OSU Board approves personnel actions

Friday, July 28, 2006

The Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents approved several personnel actions during its July 28 meeting at OSU-Oklahoma City.

Dr. John A. Polonchek, OSU professor of finance, has been named head of the Department of Finance. He received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his M.S.I.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined the OSU faculty in 1983. Polonchek’s professional memberships include the American Finance Association, Eastern Finance Association, Financial Management Association, Southern Finance Association and Western Finance Association. He received the Richard W. Poole Research Excellence Award for 2004-05 from OSU.

Appointments

Justin L. Talley, assistant professor, entomology and plant pathology;
Sandor F. Toth, assistant professor, natural resource ecology and management;
Christina Gonzalez, assistant professor, art;
Kevin D. Ausman, assistant professor, chemistry;
Lindsey C. Smith, assistant professor, English;
Andrew J. Rosa, assistant professor, history;
Eric Benton, assistant professor, physics;
Donna K. Lindenmeier,
Kimberly L. Peabody and Michele L. Pettit, assistant professors, applied health and educational psychology;
Anthony J. Cricchio, assistant professor, architecture;
Damon Chandler, Qi Cheng and Weihua Sheng, assistant professors, electrical and computer engineering;
Hira Cho, assistant professor, design, housing and merchandising;
Randall R. Russ, associate professor, design, housing and merchandising;
Solo R. Kuvibidila, associate professor, nutritional sciences;
Catherine G. Lamm, clinical instructor, Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab

Changes in Appointment

Kim B. Anderson and Francis M. Epplin, professors of agricultural economics, appointed to Charles A. Breedlove Professorships;
Leticia I. Barchini, from professor and Southwestern Bell Professor, to professor, mathematics;
Weiping Li, from professor to professor and Southwestern Bell Professor, mathematics;
Robert S. Dooley, from associate professor, associate dean, director of MBA program and Stinchcomb Professor to associate professor, associate dean and Stinchcomb Professor;
Gregory C. Mosier, from professor and interim dean to professor and Regents Service Professor, economics and legal studies;
David Carter, from associate professor to associate professor and director, M.B.A. program, finance;
Janice W. Jadlow, from associate professor and head to associate professor and Regents Service Professor, finance;
K. Celeste Campbell, from assistant director, Honors College, to director, Bureau for Social Research.

Sabbatical

William W. Clarkson, civil and environmental engineering, 100% sabbatical to research biodegradation of nitroaromatic compounds used in munitions at the University of Oklahoma-Norman, from Jan. 8-May 4, 2007;
Jerry R. Malayer, veterinary medicine, 100% sabbatical to participate in the American Council on Education Fellows Program, from Aug. 21, 2006, to May 4, 2007.

Retirements

Marvin L. Stone, biosystems and agricultural engineering, Aug. 31;
Mary Y. Mandeville, psychology, Sept. 5;
Christine M. Cashel, applied health and educational psychology, Aug. 4;
Charles A. Rich, engineering technology, Aug. 31

For OSU-Oklahoma City, an appointment was approved for:

Jennifer L. Duclos as director, child development center.
Michael L. Delong, associate professor and associate vice president, also was named head of the Department of Information Systems/Technology Communication;
Timothy W. Faltyn, associate professor and division head of general studies, also was named assistant vice president;
Lisa K. Dillion, associate professor and division head of public safety, also was named assistant vice president.
Pamela Caldwell, Title III director, has retired

For the OSU Center for Health Sciences, appointments were approved for:

Amanda Foster and Janet L. Kirk, both clinical assistant professors, pediatrics;
Brian Diener, assistant professor, surgery,
Dan Langley, clinical assistant professor, surgery.