Congratulations!
The Center for Faculty Development celebrates faculty who earned promotions and tenure during 2024-2025. These achievements reflect years of dedication, scholarship, and service. Faculty navigated rigorous review processes while balancing teaching, research, and personal commitments. Each promotion represents expertise recognized by peers and institutional commitment to academic excellence.
Senior Lecturer Promotions
Promotions to Senior Lecturer include Shawn Altman (Information Technology & Decision Sciences), Paula Alvaro-Sanchez (World Languages and Cultures), Lisa Byrum (Biological Sciences), Vickie Carnegie (School of Public Service), Wesley Davis (Mathematics & Statistics), Chris Freeman (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Jihea Maddamsetti (Teaching and Learning), Kole Matheson (English), and Kelly Vega-Valenzuela (School of Speech-Language Pathology).
Master Lecturer Promotions
Promotions to Master Lecturer include Karina Arcaute (Engineering Fundamentals Division), Roya Ardalan (Information Technology & Decision Sciences), Charlie Daniels (Engineering Management & Systems Engineering), Ashley Doane (Psychology), Danielle Jackson (Communication & Theatre Arts), Vijay Kalburgi (Information Technology & Decision Sciences), Doug Mills (Biological Sciences), Shahin Nayyeri Amiri (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Paige O'Shaughnessy (School of Accountancy), Janet Rinehart-Kim (Biological Sciences), Elizabeth Blair Swoope (Mathematics & Statistics), Jim Van Dore (Philosophy & Religious Studies), Kent Wascom (English), and Renee Weather (Information Technology & Decision Sciences).
Librarian Promotions
Promotion to Librarian II includes Leanne Hillery (Libraries) and Amber Hunt (Libraries).
Promotion to Librarian IV includes Amber Gruszeczka (Libraries).
Associate Professor Tenure and Promotion
Recently tenured and promoted to Associate Professor include Nicholas Abbott (History), Pamela Bishop (Advanced Practice Nursing), Brenda Bradshaw (Dental Hygiene), Marvin Chiles (History), Hong "Kim" Duong (Accountancy), Sandipan Dutta (Mathematics & Statistics), Hadiza Galadima (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health), Victoria Goode (Advance Practice Nursing), Janice Hawkins (Advance Practice Nursing), Victoria Hill (Ocean and Earth Sciences), Selena Layden (Human Movement Studies & Special Education), Natalia Pilato (Art), Sinjini Sikdar (Mathematics & Statistics), Guohui Song (Mathematics & Statistics), Christine Strong (Economics), Jessica Suedbeck (Dental Hygiene), Jiangwen Sun (Computer Science), Veronica Thomas (Marketing), Ling Tuo (Accountancy), John Whiteman (History), Jennifer Whytlaw (Political Science & Geography), and Jian Wu (Computer Science).
Full Professor Promotions
Promotions in rank to Full Professor include Daniel Barshis (Biological Sciences), James Bartlett (Educational Leadership & Workforce Development), Kuntal Bhattacharyya (Information Technology & Decision Sciences), Jonna Bobzien (Human Movement Studies & Special Education), Ann Bruhn (Dental Hygiene), Adam Eckerd (Public Service), Jeff Fergus (Dean's Office, Engineering & Technology), Elizabeth Groenveld (Women's & Gender Studies), Kristin Heron (Psychology), Elko Klijn (Management), Tian Luo (STEM Education & Professional Studies), Bruce McDonald (School of Public Service), Jeffry "Jeff" Moe (Counseling & Human Services), Douglas Owens (Music), Otilia Popescu (Engineering Technology), Daniel "Dan" Richards (English), John Roth (Art), Chuanyi Tang (Marketing), Lobat Tayebi (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Balsa Terzic (Physics), John Weber (History), and Nicole Willock (Philosophy & Religious Studies).
These distinguished faculty exemplify the university's commitment to academic excellence across all disciplines. Their achievements strengthen our institution and advance knowledge in their respective fields. At the CFD we salute their achievements.