OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Friday, January 21, 2022

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Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday at Stillwater.

New appointments

Kelly Wardlaw, assistant extension specialist, Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership
Shuhao Yu, research assistant professor, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Ryan DeSantis, assistant professor, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Haruka Nagao, assistant professor, Political Science
Emily Tucker, assistant professor of professional practice and director, Human Development and Family Science
Shane Hammer, assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
Cathrine Maiorca, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Leadershi

From the Center for Health Sciences

Justin Talley, appointment to department head, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Nicholas Materer, transition from department head, Chemistry
Reanae McNeal, title change from teaching assistant professor to assistant professor, English
Rosemary Avance, title change from teaching assistant professor to assistant professor, Media and Strategic Communications
Craig Bradshaw, appointment as a fellow of the Carol M. Leonard Professorship in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rushi Kamalapurkar, appointment as a fellow of the Ray and Linda Booker Professorship in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Weng Ben Kheong Loh, title change from research engineer to research assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andreza Conti-Patara, title change from clinical associate professor to assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
Jerry Ritchey, appointment to associate dean, Academic and Student Affairs, Office of the Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine