Congratulations to all faculty members who were recently elevated to full professor, were recommended for tenure and promotion to associate professor, or were named department chairs or professors emeriti. This is a great achievement, and thank you for your continued devotion to academic excellence and student success.
Tenure and promotion to associate professor
Jeremiah Castle, Ph.D., Political Science
Silu Cheng, Ph.D., Finance
Sonny Dhoot, Ph.D., Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy
Kelly Evans-Grieshaber, Ph.D., Exercise and Sports Sciences
Steven Geinitz, Ph.D., Computer Sciences
Megan Lazorski, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biology
Yishi Lee, Ph.D., Engineering
Brian O’Hara, Ph.D., Sociology and Anthropology
Daniel Pittman, Ph.D., Computer Sciences
Alfredo Sanchez, Journalism and Media Production
Prabhdeep Sandha, Ph.D., Nutrition
Kathryn Schmidt, Ph.D., Philosophy
Garvita Thareja, Ph.D., Health Professions
Marcia Walsh-Aziz, Ph.D., Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences
Devon Wright, Ph.D., Africana Studies
Promotion to full professor
Karam Adibifar, Ph.D., Sociology and Anthropology
Rosemarie Allen, Ed.D., Special Education, Early Childhood Education and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
Andrea Borrego, Ph.D., Criminal Justice and Criminology
Emily Brower, Ph.D., Nursing
Barbara EchoHawk, Ph.D., Geology
Brendan Fry, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics
Liz Goodnick, Ed.D., Philosophy
Jeff Hammond, Journalism and Media Production
Joseph Hasley, Ph.D., Computer Information Systems
Cynthia Heiss, Ph.D., Nutrition
Eric James, Ph.D., Communications
Brenden Kendall, Ph.D., Communications
Andrea Maestrejuan, Ph.D., History
Edgar Maldonado, Ph.D., Computer Information Systems
Rebbecca Nemec, MSN, Nursing
Eric Olson, Ph.D., Hospitality
Sandra Posey, Ph.D., Gender, Women and Sexualities Studies
Sanaa Riaz, Ph.D., Sociology and Anthropology
Gene Roberts, Music
Rachel Sinley, Ph.D., MPH, Nutrition
Professors emeriti:
James Aubrey, Ph.D., English
Antonio Chu, Ph.D., Philosophy
Carlos Frésquez, Art
Kathy Heyl, Health and Human Sciences
Richard Wagner, Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Promoted to department chair
Feng Jiang, Ph.D., Computer Science
Jenny Allert, DNP, Nursing
Jasmine Harris, Ph.D., Africana Studies
Matthew Jenkins, Art
Adriana Nieto, Ph.D., Chicana/o Studies
Gabrielle Katz, Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
John Carter, Ph.D., Mathematics and Statistics
Silu Cheng, Ph.D., Finance