Cal State Fullerton’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Records announced the tenure and/or promotion of 68 faculty members. Recipients are listed by college with their new titles, effective Aug. 17.
Promotion
Arts
Julie Orser, professor of art
Business and Economics
Lorenzo Bizzi, professor of management
Jennifer Chandler, professor of management
Mira Farka, professor of economics
Kristin Kleinjans, professor of economics
Jongha Lim, professor of finance
Atul Teckchandani, professor of management
Communications
Rahul Chakraborty, professor of communication sciences and disorders
Education
Julián Jefferies, professor of literacy and reading education
Engineering and Computer Science
Phoolendra Mishra, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Nina Robson, professor of mechanical engineering
Garrett Struckhoff, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Health and Human Development
Rebecca Bodan, professor of nursing
Guadalupe Espinoza, professor of child and adolescent studies
Toby Rider, professor of kinesiology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Eric Carbajal, professor of modern languages and literatures
Jennifer Trevitt Carlson, professor of psychology
Dydia DeLyser, professor of geography and the environment
Monica Hanna, professor of Chicana and Chicano studies
Angela-MinhTu Nguyen, professor of psychology
Eric Reyes, professor of Asian American studies
Patricia Schneider-Zioga, professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Nicole Seymour, professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Jeanette Reedy Solano, professor of religious studies
Samuel Stone, professor of public administration
Susie Woo, professor of American studies
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Laura Smith Chowdhury, professor of mathematics
Kristy Forsgren, professor of biological science
Cherie Ichinose, professor of mathematics
Kevin Nichols, professor of mathematics
María Soledad Ramírez, professor of biological science
Jocelyn Read, professor of physics
Melanie Sacco, professor of biological science
Tenure and Promotion
Arts
Josh Grisetti, associate professor of theatre and dance
Kathryn Wilson, associate professor of theatre and dance
Business and Economics
Xin Che, associate professor of finance
Edward Lynch, associate professor of accounting
Gang Peng, professor of information systems and decision sciences
Chethan Srikant, associate professor of management
Communications
Roselyn Du, professor of communications
Miya Williams Fayne, associate professor of communications
Cylor Spaulding, associate professor of communications
Education
Erin Besser, associate professor of elementary and bilingual education
Malia Hoffmann, associate professor of elementary and bilingual education
Rebecca Gutierrez Keeton, professor of educational leadership
Kira LeeKeenan, associate professor of secondary education
Gavin Tierney, associate professor of secondary education
Nancy Watkins, associate professor of educational leadership
Engineering and Computer Science
Paul Salvador Inventado, associate professor of computer science
Ankita Mohapatra, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Siheng Su, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Health and Human Development
Manal Alatrash, associate professor of nursing
Natsuki Atagi, associate professor of child and adolescent studies
Gordon Capp, associate professor of social work
Sapna Chopra, associate professor of human services
Kristina Fortes, associate professor of nursing
Hannah Fraley, associate professor of nursing
Raymond “Austin” Nation, associate professor of nursing
Eric Price, associate professor of counseling
Humanities and Social Sciences
Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr., associate professor of Chicana and Chicano studies
Tala Khanmalek, associate professor of women and gender studies
Emily Kuffner, associate professor of modern languages and literatures
Linh Nguyen, associate professor of modern languages and literatures
Jamila Moore Pewu, associate professor of history
Edward Piñuelas, associate professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Sinan Akçiz, associate professor of geological sciences
Sachel M. Villafañe, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Tenure
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Daniel Curtis, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry