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OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Friday, April 21, 2023

Media Contact: Shannon Rigsby | Public Information Officer | 405-744-9081 | shannon.rigsby@okstate.edu

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


New Appointments


  • Justin Crosswhite, assistant extension specialist, Animal and Food Sciences
  • Mellissa Crosswhite, assistant professor, Animal and Food Sciences
  • Steve Phillips, associate professor, Plant and Soil Sciences
  • Marika Christofides, teaching assistant professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History
  • Kendra Greendeer, assistant professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History
  • Benjamin Murphy, assistant professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History
  • Tyler Bartholome, teaching assistant professor, Chemistry
  • Roger Mailler, professor and department head (action grants tenure), Computer Sciences
  • Gene Kwak, assistant professor, English
  • Danielle Dempsey, teaching assistant professor, Geography
  • Rory Hill, assistant professor, Geography
  • Yipeng Zhang, assistant professor, Geology
  • Taiwo Bello, assistant professor, History
  • Elisa Casadei, assistant professor, Integrative Biology
  • Ciaran Shaughnessy, assistant professor, Integrative Biology
  • Yanwen Luo, assistant professor, Mathematics
  • Jayan Mukherjee, assistant professor, Mathematics
  • Christian Bester, assistant professor, Music
  • David Hier, assistant professor, Music
  • Sarah Sarver, assistant professor, Music
  • Chris Blake-Turner, assistant professor, Philosophy
  • Glen Fairen, teaching assistant professor, Philosophy
  • Vedran Brdar, assistant professor, Physics
  • Julius de Rojas, assistant professor, Physics
  • Antonio Castilla, assistant professor, Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution
  • Dian Yu, assistant professor, Psychology
  • Alyaa Zahran, teaching assistant professor, Statistics
  • Rick Laux, assistant professor and Judy Johnson Fellow, Accounting
  • Qinghe Su, assistant professor of professional practice, Economics
  • Xiao Luo, associate professor, Management Science and Information Systems
  • Emily Abel, assistant professor, Human Development and Family Science
  • Brittany Dao, assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
  • Jason Miller, teaching assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
  • Norm Hord, professor and department head (action grants tenure), Nutritional Sciences
  • Rachel Liebe, assistant professor, Nutritional Sciences
  • Ty Gregson, assistant extension specialist, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences
  • Bailey Morgan Brown Mitchell, assistant professor, Architecture
  • Blake Mitchell, assistant professor, Architecture
  • Maha Kenawy, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Zhicheng Guo, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Paul Christian, assistant professor of professional practice, Engineering Technology
  • Lingfeng Tao, assistant professor, Engineering Technology
  • Pratima Saravanan, assistant professor, Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Chitrarth Prasad, assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • M. Blake Murray, clinical assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
  • Melissa Raymond, clinical assistant professor, Clinical Sciences
  • Bailey Hoffner, assistant professor of professional practice, Library
  • Sara Mautino, assistant professor, Library

From the Center for Health Sciences

  • Crystal Johnson, assistant professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
  • Thomas Dewey, clinical assistant professor, Family Medicine

Changes in Appointment


  • Michael Long, appointment as director of the Center for Insecurity and Inequality Research, Sociology
  • Abbey Davis, appointment as director of the Center for the Future of Work, Business Administration
  • Mallory Casebolt, reappointment to the Hardesty Chair and Lectureship for Aviation Sciences, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
  • Chad Depperschmidt, reappointment to the Clarence E. Page Professorship, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
  • Kerri Kearney, reappointment to the Christine Cashel Professorship, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
  • Amber Manning-Ouellette, reappointment to the Anderson, Farris and Halligan College Student Development Professorship, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
  • Mary Jo Self, reappointment to the Francis Tuttle Endowed Chair in Occupational Educational Studies, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
  • Sheri Vasinda, reappointment to the Alice Phillips Endowed Professorship, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
  • Ronald Cox, reappointment to the George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Child and Family Resilience, Human Development and Family Science
  • Carlos Valiente, appointment to the Ramona Ware Emmons Paul Professorship in Early Childhood, Human Development and Family Science
  • Edralin Lucas, reappointment to the Jim and Lynne Williams Professorship in Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional Sciences
  • Tonya Hammer, reappointment to the Flannery Professorship, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences
  • Joseph Terantino, reappointment to the Anderson Professorship, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences
  • Fernando Vicosa Bauermann, appointment to the Sitlington Endowed Chair, Pathobiology

Retirements


  • Peter Hoyt, April 3, 2023, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Rita Miller, Feb. 13, 2023, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Lynn Brandenberger, March 31, 2023, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
  • Perry Gethner, July 3, 2023, Languages and Literatures
  • Shiretta Ownbey, May 2, 2023, Design and Merchandising
  • Laura Hubbs-Tait, July 1, 2023, Human Development and Family Science
  • Julie Angle, July 31, 2023, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences
  • Young Chang, May 15, 2023, Engineering Technology
  • Brenda Masters, Aug. 1, 2023, Office of the Provost
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