OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Friday, September 8, 2017
Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday in Miami, Okla.
NEW APPOINTMENTS: Janeen Salak-Johnson, appointment to Temple Grandin Professorship and associate professor, Animal Science; Valerie Freeman, assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Yu Zhang, assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders; Anna Sicari, assistant professor, English; Allison Dorko, clinical assistant professor, Mathematics; Mikyeung Bae, assistant professor, Media and Strategic Communications; Skye Cooley, assistant professor, Media and Strategic Communications; Matthew Cabeen, assistant professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Karen Wozniak, assistant professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Davide Ponzi, assistant professor, Psychology; Richard Gaeta, assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Kimberly Cuellar, assistant professor and director, Hospitality and Tourism Management; Chen-Wei Tao, assistant professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management; Sam Emerson, assistant professor, Nutritional Sciences; McKale Montgomery, assistant professor, Nutritional Sciences; Kevin Dyke, assistant professor and curator, Library.
From the Center for Veterinary Health Science - Emily Sharpe, assistant professor, Clinical Sciences; Megan Williams, assistant professor, Clinical Sciences.
From the Center for Health Sciences - Brandy Close, clinical assistant professor, Academic Affairs; Megan Johanning, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine; Zachary Spradlin, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine; Crystal David, clinical assistant professor, Family Medicine; Carlos Guevara, clinical assistant professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Whitney Latham, clinical associate professor, Pediatrics.
CHANGES: David Henneberry, transition from professor and associate vice president to professor and Regents Service Professor, Agricultural Economics; John Veenstra, appointment as department head, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Tyler Ley, appointment to the Gilbert, Cooper, W&W Steel chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Kelvin Wang, appointment to the Decker Dawson chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering.
From the Center for Health Sciences - Anil Kaul, title change from research professor to clinical professor, Health Care Administration.
RETIREMENT: David Meinke, Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Oct. 12, 2017; William Focht, Political Science, Sept. 2, 2017; Joel Jenswold, Political Science, Sept. 1, 2017; Timothy Ireland, Management Science and Information Systems, Sept. 1, 2017; Phillpe Garmy, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Aug. 31, 2017; Jerold Leong, Hospitality and Tourism Management, June 30, 2017; Nancy Betts, Nutritional Sciences, July 1, 2017; LuAnn Soliah, June 1, 2017; Mary Leech, Library, Feb. 5, 2018.
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