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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 76 faculty members. Recipients are listed by college with their new titles, effective Aug. 17, unless otherwise noted.

TENURE AND PROMOTION
Arts
Rebecca Campbell, associate professor of art

Business and Economics
Gagan Ghosh, associate professor of economics
Mohammad Reza Habibi, associate professor of marketing
Nicholas Huntington-Klein, associate professor of economics
Yinfei Kong, associate professor of information systems and decision sciences
Lingxiao Li, associate professor of finance
Peng Liu, associate professor of information systems and decision sciences
James Primbs, professor of finance
Rommel Salvador, associate professor of management
Arsenio Staer, associate professor of finance
Erdem Ucar, associate professor of finance
Jie Zhou, professor of accounting

Communications
Zachary Johnson, associate professor of human communication studies
Micheal McAlexander, professor of communications
Frank Russell, associate professor of communications
Alyssa Samek, associate professor of human communication studies
Daniel Sutko, associate professor of human communication studies

Education
Antoinette Linton, associate professor of secondary education
Carolina Valdez, associate professor of elementary and bilingual education
Patrice Waller, associate professor of secondary education

Engineering and Computer Science
Yoonsuk Choi, associate professor of computer engineering
Kristijan Kolozvari, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
Salvador Mayoral, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Deepak Sharma, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering

Health and Human Development
Shana Charles, associate professor of public health
Pablo Costa, professor of kinesiology
Koren Fisher, associate professor of kinesiology
Robert Lockie, associate professor of kinesiology
Rachel McClanahan, associate professor of nursing
Diana Tisnado, professor of public health

Humanities and Social Sciences
Dustin Abnet, associate professor of American studies
Margie Brown-Coronel, associate professor of history
Eric Carbajal, associate professor of modern languages and literatures
Satoko Kakihara, associate professor of modern languages and literatures
Aaron Lukaszewski, associate professor of psychology
Zia Salim, associate professor of geography and the environment 

Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Joseph Carlin, associate professor of geological sciences
Christopher Lyons, associate professor of mathematics
Alison Marzocchi, associate professor of mathematics
Thomas Murphy, associate professor of mathematics
Misty Paig-Tran, associate professor of biological science
Matthew Rathbun, associate professor of mathematics

Library
Robert Tomaszewski, librarian, technical services

PROMOTION
Arts
Elisa Mandell, professor of art
Alvin Rangel-Alvarado, professor of theatre and dance
Dennis Siebenaler, professor of music

Business and Economics
Ajay Bhootra, professor of finance
Steven Chen, professor of marketing
Adelina Gnanlet, professor of management

Communications
Carolyn Coal, professor of communications
Ari Posner, professor of cinema and television arts
Rebecca Sheehan, professor of cinema and television arts

Engineering and Computer Science
Sudarshan Kurwadkar, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Pradeep Nair, professor of computer engineering

Health and Human Development
Ioakim Boutakidis, professor of child and adolescent studies
Andrew Galpin, professor of kinesiology
Ruth Mielke, professor of nursing
Yuying Tsong, professor of human services
Joshua Yang, professor of public health
Shu-Chen Yen, professor of child and adolescent studies

Humanities and Social Sciences
Amy Cass Foust, professor of criminal justice
David Gerkens, professor of psychology
David Kelman, professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Myungjung Kwon, professor of public administration
Kevin Lambert, professor of liberal studies
Kathleen Preston, professor of psychology
Jindong Wu, professor of geography and the environment
Jennifer Yee, professor of Asian American studies
André Zampaulo, professor of modern languages and literatures

Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Kelvin Billingsley, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Jennifer Burnaford, professor of biological science
Gina Passante, associate professor of physics

Counseling and Psychological Services
Julie Meisels, student services professional – academic related III*
Valerie Minchala, student services professional – academic related III*
Annie Petrossian, student services professional – academic related III*

TENURE
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Leigh Hargreaves, associate professor of physics

*Effective July 31

Contact: Karen Lindell, klindell@fullerton.edu