OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Friday, June 19, 2015

The Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents approved OSU system-wide personnel actions at its regular meeting Friday in Tulsa.

APPOINTMENTS: Emily Fekete, clinical assistant professor, geography; Tyrrell Conway, professor and department head (action grants tenure), microbiology and molecular genetics; Thomas A. Poole, assistant professor, music; Robert E. Davis, clinical assistant professor, management; Bryan L. Finch, clinical assistant professor, management; Toby L. Joplin, clinical assistant professor, management; Jason T. Kiley, assistant professor, management; Owen N. Parker, assistant professor, management; Fletcher H. Glancy, clinical assistant professor, management science and information systems; Steven R. Shepherd, assistant professor, marketing; Hyejune Park, assistant professor, design, housing, merchandising; Alana S. Pulay, assistant professor, design, housing, merchandising; Amy C. Williamson, assistant professor, human development and family science; Kevin J. Fink, research assistant professor, nutritional sciences; Gena S. Wollenberg, clinical assistant professor and director, nutritional sciences.

From the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Clinton J. Jones, professor and Sitlington chair (action grants tenure), pathobiology.

From the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, Sheryl K. Hale, executive director, workforce and economic development. 

From OSU-OKC, Michael A. Widell, vice president of operations, information services. 

TITLE CHANGES: Rodney D. Jones, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Oklahoma Farm Credit chair, agricultural economics; Jennifer Hernandez Gifford, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), animal science; Daniel Stein, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), animal science; Deborah Vanoverbeke, title change from associate professor to professor, animal science; Robert L. Matts, title change from Regents Professor and Sarkeys Distinguished Professorship III to Regents Professor, biochemistry and molecular biology; Ajay Kumar, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Biosystems/agricultural engineering; Saleh Taghvaeian, title change from assistant extension specialist to assistant professor and water resource engineer, Biosystems/agricultural engineering; Randal K. Taylor, title change from professor to professor and Sarkeys professor, Biosystems/agricultural engineering; and Michael K. Owens, title change from professor and interim associate director, Oklahoma Agriculture Experiment Station to professor and associate vice president, agricultural science and natural resources.

Randy L. Raper, title change from research professional and interim assistant director, Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station to professor and assistant director (action grants tenure), agricultural science and natural resources; Kristopher Giles, title change from professor to Regents Professor, entomology and plant pathology; Li Ma, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), entomology and plant pathology; Jeffrey T. Edwards, title change from professor and Warth Distinguished professor to professor and department head, plant and soil sciences; Amy L. Martindale, title change from director, Student Academic Services to assistant dean, Arts and Sciences Student Success Center; Rebecca P. Brienen, title change from department head and Vennerberg professor to department head and Vennerberg chair, art, graphic design and art history; Louise E. Siddons, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), art, graphic design and art history;  Bobbi K. Lewis, title change from associate professor, Media and Strategic Communications to associate professor and assistant dean, arts and sciences outreach; Toni D. Graham, title change from associate professor to professor, English; and Lynn C. Lewis, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), English.  

Erik Ekman, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), foreign languages; Perry J. Gethner, title change from department head to Regents Professor and Norris Professor, foreign languages; Tracy M. Quan, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), geology; David M. D’Andrea, title change from associate professor to professor, history; Yongtao Du, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), history; John M. Kinder, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), history; Jeffrey A. Mermin, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), mathematics;  Michael C. Oehrtman, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Noble professor, mathematics; Gina J. Noble, title change from clinical associate professor to associate professor, Media and Strategic Communications;  Brant Adams, title change from department head to professor, Media and Strategic Communications; and Ryan B. Gardner, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Music. 

Virginia L. Kunzer, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Music; Jeffrey L. Loeffert, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Music; Z. Randall Stroope, title change from associate professor to professor, Music; Yingmei Liu, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), physics; Eve M. Ringsmuth, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), political science; Duane A. Gill, title change from department head to professor, sociology; Rana J. Webber, title change from clinical instructor to clinical assistant professor, theatre; Punidan D. Jeyasingh, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), zoology; Bradley S. Blaylock, title change from assistant professor to assistant professor and Arthur Andersen professor, accounting; Angela Spencer, title change from clinical assistant professor, director and Haskell Cudd professor to assistant professor, accounting; and Charlotte J. Wright, title change from Chasteen chair to Regents Professor and Chasteen chair, accounting. 

Bidisha Lahiri, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), economics/legal studies; Laurie A. Lucas, title change from Puterbaugh professor to associate professor and Spears chair, economics/legal studies; Geoffrey P. Pivateau, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), economics/legal studies; John V. Winters, title change from assistant professor to assistant professor and Carson Priority chair, economics/legal studies; Ali Nejadmalayeri, title change from associate professor to associate professor, Helm professor and Ph.D coordinator, finance; Rebecca L. Greenbaum, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Spears chair, management; Jose A. Sagarnaga Castillo, title change from assistant director, business graduate program to clinical assistant professor and director, management; Andrew L. Urich, title change from associate professor and associate director to associate professor, Eastin Chair, and associate director, management; Craig J. Wallace, title change from associate professor to professor; and Cynthia S. Wang, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Spears chair, management. 

David P. Biros, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Ph.D coordinator, management science & information systems; James R. Burkman, title change from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor and coordinator, management science and information systems; Timothy Baghurst, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), applied health and education psychology; Douglas B. Smith, title change from associate professor to professor, applied health and education psychology; Guoping Zhao, title change from associate professor to professor, educational studies; Julie M. Angle, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), teaching and curriculum leadership; Toni A. Ivey, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), teaching and curriculum leadership; Seung K. Ra, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), architecture; Carisa L. Ramming, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), architecture; and Carrion A. Rodriguez, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), architecture. 

Jerry L. Stivers, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), architecture; Avdhesh K. Tyagi, title change from associate professor to professor, civil and environment engineering; Qingsheng Wang, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), division of engineering technology; James E. Stine Jr, title change from associate professor to professor, electrical and computer engineering; Sunderesh Heragu, title change from school head and Humphries chair to Regents Professor, school head and Humphries chair, industrial engineering; Raj N. Singh, title change from school head and Williams chair to Regents Professor, school head and Williams chair, materials science and engineering; Gretchen M. Cole Lade, title change from clinical instructor to assistant professor, human development and family science; Karen A. Neurohr, title change from associate professor to professor, library; Suzanne L. Reinman, title change from associate professor to professor, library; and Anna N. Sump-Crethar, title change from associate professor to associate professor and department head, library. 

From Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Jerry W. Ritchey, title change from professor to professor and department head, pathobiology; Jared D. Taylor, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), pathobiology; Dianne McFarlane, title change from associate professor to professor and Ricks Rapp professor, physiological sciences; and Marjorie E. Gross, title change from clinical associate professor to clinical professor, veterinary clinical sciences.

From OSU Institute of Technology, Terryl G. Lindsey, title change from assistant division chair to Dean, heavy equipment and vehicle institute. 

From OSU-OKC, Vickie Ashby, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), arts and sciences; Luanne Kuelzer-Eckhout, title change from instructor to assistant professor, arts and sciences; Amber Hefner, title change from associate professor to associate professor and division head, business; Catherine Palmer, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), dietetic technology; Larry Robbins, title change from associate professor of Public Safety to associate professor and division head, division of human sciences; Tracy Edwards, title change from associate professor in nurse science to associate professor and associate vice president, evening instruction; Jennifer Duerksen, title change from instructor to assistant professor, health sciences; Gayla Florence-Clark, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), health sciences; Carrie Spoonmore, title change from instructor to assistant professor, health sciences; Karen Jobe, title change from associate professor to professor, humanities; Terry Clinefelter, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), industrial drafting and design; Ricky Streight, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), mathematics; Larry Robinson, title change from associate professor to professor, public safety; Dean Scherer, title change from associate professor to professor, science; and Steven Collins, title change from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), social studies. 

From the Center for Health Sciences, Kent S. Smith, title change from associate professor to professor and associate dean, academic affairs; Bruce A. Benjamin, title change from associate dean and interim vice provost to associate dean and vice provost, basic science; Katherine D. Cook, title change from clinical assistant professor to assistant professor, department of medicine; Mousumi Som, title change from assistant professor to associate professor and chair, department of medicine; Jeffrey S. Stroup, title change from associate professor to professor and chief operating officer, department of medicine; Jennifer E. Galbraith, title change from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, family medicine; David M. Gearhart, title change from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, family medicine; Aaron Q. Lane, title change from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, family medicine; William D. Po, title change from clinical associate professor to clinical professor, OB/GYN; Kelley J. Joy, title change from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, osteopathic manipulative medicine; and M. H. Elsayed, title change from clinical associate professor to clinical professor, pediatrics.

RETIREMENTS: Ulrich K. Melcher, biochemistry and molecular biology, August 7, 2015; Jacqueline Fletcher, entomology and plant pathology, September 4, 2015; Edwin L. Miller, natural resource ecology and management, June 12, 2015; and  Lowell M. Caneday, applied health and education psychology, August 7, 2015. 

From the Center of Veterinary Healthy Sciences, Eileen M. Johnson, pathobiology, September 1, 2015; Sandra E. Morgan, physiological sciences, July 1, 2015; and Mike D. Lorenz, veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2015.

From OSU-OKC, Linda S. Barren, health sciences, June 1, 2015; and Dennis P. Smith, humanities, June 1, 2015.

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