The tenure and/or promotion of 62 faculty members has been announced by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Records. Recipients are listed by college and with their new titles, effective Aug. 17.
Promotion
Arts
Joe Biel, professor of art
Eve Himmelheber, professor of theatre and dance
Arnold Holland, professor of art
Elizabeth Holster, professor of art
David Mickey, associate professor of theatre and dance
David Nevell, professor of theatre and dance
Nobuhito Nishigawara, professor of art
Chen Wang, professor of art
Business and Economics
Xiaoying Xie, professor of finance
Engineering and Computer Science
Uksun Kim, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Binod Tiwari, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Erica L. Ball, professor of American studies
Marlin Blaine, professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Renae Bredin, professor of women and gender studies
Lana Dalley, professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
John K. Davis, professor of philosophy
Cora Granata, professor of history
Volker Janssen, professor of history
Carrie Lane, professor of American studies
Elaine Lewinnek, professor of American studies
Robert McLain, professor of history
Stephen J. Mexal, professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Ryan Nichols, professor of philosophy
Sandra M. Pérez-Linggi, professor of modern languages and literatures
Mark A. Redhead, professor of political science
Lisa Tran, professor of history
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Matthew E. Kirby, professor of geological sciences
Ionel Tifrea, professor of physics
Adam Woods, professor of geological sciences
Danielle Zacherl, professor of biological science
Tenure and Promotion
Arts
Jean Ferrandis, professor of music
Business and Economics
Gerard Beenen, associate professor of management
Rokon Bhuiyan, associate professor of economics
Ajay Bhootra, associate professor of finance
Steven Chen, associate professor of marketing
Communications
Tenzin Dorjee, associate professor of human communication studies
Emily Erickson, associate professor of communications
Ari Posner, associate professor of radio-TV-film
Education
Sharon Chappell, associate professor of elementary and bilingual education
Minerva Chavez, associate professor of secondary education
Nicholas Henning, associate professor of secondary education
Vita Jones, associate professor of special education
Carol Lundberg, professor of educational leadership
Miguel Zavala, associate professor of secondary education
Engineering and Computer Science
Pradeep Nair, associate professor of computer engineering
Sang June Oh, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Kevin Wortman, associate professor of computer science
Health and Human Development
John Gleaves, associate professor of kinesiology
Joshua Yang, associate professor of health science
Humanities and Social Sciences
Myungjung Kwon, associate professor of political science
Stephen Neufeld, associate professor of history
Kathleen Preston, associate professor of psychology
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Jennifer Burnaford, associate professor of biological science
Alison Miyamoto, associate professor of biological science
Melanie Sacco, associate professor of biological science
Student Health and Counseling
Julie Meisels, student services professional – academic related II
Valerie Minchala, student services professional – academic related II
Annie Petrossian, student services professional – academic related II
Tenure
Business and Economics
Jianxin Gong, associate professor of accounting
Zhenguo Lin, professor of finance
Hung-Yuan Lu, associate professor of accounting
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Madeline Rasche, professor of chemistry and biochemistry