OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday at Panhandle State University. Notably, Dr. Glen S. Krutz will be leading the OSU College of Arts and Sciences. Regents approved his appointment as dean, professor, and Puterbaugh Endowed Chair (appointment grants tenure), Department of Political Science, Dean’s Office, College of Arts and Sciences. Krutz was recommended after an intensive national search that began last fall. He is expected to transition to OSU on or about July 1.
NEW APPOINTMENTS: James Ewald, assistant professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History; Jessica Teckemeyer, assistant professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History; Tracy Kerr, teaching assistant professor, Chemistry; Martin McCullagh, assistant professor, Chemistry; Spencer Pitre, assistant professor, Chemistry; Elijah Schnitzler, assistant professor; Chemistry; Sathynarayanan Aakur, assistant professor, Computer Sciences; Arunkumar Bagavathi, assistant professor, Computer Sciences; Shital Joshi, teaching assistant professor, Computer Sciences; Thanh (Tim) Thieu, assistant professor, Computer Sciences; Michael Amory, assistant professor, English; Alyssa Hunziker, assistant professor, English; Lindsay Wilhelm, assistant professor, English; Yuting Zhou, assistant professor, Geography; Matthew Pereira, teaching assistant professor, History; Anna Zeide, assistant professor, History; Jesse Balaban-Feld, teaching assistant professor, Integrative Biology; Elizabeth McCullagh, assistant professor, Integrative Biology; Taylor Woodall-Greene, assistant professor, Languages and Literatures; Sean Curry, assistant professor, Mathematics; Xu Zhang, assistant professor, Mathematics; Jin Kim, teaching assistant professor, Philosophy; Mayukh Lahiri, assistant professor, Physics; Andrew Yost, assistant professor, Physics; Corinne Schwarz, assistant professor, Sociology; Rose Phong, assistant professor, Theatre.
Xuewei Chen, assistant professor, Community Health Science, Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Sarah Johnson, clinical assistant professor, Community Health Science, Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Marshan Oliver-Marick, teaching assistant professor, Community Health Science, Counseling and Counseling Psychology; Jentre Olsen, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation; Chia-Chen Yang, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation; James Dawes, assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation; Sarah Donovan, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences; Ryan Farmer, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences; Karen Zwanch, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences.
Christina McCoy, assistant professor, Architecture; Sarah Ra, assistant professor, Architecture; Debakanta Mishra, associate professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Tony McAleavy, assistant professor, Division of Engineering Technology; Michael McCombs, associate professor of professional practice, Division of Engineering Technology; John Hu, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Saeed Ghadimi, assistant professor, Industrial Engineering and Management; Chenang Liu, assistant professor, Industrial Engineering and Management; Bing Yao, assistant professor, Industrial Engineering and Management.
Lynn Boorady, appointment to professor and head of Design, Housing and Merchandising (action grants tenure); Sandy Major, assistant professor of professional practice, Human Development and Family Science.
From the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences - Rosslyn Biggs, clinical associate professor, Clinical Sciences.
From the Center for Health Sciences - John Frucci, assistant professor, Forensic Sciences; Gary Denny, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry.
CHANGES: Igor Pritsker, appointment to the Vaughn Foundation Professor in Number Theory, Mathematics; Yingmei Liu, appointment to the Noble Foundation Chair for Laser Research, Physics.
R. Evan Davis, appointment as assistant dean of Undergraduate Programs, Management.
Adrienne Sanogo, rate and title change from associate dean and associate professor to senior associate dean and associate professor, Dean’s Office, College of Education, Health and Aviation.
Mallory Casebolt, appointment to the Hardesty Chair, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation; Amber Manning-Ouellette, appointment to the Anderson, Farris and Halligan College Student Development Chair, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation; Joe Terantino, appointment to the Stella V. Anderson Professorship, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences.
From OSU-Tulsa - Pamela Fry, professor, provost and vice president, title change to reflect full-time administrative assignment to the OSU-Tulsa campus, Office of the President.
RETIREMENT: Cheryl Giddens, Communication Sciences and Disorders, June 9, 2019; Martin Wallen, English, May 31, 2019; Rebecca Bensen Cain, Philosophy, May 31, 2019; Kenneth Kiser, Sociology, July 1, 2019; Jane Swinney, Design, Housing, Merchandising, July 1, 2019; Ben Goh, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Aug. 22, 2019; Gail Gates, Nutritional Sciences, June 1, 2019.
CONTACT: Shannon Rigsby | Public Information Officer | 405-744-9081 | shannon.rigsby@okstate.edu