Neurobiology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Evelyn Simien
Political Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Ronald Squibbs
Music, School of Fine Arts
*Jeffrey Volek
Kinesiology, Neag School of Education
*Randall Walikonis
Physiology and Neurobiology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Shannon Weaver
Human Development and Family Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
*Mei Wei
Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering
*Lei Zhu
Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering
*Mark Zurolo
Art and Art History, School of Fine Arts
APPOINTED AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
*Donna Lee Van Cott
Political Science, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
GRANTED TENURE AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Zhiyi Chi
Statistics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Martha Cutter
English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Thomas Deans
English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Alexis Dudden
History, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Mary K Bercaw Edwards
English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
George Plesko
Accounting, School of Business
PROMOTED TO EXTENSION EDUCATOR
Nancy Balcom
Extension, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE
Kathleen Dechant
Management, School of Business
PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE
Wei-Kuang Huang
Operations & Information Management, School of Business
OTHER PROMOTIONS
Susanna Cowan
University Librarian II, University Libraries
Deborah Sanford
University Librarian III, School of Law
David Bretthauer
Laura Katz Smith
Assistant Librarian, University Libraries
This list was supplied to the Advance by the Provost's Office.
