2025-2026 AY Faculty Promotions and Tenure

Initial Appointment with Tenure Recipients

  • Marwan Al-Haik | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  • Hicham Chaoui | Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Ertunga Cem Ozelkan | Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
  • Abdolhossein Sarrafzadeh | Electrical & Computer Engineering

  • Arif Akgul | Sociology & Criminal Justice
  • Zaryab Iqbal | Political Science & Geography
  • Julia Johnson | English

  • Marisol Perez | Psychology

  • Kimberly A. Smith | School of Speech-Language Pathology

  • Brittany Hay | Professional Nursing

  • Thomas Bryer | School of Public Service

Tenure Recipients

  • Michael Pokojovy | Mathematics & Statistics

  • Kelli Garber | Advanced Practice Nursing

Tenure and Promotion Recipients

  • Samuel Kovacic | Engineering Management & Systems Engineering

  • Kate Mattingly | Communication & Theatre Arts
  • Jeremy Saks | Communication & Theatre Arts
  • Priya Vashist | Communication & Theatre Arts
  • Brandi Woodell | Sociology & Criminal Justice

  • Vikas Ganjigunte Ashok | Computer Science
  • Kyle Lambert | Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Yet Tien Nguyen | Mathematics & Statistics
  • Lisa Shollenberger | Biological Sciences
  • Joseph Tamborski | Ocean & Earth Sciences

  • Yoseph Mamo | Human Movement Studies & Special Education

  • John Crosby | Finance
  • Md Mahmudul Hasan | School of Accountancy
  • Sheila Keener | Management
  • Robert Pidduck | Management

Promotion to Full Professor

  • Michael Seek | Engineering Technology

  • Regina Karp | Political Science & Geography
  • Brian Nedvin | Diehn School of Music
  • Emily Ondracek-Peterson | Diehn School of Music
  • Kerstin Steitz | World Languages & Cultures
  • Joshua Zingher | Political Science & Geography

  • Yusuke Yamani | Psychology

  • Laura Chezan | Human Movement Studies & Special Education
  • Gulsah Kemer | Counseling & Human Services

  • Tina Gustin | Advanced Practice Nursing

  • Abdullah Al-Taiar | Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Environmental Health
  • James Blando | Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Environmental Health

  • Lin Guo | Marketing
  • Ryan Klinger | Management
  • Veronica Thomas | Marketing
  • Lei Zhang | Finance
  • Weiyong Zhang | Information Technology & Decision Sciences

Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor

  • Mira Mariano | School of Rehabilitation Sciences

Promotion to Research Associate Professor

  • Joseph Brobst | Center for Educational Partnerships

Promotion to Research Professor

  • Jose Padilla | Modeling & Simulation

Promotion to Teaching Associate Professor

  • Kathleen Boone | Engineering Fundamentals
  • Charles Lowe | Engineering Technology

  • Loretta Alsop | Mathematics & Statistics
  • Hamna Hannan | Mathematics & Statistics
  • Stephanie Moses | Mathematics & Statistics
  • Julie Jo Walters | Biological Sciences

  • Lindy Brown | STEM Education & Professional Studies
  • Lastarra Bryant | Teaching & Learning
  • Jamie Hartsfield | Counseling & Human Services

  • Dennis Harvey | Finance
  • Francis “Frank” Holman | School of Accountancy
  • Samuel Johnson | School of Accountancy

Promotion to Teaching Professor

  • Alicia DeFonzo | English
  • Louis “Steven” Latham | Diehn School of Music
  • Anders “AJ” Nolan | English
  • Chad Wiener | Philosophy & Religious Studies

  • Lisa Blum | Mathematics & Statistics
  • Brian Olechnowski | Biological Sciences

  • Kelly Rippard | Teaching & Learning

  • Shelly Beaver | School of Rehabilitation Sciences

Promotion to Librarian IV

  • Lucinda Wittkower | Library: Reference & Research