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OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Friday, June 14, 2024

Media Contact: Shannon Rigsby | Associate Director of Public Information | 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 on the OSU-Tulsa campus.

New Appointments

Ferguson College of Agriculture:

Aalap Dixit, assistant professor, Natural Resource Ecology and Management

College of Arts and Sciences:

Amanda Sona, teaching assistant professor, Chemistry;
Leslie Baldwin, clinical assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders;
Mandie Harris, clinical assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders;
Caryl Hennen, clinical assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders;
Gregory Brennen, teaching assistant professor, English;
Kathleen Burns, assistant professor, English;
Andrew Gase, assistant professor, Geology;
Iara Roberto, assistant professor of professional practice, Media and Strategic Communications;
Joanna Blake-Turner, assistant professor, Philosophy;
Upal Senarantne, teaching assistant professor, Physics;
Jacob Mwita, teaching assistant professor, Sociology

Spears School of Business:

Aaron Burt, assistant professor, Finance

College of Education and Human Sciences:

Kyuree Kim, assistant professor, Design and Merchandising;
Dion Harry, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation;
Tyler Spence, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation;
Jolie Hicks, teaching assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Joseph Kim, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Courtney Tennell, teaching assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology:

Michael Frush, assistant professor, Architecture;
James Piccone, assistant professor, Architecture;
Gabriel Perez, assistant professor, Civil and Enviromental Engineering;
Shahriar Shahabuddin, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering;
Muhammed Jujuly, teaching assistant professor, Engineering Technology;
Ruiquing Shen, assistant professor, Engineering Technology;
Sicheng Kevin Li, assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;
Hemanth Manjunatha, assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

OSUIT (Okmulgee):

Kristin Jasper, vice president of fiscal affairs, Fiscal Services

Center for Health Sciences:

Michael Blose, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine;
Taylor Blose, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine;
Alex Hall, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine;
James Luth, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine;
Nathan Nelson, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine;
Heath Spencer, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine;
Philip Ridgway, clinical assistant professor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine;
Philip Tolentino, clinical assistant professor, Pediatrics;
Joshua Day, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Changes in Appointment

Ferguson College of Agriculture:

Karla Knoepfil, promotion to senior Extension specialist, Ag Education, Communication and Leadership;
Cathleen Taylor, promotion to associate Extension specialist, Ag Education, Communication and Leadership;
Rodney Holcomb, appointment to the McLaughlin Family Food Safety Chair, Agricultural Economics;
Rodney Jones, reappointment to the Oklahoma Farm Credit Chair in Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics;
Dayton Lambert, reappointment to the Willard Sparks Endowed Chair in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Agricultural Economics;
Derrell Peel, reappointment to the Charles Breedlove Professorship in Agribusiness II, Agricultural Economics;
K. Aleks Schaefer, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Agricultural Economics;
Hannah Shear, reappointment as assistant professor, Agricultural Economics;
Paul Beck, reappointment to the the Dennis and Marta White Endowed Chair in Animal Science, Animal and Food Sciences;
Andrew Foote, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Animal and Food Sciences;
Parker Henley, reappointment to the Robert "Bob" Totusek Endowed Chair in Animal Science Fellow, Animal and Food Sciences;
Ravi Jadeja, reappointment to the Virgil and Marge Jurgensmeyer Research Professorship, Animal and Food Sciences;
Joao Gabriel Nascimento Moraes, reappointment as assistant professor, Animal and Food Sciences;
Morgan Pheiffer, reappointment as assistant professor, Animal and Food Sciences;
Janeen Salak-Johnson, promotion to professor and appointment to the Temple Grandin Professorship in Animal Behavior and Well Being, Animal and Food Sciences;
Blake Wilson, reappointment to the Hitch Family Professorship in Ruminant Feedlot Nutrition, Animal and Food Sciences;
Ramanjulu Sunkar, appointment to the honorary title of Regents Professor and reappointment to the Jess L. and Miriam B. Stevens Chair in Agricultural Biotechnology I, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;
Randy Allen, reappointment to the Sitlington Endowed Chair in Agriculture, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources;
Haobo Jiang, reappointment to the Jess and Miriam B. Stevens Chair in Agricultural Biotechnology I, Entomology and Plant Pathology;
Bruce Noden, promotion to professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology;
Lu Zhang, reappointment to the J.D. (Scotty) Scott Horticulture Research Endowed Professorship, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture;
Kevin Allen, promotion to professor, Natural Resource Ecology and Management;
M. Colter Chitwood, reappointment as assistant professor, Natural Resource Ecology and Management;
Courtney Duchart, reappointment as assistant professor, Natural Resource Ecology and Management;
Omkar Joshi, appointment to the Sarkeys Distinguished Professorship I, Natural Resource Ecology and Management;
John Weir, promotion to senior Extension specialist, Natural Resource Ecology and Management;
Tyson Ochsner, appointment to the honorary title of Regents Professor and appointment as the Arthur L. Reed Endowed Chair, Plant and Soil Sciences;
Yanqi Wu, reappointment to the Meibergen Family Professorship in Plant Breeding, Plant and Soil Sciences;
Liuling Yan, reappointment to the Dillion and Lois Hodges Professorship in Plant and Soil Sciences, Plant and Soil Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences:

Molly Kaderka, reappointment as assistant professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History;
Nick Mendoza, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Art, Graphic Design and Art History;
Priscilla Schwarz, promotion to teaching assistant professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History;
Ting Wang, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Art, Graphic Design and Art History;
Gabriel Cook, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Chemistry;
Christopher Fennell, appointment to department chair, Chemistry;
Reza Latifi, promotion to teaching associate professor, Chemistry;
Jimmie Weaver, promotion to professor, Chemistry;
Tori Courouleau, reappointment as clinical associate professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders;
Roha Kaipa, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Communication Sciences and Disorders;
Sherri Norton, reappointment as clinical assistant professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders;
Michael Amory, reappointment as assistant professor, English;
Sarah Beth Childers, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), English;
Katherine Hallemeier, promotion to professor, English;
Stephanie Miller, promotion to teaching associate professor, English;
Chelsea Silva, reappointment as assistant professor, English;
Hamed Gholizadeh, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Geography;
Tao Hu, reappointment as assistant professor; Geography;
Daniel Lao Davila, promotion to professor, Geology;
Todd Halihan, reappointment to the Sun Company Clyde Wheeler Chair in Hydrogeology; Geology;
Camelia Knapp, reappointment to the V. Brown Monnett Chair in Petroleum Geology, Geology;
Brandon Spencer, reappointment as teaching assistant professor, Geology;
Tingying Xu, reappointment as assistant professor, Geology;
Merle Eisenberg, reappointment as assistant professor, History;
Mette Flynt, reappointment as assistant professor, History;
Sarah Foss, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), History;
Tom Jorsch, reappointment as teaching assistant professor, History;
Rebecca Kaplan, reappointment as assistant professor, History;
Brandy Wells, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), History;
Jen Grindstaff, promotion to professor, Integrative Biology;
Michael Reichert, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Integrative Biology;
Guin Wogan, reappointment as assistant professor, Integrative Biology;
Isabel Alvarez-Sancho, promotion to professor, Languages and Literatures;
Rachael Cullick, promotion to teaching professor, Languages and Literatures;
Jonathan Ludwig, promotion to teaching professor, Languages and Literatures;
Carolina Sitya Nin, reappointment as assistant professor, Languages and Literatures;
Eric Turcat, promotion to professor, Languages and Literatures;
Allison Dorko, promotion to teaching associate professor, Mathematics;
John Doyle, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Mathematics;
Igor Pritsker, reappointment to the Vaughn Foundation Professorship in Number Theory, Mathematics;
Asya Cooley, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Media and Strategic Communications;
Juwon Hwang, reappointment as assistant professor, Media and Strategic Communications;
Benetta Liu, reappointment as assistant professor, Media and Strategic Communications;
Sabrina Beckmann, reappointment as assistant professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics;
Andrew Parker, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Music;
Shannon Spaulding, promotion to professor and appointment as department head, Philosophy;
Heather Stewart, reappointment as assistant professor, Philosophy;
Mario Borunda, promotion to professor, Physics;
Dorival Goncalves, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Physics;
Lane Greer, promotion to teaching associate professor, Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution;
Cole Harvey, reappointment as assistant professor, Political Science;
Eve Ringsmuth, promotion to professor, Political Science;
Angie Andrade, promotion to teaching associate professor, Psychology;
Ashley Cole, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Psychology;
Juliana French, reappointment as assistant professor, Psychology;
Sasha Hanrahan, promotion to teaching assistant professor, Psychology;
Sarah Hollingsworth, promotion to teaching associate professor, Psychology;
Evan Jordan, promotion to teaching associate professor, Psychology;
Jen Labrecque, promotion to teaching associate professor, Psychology;
Daniel Sznycer, reappointment to assistant professor, Psychology;
Tony Wells, promotion to professor, Psychology;
Tamara Mix, reappointment to the Laurence L. and Georgia Ina Dresser Professorship in Rural Sociology, Sociology;
Nishantha Samarakoon, reappointment as teaching assistant professor, Statistics;
Lee Brasuell, appointment as department head and reappointment to the Mary Lou Lemon Endowed Professorship in Underrepresented Voices, Theatre;
Devon Hunt, reappointment as assistant professor, Theatre

Spears School of Business:

Angela Baker, reappointment as instructor of professional practice, Accounting;
Bradley Lawson, appointment to the Lanny G. Chasteen Chair in Accounting, Accounting;
Alyssa Vowell, reappointment as assistant department head, Accounting;
Julie Ward, reappointment as instructor of professional practice, Accounting;
Rui Du, reappointment as assistant professor, Economics;
J.B. Kim, appointment to the Carson Chair, Economics;
Wenyi Shen, appointment to the Stinchcomb Family Professorship, Economics;
Jonathan Butler, promotion to associate professor of professional practice, Entrepreneurship;
Richard Gajan, promotion to professor of professional practice, Entrepreneurship;
Curt Moore, reappointment to the Gregory L. Geiser and Nancy D. Geiser Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship;
David Thomison, promotion to professor of professional practice, Entrepreneurship;
Marc Tower, reappointment to Assistant Dean for Outreach and Economic Development and to the Norman C. Stevenson Chair, Entrepreneurship;
Amit Bansal, reappointment as instructor of professional practice, Finance;
Joe Byers, reappointment as assistant professor of professional practice, Finance;
Carina Cuculiza, appointment as an Ed Keller Fellow, Finance;
Eric Sisneros, reappointment as assistant professor of professional practice, Finance;
Jinyoung Im, reappointment as assistant professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management;
Courtney Norris, appointment as the director of the Wayne Hirst Center for Beverage Education, Hospitality and Tourism Management;
Steven Ruby, promotion to associate professor of professional practice, Hospitality and Tourism Management;
Elisaveta Slevitch, appointment to the Charles W. Lanphere Professorship, Hospitality and Tourism Management;
Willie Tao, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), program coordinator and appointment as a Spears Fellow, Hospitality and Tourism Management;
Stacy Tomas, reappointment as associate professor of professional practice, Hospitality and Tourism Management;
Jennifer Coonce, reappointment as assistant professor of professional practice and reappointment as department head, Management;
Bryan Finch, reappointment as associate professor of professional practice, Management;
Rosa Kim, reappointment as assistant professor and the Heidebrecht MBA Faculty Fellow, Management;
Stephanie Phipps, reappointment as assistant professor of professional practice, Management;
Geoffrey Privateau, appointment as Director of the Center of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and to the Chair in Business Ethics, Management;
Eunkwang Seo reappointment as assistant professor, Management;
Ali Bagheri, reappointment as assistant professor of professional practice, Management Science and Information Systems;
Corey Baham, appointment to the Spears Professorship, Management Science and Information Systems;
R. Evan Davis, reappointment as associate professor of professional practice, Management Science and Information Systems;
Dursun Delen, reappointment to the Patterson Chair and as Research Director of the Center for Health Systems Innovation, Management Science and Information Systems;
Xiao Luo, appointment as Spears Fellow, Management Science and Information Systems;
Jason Morgan, reappointment as instructor of professional practice, Management Science and Information Systems;
Xiang Fang, appointment to the Jay and Fayenelle Helm Professorship in Business, Marketing and International Business;
Miriam McGaugh, reappointment as assistant professor of professional practice, Marketing and International Business;
Jerry Rackley, reappointment as assistant department head, Marketing and International Business;
Kevin Voss, reappointment to the Spears Professorship

College of Education and Human Sciences:

Amy Birtchfield, reappointment as teaching instructor, Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology;
Ho Han, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology;
Doug Knutson, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology;
Tilanka Chandrasekera, promotion to professor, Design and Merchandising;
Sumit Mandal, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Design and Merchandising;
Hebatalia Nazmy, reappointment as assistant professor, Design and Merchandising;
Amber Manning-Ouellette, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation;
Penny Thompson, promotion to professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation;
Michael Yough, promotion to professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation;
Breanne Baker, reappointment to assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation;
Jay Dawes, promotion to professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation;
Taylor Dinyer-McNeeley, reappointment to assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation;
Kelley McCubbin, promotion to teaching assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation;
Shirley Evans, promotion to teaching associate professor, Nutritional Sciences;
Harriett Okronipa, reappointment as assistant professor, Nutritional Sciences;
Sarah Donovan, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Robin Fisher, reappointment as teaching instructor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Kasey Gilbert, reappointment as assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Toni Ivey, promotion to professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Karen Powers Zwanch, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Jennifer Schneider, reappointment as assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
Jessica Watts, reappointment as teaching assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences;
John Weaver, promotion to teaching assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences

College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology:

Keith Peiffer, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Architecture;
John “Jay” Yowell, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Architecture;
Clint Aichele, promotion to professor, Chemical Engineering;
Zheyu Jiang, reappointment as assistant professor, Chemical Engineering;
Hunjoo Lee, reappointment as assistant professor, Chemical Engineering;
Mileva Radonjic, promotion to professor, Chemical Engineering;
Mohamed Elkashef, reappointment as assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering;
Mary Foltz, reappointment as assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering;
Hantao Cui, reappointment as assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering;
Nate Lannan, reappointment as assistant professor of professional practice, Electrical and Computer Engineering;
Hamidreza Nazaripouya, reappointment as assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering;
Amy Lewis, reappointment as assistant professor, Engineering Technology;
Katherina Jurewicz, reappointment as assistant professor, Industrial Engineering and Management;
Joseph Nuamah, reappointment as assistant professor, Industrial Engineering and Management;
Aurelie Azoug, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;
Joe Conner, promotion to teaching associate professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;
Brian Elbing, promotion to professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;
Nicoletta Fala, reappointment as assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;
Ryan Paul, reappointment as assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;
Laura Southard, reappointment as teaching associate professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering;
Wei Zhao, reappointment as assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

College of Veterinary Medicine:

Joao Lemos Brandao, promotion to professor, Clinical Sciences;
Megan Williams, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Clinical Sciences;
Rudragouda Channappanavar, reappointment as assistant professor, Pathobiology;
Sunil More, reappointment as assistant professor, Pathobiology;
Ashish Ramachandran, promotion to professor, Pathobiology;
Jennifer Rudd, reappointment as assistant professor, Pathobiology;
Ruth Scimeca, reappointment as assistant professor, Pathobiology;
Fernando Vicosa Bauermann, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Pathobiology;
Henrique Chen, reappointment as associate professor (action grants tenure), Physiological Sciences;
Xufang Deng, reappointment to assistant professor, Physiological Sciences;

Library:

Patrick Daglaris, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Library;
Kathy Essmiller, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Library;
Clarke Iakovakis, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Library;
Simon Ringsmuth, reappointment as assistant professor, Library;
Amalia Strothmann, promotion to professor, Library;
Wesley Stroud, reappointment as assistant professor, Library;
Matthew Upson, transition from associate dean, Library

OSU-OKC:

Caryn Krueger, reappointment as instructor (action grants tenure), Diagnostic Imaging;
Kara McNair, reappointment as instructor, Diagnostic Imaging;
Robert Aguilar, reappointment as instructor, Emergency Medical Services;
LuAnne Kuelzer-Eckhout, promotion to professor, English;
Tamra Johnston, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Humanities;
Jason Stone, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Humanities;
Michael “Shane” Allen, reappointment as instructor, Information Technology;
James “Jimmy” Mitchell, reappointment as instructor, Interpreter Training;
David Mills, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Mathematics;
Christopher Peele, reappointment as instructor, Mathematics;
Charlotte Barker, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Nursing;
Kristen “Cherie” Dyer, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Nursing;
Jamie Herron, reappointment as instructor, Nursing;
Alisha McAfee, reappointment as instructor, Nursing;
Randi McCoy, reappointment as instructor, Nursing;
Lorie Murray, promotion to assistant professor, Nursing;
Cristina Pickle, reappointment as instructor, Nursing;
Penny Sederis, promotion to assistant professor, Nursing;
Christine “Chriss” Zielke, reappointment as instructor, Nursing;
Anthony Meleco, promotion to associate professor (action grants tenure), Science;
Kevin Morford, promotion to assistant professor, Science;
Timothy Pillar-Little, promotion to assistant professor, Science;
Lauren Yost, promotion to assistant professor, Science;
Jadith Ziegler, reappointment as instructor, Science;
Jarett Floyd, reappointment as instructor, Veterinary Technology

Center for Health Sciences:

Mary Moore, promotion to clinical associate professor, Emergency Medicine;
Kelly Murray, promotion to clinical professor, Emergency Medicine;
Crystal David, promotion to clinical associate professor, Family Medicine;
Chelsey Griffin, promotion to clinical associate professor, Family Medicine;
William Woods, promotion to clinical associate professor, Internal Medicine;
Shane Yamane, promotion to clinical associate professor, Internal Medicine;
Tony Alfrey, promotion to professor, Medical Education;
Stacy Chronister, promotion to clinical associate professor, Medical Education;
Erin Brown, promotion to clinical associate professor, OB/GYN;
Carlos Guevara, promotion to clinical associate professor, OB/GYN;
Christine Clary, promotion to clinical professor, Pediatrics;
Christel Dixon, promotion to clinical associate professor, Pediatrics;
Bart Ford, reappointment as assistant professor, Pharmacology and Physiology;
Hall Robbins, promotion to clinical professor, Surgery

Retirements:

John Carolson, July 1, 2024, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering;
Randal Taylor, July 1, 2024, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering;
James Puckette, July 31, 2024, Geology;
Anil Kaul, July 8, 2024, Health Care Administration;
Robin Dyer, Aug. 31, 2024, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine