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Campus Announces Faculty Tenure, Promotions

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The Office of Faculty Affairs and Records has announced the tenure and/or promotion of 69 faculty members. The achievements are effective Aug. 19.

Promotions

ARTS
Fred Kinney, professor of theatre and dance
Dave Mickey, professor of theatre and dance
Katherine Powers, professor of music

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Shaun Pichler, professor of management
Daniel Soper, professor of information systems and decision sciences

COMMUNICATIONS
Jason Shepard, professor of communications

HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
John Gleaves, professor of kinesiology
James Ruby, professor of human services

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Brenda Bowser, professor of anthropology
Fanny Daubigny, professor of modern languages and literatures
Jorge Fontdevila, professor of sociology
Christine Gardiner, professor of criminal justice
Karyl Ketchum, professor of women and gender studies
Edward Knell, professor of anthropology
Elizabeth Pillsworth, professor of anthropology
Jasamin Rostam-Kolayi, professor of history
Karen Stocker, professor of anthropology
Saul Tobias, professor of liberal studies
Berna Torr, professor of sociology
Eileen Walsh, professor of sociology
Lei Xu, professor of geography and the environment

NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
Todd CadwalladerOlsker, professor of mathematics
Hope Johnson, professor of biological science
Hassan Yousefi, professor of mathematics

LIBRARY
J. Michael DeMars, librarian, technical services
Adolfo Prieto, librarian, technical services 

COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
William Concepcion, student services professional – academic related III

Tenure and Promotion

ARTS
Lisa Draskovich-Long, associate professor of theatre and dance
Andrew Fedak, associate professor of art
Wendy Grieb, associate professor of art

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Vahideh Abedi, associate professor of information systems and decision sciences
Gabriela Best, associate professor of economics
Ester Gonzalez, associate professor of information systems and decision sciences
Ken Guo, associate professor of accounting
Walied Keshk, associate professor of accounting
Yingdi Wang, professor of finance
Fang Zhang, associate professor of economics

COMMUNICATIONS
Claudia Anguiano, associate professor of human communication studies
Hunter Hargraves, associate professor of cinema and television arts
Robert Meeds, professor of communications
Anthony Sparks, associate professor of cinema and television arts

EDUCATION
Fernando Rodriguez-Valls, professor of secondary education

ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Hakob Avetisyan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
Doina Bein, associate professor of computer science
Yun Tian, associate professor of computer science

HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Guadalupe Espinoza, associate professor of child and adolescent studies
Tricia Kasamatsu, associate professor of kinesiology
Karen Kyeunghae Lee, associate professor of social work
Melissa Montgomery, associate professor of kinesiology
Derek Pamukoff, associate professor of kinesiology
Karla Perisho, associate professor of nursing

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Anthony Alvarez, associate professor of sociology
Kate Burlingham, associate professor of history
Aitana Guia, associate professor of history
Xhercis Mendez, associate professor of women and gender studies
Angela-MinhTu Nguyen, associate professor of psychology
Gabriela Nuñez, associate professor of Chicana and Chicano studies
Robert Robinson, associate professor of political science
Devon Thacker Thomas, associate professor of sociology
Bonnie Williams, associate professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Susie Woo, associate professor of American studies

NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
Catherine Brennan, associate professor of biological science
Niroshika Monerawila Keppetipola, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Sean Loyd, associate professor of geological sciences
Veronica Jimenez Ortiz, associate professor of biological science
Maria Soledad Ramirez, associate professor of biological science
Anael Verdugo, associate professor of mathematics

Tenure

EDUCATION
Kathryn Glasswell, associate professor of literacy and reading education

ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Sudarshan Kurwadkar, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering