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Faculty Tenure and Promotions Announced

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Cal State Fullerton’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Records has announced the tenure and/or promotion of 79 faculty members. Recipients are listed by college with their new titles, effective Aug. 17, unless otherwise noted. 

TENURE AND PROMOTION

Arts

  • Ning An, associate professor of music
  • Carol Ashley, associate professor of art
  • Dustin Barr, associate professor of music
  • Hyun Sook Kim, professor of theatre and dance 
  • Katherine Reed, associate professor of music   
  • Hiromi Takizawa, associate professor of art 
  • Jamie Tucker, associate professor of theatre and dance

Business and Economics

  • Ryan Gottfredson, associate professor of management 
  • Yuhong He, associate professor of information systems and decision sciences
  • Tsuhsiang Hsu, associate professor of management 
  • Mitchell Livy, associate professor of economics
  • Amr Soror, associate professor of information systems and decision sciences
  • Heejin Woo, associate professor of management 
  • Jia Xie, associate professor of finance 

Communications

  • Christina Ceisel, associate professor of communications
  • Chelsea Reynolds, associate professor of communications
  • Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, associate professor of human communication studies
  • Phillip Weir-Mayta, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders
  • Mun Chee Yong, associate professor of cinema and television arts

Education

  • Benikia Kressler, associate professor of special education
  • Sung Hee Lee, associate professor of special education

Engineering and Computer Science

  • Yu Bai, associate professor of computer engineering
  • Sagil James, associate professor of mechanical engineering
  • Anand Panangadan, associate professor of computer science
  • Paulina Reina, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
  • Michael Turi, associate professor of computer engineering
  • Hope Weiss, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Health and Human Development

  • Deanna Jung, associate professor of nursing
  • Michelle Martin, associate professor of social work 
  • Claudia Pineda, associate professor of child and adolescent studies
  • Beverly Quaye, associate professor of nursing
  • Pimbucha Rusmevichientong, associate professor of public health
  • Rosario Sakamoto, associate professor of nursing

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Alissa Ackerman-Acklin, associate professor of criminal justice
  • Ahmed Afzal, associate professor of anthropology 
  • Lucia Alcalá, associate professor of psychology
  • Christina Chin, associate professor of sociology
  • Meriem Hodge Doucette, associate professor of public administration
  • Sarah Grant, associate professor of anthropology 
  • Veronica Herrera, associate professor of criminal justice
  • Phillip Kopp, associate professor of criminal justice
  • Edwin López, associate professor of sociology
  • Maria Malagon, associate professor of sociology
  • Lidia Nuño, associate professor of criminal justice
  • Adam Roberts, associate professor of psychology

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • Joshua Der, associate professor of biological science
  • Bridget Druken, associate professor of mathematics
  • Allyson Fry-Petit, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
  • Jessica Jaynes, associate professor of mathematics
  • Valbone Memeti, associate professor of geological sciences
  • Valerie Poynor, associate professor of mathematics
  • Parvin Shahrestani, associate professor of biological science
  • Roberto Soto, associate professor of mathematics 
  • Ryan Walter, associate professor of biological science

Library

  • Samuel Barber, associate librarian, technical services*

Counseling and Psychological Services

  • Phi Loan Le, student services professional — academic related III*

*Effective Aug. 1

PROMOTION  

Business and Economics

  • Jianxin Gong, professor of accounting
  • Emmanuel Lartey, professor of economics 
  • Hung-Yuan Lu, professor of accounting

Communications

  • Emily Erickson, professor of communications 
  • Minjung Kim, professor of communication sciences and disorders

Education

  • Cynthia Gautreau, professor of elementary and bilingual education

Engineering and Computer Science

  • Pratanu Ghosh, professor of civil and environmental engineering
  • David Naish, professor of civil and environmental engineering

Health and Human Development

  • Joao Barros, professor of kinesiology
  • Nathalie Carrick Carlson, professor of child and adolescent studies
  • Kathleen Thomas, professor of kinesiology

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Rebecca Dolhinow, professor of women and gender studies
  • Siobhan Brooks, professor of African American studies
  • Justin Tucker, professor of politics, administration and justice

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • Joel Abraham, professor of biological science
  • Wylie Ahmed, associate professor of physics
  • Adam Glesser, professor of mathematics
  • Michael Groves, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
  • John Haan, professor of chemistry and biochemistry
  • Geoffrey Lovelace, professor of physics
  • Andrew Petit, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
  • Nicholas Salzameda, professor of chemistry and biochemistry

TENURE

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • Gina Passante, associate professor of physics

Source: Office of Faculty Affairs and Records
Contact:
Karen Lindell
klindell@fullerton.edu