OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Friday, September 8, 2023

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

New Appointments

Deepthi Kolady, associate professor, Agricultural Economics
Khursheed Iqbal, assistant professor, Animal and Food Sciences
Ashley Mattison, assistant professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Xuejuan Tan, research assistant professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jayson Lusk, Regents Professor, vice president and dean, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (ratification of interim approval granted in June; appointment confers tenure)
Jason Warren, professor and assistant director state program leader (appointment confers tenure), Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Joan York, assistant Extension specialist, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Tyler Mason, assistant professor, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Kathi Shivani, assistant professor, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Liberty Galvin, assistant professor, Plant and Soil Sciences
Swati Shrestha, assistant professor, Plant and Soil Sciences
Kristen Carpenter, clinical assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mandie Harris, clinical assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Rachelle Taylor, clinical assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Frances Junnier, teaching assistant professor, English
Cheng Chen, teaching instructor, Languages and Literatures
Jessica Doyle, teaching instructor, Philosophy
Christina Duncan, professor (appointment confers tenure), Psychology
John Burdge, assistant professor of professional practice and director, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Tracy Kendall, clinical assistant professor, Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Christina Evans, assistant Extension specialist, Nutritional Sciences
Gregory Schutte, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences
Pejman Ghasemadeh, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ying Zhang, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
David Bailey, clinical assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
Alexis Jennings, clinical assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
Lindsay Starkey, associate professor, Pathobiology

From OSU-OKC

Michael Snyder, assistant professor, English
Hala Gheriani, dean, General Studies
Michael Allen, instructor, Information Systems Technology
James Mitchell, instructor and department head, Interpreter Training
Christopher Peele, instructor, Mathematics
Jamie Herron, instructor, Nursing
Alisha McAfee, instructor, Nursing
Christina Pickle, instructor, Nursing
Judith Ziegler, instructor, Science

From the Center for Health Sciences

Zachary Klukkert, assistant professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Malabika Maulik, clinical assistant professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
Joshua Baker, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
Levi Duethman, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
Jonathan Peaster, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
William Rockwell, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
Jennifer Cox, clinical assistant professor, Internal Medicine
Thomas Palmer, clinical assistant professor, Internal Medicine
Cameron Henderson, clinical assistant professor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Swarup Mitra, assistant professor, Pharmacology and Physiology
Osekpamen Wickliffe, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Changes in appointment

Danielle Bellmer, appointment to assistant dean of Student Academic Services, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Ramesh Sharda, reappointment as vice dean and to the Chuck and Kim Watson Endowed Chair, Management Science and Information Systems
Ginger Welch, reappointment as professor of professional practice, Human Development and Family Science
Sunderesh Heragu, appointment to the John Hendrix Endowed Chair, CEAT Academic Affairs
Paul Tikalsky, appointment to the honorary title of Regents Service Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Juliana Nykolaiszyn, appointment to the Neustadt Professorship, Library

From OSU-OKC

Scott Newman, appointment to professor (action confers tenure), General Studies

Retirements

Notie Lansford, Nov. 10, 2023, Agricultural Economics
Hailin Zhang, Sept. 10, 2023, Plant and Soil Sciences
Franklin Champlin, Oct. 18, 2023, Biochemistry and Microbiology
Rhonda Casey, Sept. 8, 2023, Family Medicine