Cal State Fullerton’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Records announced the tenure and/or promotion of 61 faculty members. Recipients are listed by college with their new titles, effective Aug. 18, except where otherwise noted.
Promotion
Arts
Randall Goldberg, professor of music
Business and Economics
Mehmet Akbulut, professor of finance
Yinfei Kong, professor of information systems and decision sciences
Lingxiao Li, professor of finance
Erdem Ucar, professor of finance
David Weng, associate professor of management
Communications
Claudia Evans-Zepeda, professor of human communication studies
Summer Martin, professor of human communication studies
Mun Chee Yong, professor of cinema and television arts
Education
Carolina Valdez, professor of elementary and bilingual education
Aja McKee, professor of special education
Engineering and Computer Science
Hakob Avetisyan, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Yu Bai, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Yoonsuk Choi, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Rakesh Mahto, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Salvador Mayoral, professor of mechanical engineering
Anand Panangadan, professor of computer science
Health and Human Development
Robert Lockie, professor of kinesiology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Dustin Abnet, professor of American studies
Sarah Grant, professor of anthropology
Satoko Kakihara, professor of modern languages and literatures
Aaron Lukaszewski, professor of psychology
Xhercis Mendez, professor of gender and sexuality studies
Gabriela Nuñez, professor of Chicana and Chicano studies
Adam Roberts, professor of psychology
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Jessica Jaynes, professor of mathematics
Thomas Murphy, professor of mathematics
Misty Paig-Tran, professor of biological science
Gina Passante, professor of physics
Matt Rathbun, professor of mathematics
William Riley Casper, associate professor of mathematics
Pollak Library (effective July 31)
Anthony Davis, librarian
Tenure and Promotion
Arts
Kerry Jennings, professor of music
Mary Anna Pomonis, associate professor of art
Rodolfo Zuniga, associate professor of music
Business and Economics
Min Choi, associate professor of management
Jonathan Durrant, associate professor of accounting
Siyi Li, associate professor of accounting
Communications
Jasmine Phillips Meertins, associate professor of communications
Jiwoo Park, associate professor of communications
Education
Madeleine Mejia, associate professor of literacy and reading education
Mallika Scott, associate professor of elementary and bilingual education
William Toledo, associate professor of secondary education
Engineering and Computer Science
Huda Munjy-Ahmed, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
Justin Tran, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Health and Human Development
Guadalupe Díaz Lara, associate professor of child and adolescent studies
Brittany Eghaneyan, associate professor of social work
Tabashir Sadegh-Nobari, associate professor of public health
Mojgan Sami, associate professor of public health
Humanities and Social Sciences
Sara Fingal, associate professor of American studies
James Garcia, associate professor of psychology
Eric Gonzaba, associate professor of American studies
Alison Kanosky, associate professor of American studies
Marlén Ríos-Hernández, associate professor of Chicana and Chicano studies
Kenneth Van Bik, associate professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Julia Chan, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Kristin Kurianski, associate professor of mathematics
Pollak Library (effective July 31)
Ilda Cardenas, associate librarian
Jonathan Cornforth, associate librarian
Edward (Cotton) Coslett, associate librarian
Tenure
Health and Human Development
Jingwen Liu, associate professor of kinesiology