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Faculty Tenure and Promotions Announced

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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