Regents approve OSU faculty promotions

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents approved promotions in academic rank for faculty members on the campuses in Stillwater, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, effective July 1, during its meeting today at OSU-Tulsa.

On the Stillwater campus, receiving promotions from professor to the honorary title of Regents Professor were Shida Rastegari, Agricultural Economics; Robert Matts, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Glenn Brown, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Frank Blum, Chemistry;  Perry Gethner, Foreign Languages; Estella Atekwana, Geology; and Susan Little, Pathobiology. Provost and Senior Vice President Robert Sternberg and Stephan Wilson, Dean of Human Sciences, were also named Regents Professors.  Hailin Zhang was promoted to Regents Professor and Al Reed Chair.

Receiving promotions from associate professor to professor were David Cartmell, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership; Nurhan Dunford, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Lisa Lewis, English; Carlos Cordova, Geography; Wouter Hoff, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Pamela Brown, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Virginia Worley, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Richard Beier, Division of Engineering Technology;; Charles Bunting, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Weili Zhang, Electrical and Computer Engineering;  Jamey Jacob, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;  Brenda Smith, Nutritional Sciences; Lionel Dawson, Veterinary Clinical Services; and Raman Singh, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Eric DeVuyst, Agricultural Economics, and Michael Larranaga, Division of Engineering Technology were promoted to professor, action granting tenure.

Faculty receiving reappointments as associate professor, action granting tenure, were Gail Wilson, Natural Resource Ecology and Management; John Foubert, Educational Studies; and Brad Njaa, Pathobiology. 

Faculty receiving promotions from assistant professor to associate professor, action granting tenure, were Kellie Raper, Agricultural Economics; Brian Whitacre, Agricultural Economics; Jeremy Shane Robinson, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership; Gretchen Hilton, Animal Science; Christopher Richards, Animal Science; Junpeng Deng, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Ramanjulu Sunkar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Carol Jones, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Mark Wilkins, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Eric Stafne, Horticultural and Landscape Architecture; Daniel Shoup, Natural Resource Ecology and Management; Chad Godsey, Plant and Soil Sciences; Chad Penn, Plant and Soil Sciences; Yangi Wu, Plant and Soil Sciences, Liuling Yan, Plant and Soil Sciences; Sung-Phil Choo, Art; Elizabeth Roth, Art; Ronald Brooks, English; An Cheng, English; Hongbo Yu, Geography;

Robert Bracy, History; Brian Frehner, History; Anatharam Raghuram, Mathematics; Mathias Schulze, Mathematics; Bobbi Kay Lewis, Media and Strategic Communications; Raymond Murray, Media and Strategic Communications; Mostafa Elshahed, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Edward Shaw, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Anne-Marie Condacase, Music; Celeste Johnson, Music; Mark Lawlor, Music; Lanette Lopez-Compton, Music; George Speed, Music; Kristen Baum, Zoology; Bryan Edwards, Management; Scott Johnson, Management; David Biros, Management Science and Information Systems; Alex Zablah, Marketing;

Georgette Yetter, Applied Health and Education Psychology; Lucy Bailey, Educational Studies; Kerri Kearney,  Educational Studies; Jesse Mendez, Educational Studies; Jennifer Sanders, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Juliana Utley, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Qiuying Wang, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Michael Rabens, Architecture; Hyung Seok Jeong, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Daquing Piao, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Tieming Liu, Industrial Engineering; Jay Hanan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;

Mihyun Kang, Design, Housing and Merchandising; Semra Peksoz, Design, Housing and Merchandising; Alexander Bishop, Human Development and Family Science; Whitney Brosi, Human Development and Family Science; Michael Criss, Human Development and Family Science; Glade Topham, Human Development and Family Science; Michael Merten, Human Development and Family Science;  Timothy Snider, Pathobiology; Melanie Breshears, Pathobiology; and Melanie Boileau, Veterinary Clinical Sciences.

On the OSU-Oklahoma City campus, Edward Vezey, Science, was promoted from associate professor to professor. 

Faculty receiving promotions from assistant professor to associate professor, actions granting tenure, were Angela Holmberg, Health Services; Michael Eckart, Division of Engineering Technologies; and Karen Lockwood, Health Sciences.  Nancy Lowrance, Crime Victim and Survivor Services, was promoted from assistant professor and head to associate professor and head, action granting tenure. Garry Jones, Fire Protection, was promoted from assistant professor and associate division head to associate professor and associate division head, action granting tenure.

Receiving promotions from instructor to assistant professor were Vickie Ashby, Arts and Sciences;  Catherine Palmer, Dietetic Technology;  Gayla Florance-Clark, Health Sciences; Thingal Masar, Health Sciences;  Terry Clinefelter, Industrial Drafting and Design; Amber Hefner, Management Studies; Ricky Streight, Mathematics; and Steven Collins, Social Studies.

For the OSU Center for Health Sciences promoted from associate professor to professor, action granting tenure, was Robin Dyer, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. Harriet Shaw, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, was reappointed as professor, action granting tenure. Joan Stewart, Clinical Education, was promoted from associate dean and associate professor to associate dean and professor, action granting tenure.

Faculty receiving promotions from assistant professor to associate professor, action granting tenure, were Anne Weil, Anatomy and Cell Biology; Nedra Wilson, Anatomy and Cell Biology; and Jarrad Wagner, Associated Health Sciences. Reappointments of associate professor, action granting tenure, were Franklin Champlin, Biochemistry and Microbiology; and Jeffery Stroup, Internal Medicine.

Cornelia Nickel, Family Medicine, was promoted from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor.