OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Friday, March 4, 2016
Several Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday in Stillwater.
APPOINTMENTS: Runar Nygaard, associate professor, director and Courson Chair (action confers tenure), chemical engineering; James Rowland, clinical assistant professor and director, chemical engineering; Omkar Joshi, assistant professor, natural resource ecology and management; David Marburger, assistant professor, plant and soil sciences; Peter Kedron, assistant professor, geography; Elisa Cabrera-Guzman, clinical assistant professor, integrative biology; Arpad Nyari, clinical assistant professor, integrative biology; Howard Potter, professor and head (action confers tenure), music; Christopher Anthony, assistant professor, applied health and education psychology; Nathaniel Jenkins, assistant professor, applied health and education psychology; Diane Stutey, assistant professor, applied health and education psychology; Michael Yough, assistant professor, applied health and education psychology; and Jennifer Cribbs, assistant professor, teaching and curriculum leadership.
OSU – Oklahoma City – Sabrina Gomez, instructor and department head, electronics/environmental tech and Joffrey Fullingim, instructor, fire protection.
Center for Health Sciences – Rebecca Bratzler, instructor, health sciences; Emily Clark, instructor, health sciences; Jeri Gilmore, instructor, health sciences; Robert Harshaw, instructor, health sciences; and Susan Radcliffe, instructor, health sciences.
CHANGES: Jeffrey Sallee, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Farm Bureau 4-H Professorship, agricultural education, communication and leadership; Blake Bloomberg, title change from assistant professor to assistant professor and Robert “Bob” Totusek Endowed Chair, animal science; Gretchen Mafi, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Ralph F. and Leila W. Boulware Chair II, animal science; Guolong Zhang, title change from professor to professor and Ralph F. and Leila W. Boulware Chair I, animal science; Vijaya Kakani, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Warth Distinguished Professorship, plant and soil sciences; and Karin Schestokat, title change from professor to professor and department head, foreign languages.
RETIREMENT: Merritt Taylor, agricultural economics, March 22, 2016; Daniel Grischkowsky, electrical and computer engineering, May 13, 2016 and Susan Redwood, behavioral sciences, April 1, 2016.
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