OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Friday, June 17, 2016
Several Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday in Oklahoma City.
APPOINTMENTS: David Cline, clinical assistant professor, Computer Science; Uriel Angel Buitrago Suarez, clinical assistant professor, Integrative Biology; Hillary Speed, clinical assistant professor, Media and Strategic Communications; Marc Sosnowchik, clinical assistant professor, Music; Corey Baham, assistant professor, Management Science and Information Systems; Kelley Rhoads, assistant professor, Applied Health and Education Psychology; Michael Yough, associate professor, Applied Health and Education Psychology; Mallory Casebolt, assistant professor, Educational Studies; Sarah Gordon, assistant professor, Educational Studies; Jennifer Cribbs, assistant professor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; and Erin Dyke, assistant professor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership.
Donita Shaw, associate professor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Ruth Hallman, assistant professor, Clinical Sciences; and Holly Luetkenhaus, assistant professor, Library.
From the Center for Health Sciences- Alicia Ford, clinical assistant professor, Behavioral Sciences; Kimberlee Wilson, clinical assistant professor, Behavioral Sciences; Sharolyn Cook, clinical assistant professor, Department of Medicine; Tyson Bryant, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine; Jennifer Wilson, clinical assistant professor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine; and Adam Bradley, clinical assistant professor, Surgery.
CHANGES: Brian Whitacre, promotion from associate professor to professor, Agricultural Economics; Jon Ramsey, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership; Shane Robinson, promotion from associate professor to professor, Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership; Gretchen Mafi, promotion from associate professor to professor, Animal Science; Patricia Canaan, promotion from associate professor to professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Junpeng Deng, promotion from associate professor to professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; and Ramanjulu Sunkar, promotion from associate professor to professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Ning Wang, promotion from associate professor to professor, Biosystems and Ag Engineering; Paul Weckler, promotion from associate professor to professor, Biosystems and Ag Engineering; Mark Wilkins, promotion from associate professor to professor, Biosystems and Ag Engineering; Haobo Jiang, promotion from professor to regents professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology; Chad Penn, promotion from associate professor to professor, Plant and Soil Sciences; Yanqi Wu, promotion from associate professor to professor, Plant and Soil Sciences; Liuling Yan, promotion from associate professor to professor, Plant and Soil Sciences; Mark Fishbein, promotion from associate professor to professor, Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution; and Nicholas Materer, title change from professor to professor and department head, Chemistry.
Charles Weinert, promotion from associate professor to professor, Chemistry; Johnson Thomas, promotion from associate professor to professor, Computer Science; Timothy Murphy, promotion from professor and Wentz professor to regents professor and Wentz professor, English; Andrew Wadoski, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), English; Priyank Jaiswal, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Geology; Daniel Lao Davila, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Geology; Lee Ann Brown, promotion from clinical instructor to clinical assistant professor, Mathematics; Melissa Mills, promotion from clinical instructor to clinical assistant professor, Mathematics; Edward Kian, promotion from associate professor to professor, Media and Strategic Communications; and John McGuire, promotion from associate professor to professor, Media and Strategic Communications.
Cynthia Nichols, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Media and Strategic Communications; Mostafa Elshahed, promotion from associate professor to professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Douglas Henderson, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Music; Flera Rizatdinova, promotion from associate professor to professor, Physics; Eduardo Yukihara, promotion from associate professor to professor, Physics; Andrew Fullerton, promotion from associate professor to professor, Sociology; Bin Liang, promotion from associate professor to professor, Sociology; and Joshua Habiger, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Statistics.
Bradley Blaylock, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Accounting; Angela Spencer, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Accounting; Geoffrey Pivateau, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Puterbaugh professorship in legal studies and ethics in business, Economics and Legal Studies; John Winters, promotion assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Economics and Legal Studies; Matthew Rutherford, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Jordan Chair in Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship; Bryan Edwards, title change from executive director of Eastin Center to associate director for Research in Eastin Center, Management; and Aaron Hill, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Management.
Dursun Delen, promotion from professor to regents professor, Management Science and Information Systems; Todd Arnold, promotion from associate professor to professor, Marketing; Julie Croff, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Applied Health and Education Pyschology; Juliana Utley, title change from interim associate dean and associate professor to interim associate dean, associate professor and Morsani professorship, Education Research; Mwarumba Mwavita, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Educational Studies; Penny Cantley, promotion from clinical assistant professor to assistant professor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; and Jennifer Sanders, title change from associate professor and interim school head to associate professor and school head, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership.
Adrienne Sanogo, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Michael Lewis, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mihyun Kang, promotion from associate professor to professor, Design, Housing and Merchandising; Gina Peek, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Design, Housing and Merchandising; Ronald Cox, title change from associate professor to associate professor and George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Child and Family Resilience, Human Development and Family Science; Jennifer Hays-Grudo, promotion from professor and head to Regents professor and head, Human Development and Family Science; and Christine Johnson, promotion from associate professor to professor, Human Development and Family Science.
Amanda Morris, title change from professor to professor and George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Child Development, Human Development and Family Science; Amy Tate, promotion from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, Human Development and Family Science; Edralin Lucas, promotion from associate professor to professor, Nutritional Sciences; and Brenda Smith, promotion from professor to Regents professor, Nutritional Sciences.
From OSU-OKC - Terry Clinefelter, title change from associate professor to associate professor and division head, Division of Engineering Technologies; Anthony Smith, promotion from instructor to assistant professor, Accounting Studies; Jennifer Poynter, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor(action grants tenure), English; Dee Ann Simpson, promotion from instructor to assistant professor, Environmental and Engineering Research Management; Justin Hunter, promotion from instructor to assistant professor, Fire Protection; Anna Nguyen, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor(action grants tenure), Health Sciences; Sandy Teel, promotion from instructor to assistant professor, Health Sciences; Leah Decker, promotion from instructor to assistant professor, Interpreter Training; Lynn Wojcik, promotion from instructor to assistant professor, Public Safety; and Evan Burkala, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Science.
From the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences – John Gilliam, promotion from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, Clinical Sciences; Andrew Hanzlicek, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor and Joan Kirkpatrick (action grants tenure), Clinical Sciences; Lara Maxwell, promotion from associate professor to professor, Physiological Sciences; and Ashish Ranjan, promotion from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), Physiological Sciences.
From the Center for Health Sciences – Aric Warren, associate professor transfer from the College of Education to Center for Health Sciences, Athletic Training; Sarah Hall, promotion from assistant professor (action grants tenure) to associate professor, Family Medicine; Jarrad R. Wagner, promotion from associate professor/director to professor/director, Forensic Science; Travis Campbell, promotion from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, Pediatrics; Rhonda Casey, promotion from associate professor to professor and head, Pediatrics; Shawna Duncan, promotion from associate professor to professor, Pediatrics; Colony Fugate, promotion from clinical associate professor to clinical professor, Pediatrics; Heather Rector, promotion from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, Pediatrics; Jeffrey Hackler, title change from clinical assistant professor and assistant to dean to clinical assistant professor and assistant dean, Rural Health; Laurie Duckett, promotion from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, Surgery; Douglas Foster, promotion from associate professor to professor, Surgery; and Michael Thomas, title change from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor/head/HPO.
REAPPOINTMENTS: Chanjin Chung, reappointed as professor and Breedlove professor, Agricultural Economics; Francis Epplin, reappointed as regents professor and Neustadt chair, Agricultural Economics; Phillip Kenkel, reappointed as regents professor and Fitzwater chair, Agricultural Economics; Bailey Norwood, reappointed as professor and Pollard professor, Agricultural Economics; Robert Terry, reappointed as professor, head and Howell professor, Agricultural Economics; Blake Bloomberg, reappointed as assistant professor, Animal Science; Gerald Horn, reappointed as professor and Graduate of Distinction professor, Animal Science; David Lalman, reappointed as professor and Hitch professor, Animal Science; and Sara Place, reappointed as assistant professor, Animal Science.
Peter Muriana, reappointed as professor and Gilliland Professor, Animal Science-FAPC; Randy Allen, reappointed as professor, director of IAB and Sitlington chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Bradford Kard, reappointed as professor and structural professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology; Bruce Noden, reappointed as assistant professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology; Sue Fairbanks, reappointed as assistant professor, Natural Resource and Ecology Management; Scott Loss, reappointed as assistant professor, Natural Resource and Ecology Management; and Shiping Deng, reappointed as professor and Santelmann/Warth professor, Plant and Soil Sciences.
Christopher Fennell, reappointed as assistant professor, Chemistry; Toby Nelson, reappointed as assistant professor, Chemistry; Katherine Hallemeier, reappointed as assistant professor, English; Graig Uhlin, reappointed as assistant professor, English; Amy Frazier, reappointed as assistant professor, Geography; Emily Graham, reappointed as assistant professor, History; Polly Campbell, reappointed as assistant professor, Integrative Biology; Sarah Durant, reappointed as assistant professor, Integrative Biology; Jiri Lebl, reappointed as assistant professor, Mathematics; Edward Richmond, reappointed as assistant professor, Mathematics; and Walter Rusin, reappointed as assistant professor, Mathematics.
Jay Schweig, reappointed as assistant professor, Mathematics; Daniel Shipka, reappointed as assistant professor, Media and Strategic Communications; Erika Lutter, reappointed as assistant professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Noha Youssef, reappointed as assistant professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Joseph Haley, reappointed as assistant professor, Physics; Stephen Nemeth, reappointed as assistant professor, Political Science; Heather McLaughlin, reappointed as assistant professor, Sociology; Donald Herrmann, reappointed as Ph.D coordinator, Accounting; and Leah Muriel, reappointed as assistant professor, Accounting.
Charlotte Wright, reappointed as Regents Professor and Chasteen chair, Accounting; Ramesh Sharda, reappointed as professor and Conoco chair, Dean of Business; Dan Rickman, reappointed as Regents Professor and OG&E chair, Economics and Legal Studies; Bruce Barringer, reappointed as professor, department head and Malone Mitchell chair, Entrepreneurship; Vance Fried, reappointed as professor and Riata professor, Entrepreneurship; Andrew Urich, reappointed as associate professor and Eastin Center chair, Management; Andrew Luse, reappointed as assistant professor, Management Science and Information Systems; Zachary Arens, reappointed as assistant professor, Marketing; Tom Brown, reappointed as professor and Noble Foundation chair, Marketing; and Ji Hoon Jhang, reappointed as assistant professor, Marketing.
Joshua Wiener, reappointed as professor and head of marketing, Marketing; Jason DeFreitas, reappointed as assistant professor, Applied Health and Education Pyschology; Tonya Hammer, reappointed as assistant professor, Applied Health and Education Psychology; Chandra Story, reappointed as assistant professor, Applied Health and Education Psychology; Jane Vogler, reappointed as assistant professor, Applied Health and Education Psychology; Jam Khojasteh, reappointed as assistant professor, Educational Studies; Jennifer Job, reappointed as assistant professor, Teaching Curriculum Leadership; Jill Metzger, reappointed as clinical instructor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Shanedra Nowell, reappointed as assistant professor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Amy Olson, reappointed as clinical instructor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; and John Weaver, reappointed as clinical instructor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership.
Julie Hartell, reappointed as assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mark Krzmarzick, reappointed as assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Jingtong Hu, reappointed as assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Pankaj Sarin, reappointed as assistant professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Brian Elbing, reappointed as assistant professor, Mechanical and Aero-Space Engineering; Xiaoloang Jin, reappointed as assistant professor, Mechanical and Aero-Space Engineering; Arvind Santhanakrishnan, reappointed as assistant professor, Mechanical and Aero-Space Engineering; Tilanka Chandrasekera, reappointed as assistant professor, Design, Housing and Merchandising; Hailin Qu, reappointed as Regents professor and William E. Davis chair, Hotel and Restaurant Administration; Jing Yang, reappointed as assistant professor, Hotel and Restaurant Administration; Jennifer Jones, reappointed as assistant professor, Human Development and Family Science; Barbara Stoecker, reappointed as Regents professor and Marilynn Thoma Chair, Nutritional Sciences; and Dingbo Lin, reappointed as assistant professor, Nutritional Sciences.
Center for Veterinary Health Sciences – Danielle Dugat, reappointed as assistant professor, Clinical Sciences; Candace Lyman, reappointed as assistant professor, Clinical Sciences; Shane Lyon, reappointed as assistant professor, Clinical Sciences; Corey Wall, reappointed as assistant professor, Clinical Sciences; Veronique Lacombe, reappointed as associate professor (action grants tenure), Physiological Sciences; and Akhilesh Ramachandran, reappointed as assistant professor, Pathobiology.
From OSU-OKC- Amy Monk, reappointed as instructor, Arts and Sciences; Alissa Nephew, reappointed as instructor, Arts and Sciences; Charles Louviere, reappointed as instructor, Computer Information Systems and Technology Communications; Ryan Hightower, reappointed as instructor, Electronics/Environmental Technology; Whitney Kemp, reappointed as instructor, Health Sciences; Cindy Carter, reappointed as instructor, Health Sciences; Stephenia Disabella, reappointed as instructor, Health Sciences; Jennifer Schoelen, reappointed as instructor, Health Sciences; Karen Bubb, reappointed as instructor, Health Services; Breeman Ainsworth, reappointed as instructor, Humanities; Cynthia Vleugels, reappointed as instructor, Humanities; Sheryl Powers, reappointed as instructor, Management Studies; Kenneth Lease, reappointed as instructor, Mathematics; John Chambers, reappointed as instructor, Science; and Victor Hall, reappointed as instructor, Science.
RETIREMENT: Stephen Damron, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, July 1, 2016; Michael Smith, Horticulture and Landcape Architecture, August 5, 2016; Michael Palmer, January 7, 2017; Paul Epstein, Foreign Languages, July 1, 2016; Ibrahim Ahmad, Statistics, January 16, 2017; and R. Russell Rhinehart, Chemical Engineering, July 15, 2016.
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