OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Friday, April 25, 2025
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New Appointments
- Chris Kuwitzky, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Administration and Finance
Ferguson College of Agriculture
- Chongyang Li, assistant professor, Plant and Soil Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
- Chung-Yang Huang, assistant professor, Chemistry
- Devin Barlaan, teaching assistant professor, Psychology
College of Education and Human Sciences
- Carolina Capurro, teaching assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
- Hyun Sung Jang, teaching assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
- Keunjae Kim, assistant professor, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
- Tim Welch, teaching assistant professor, Human Development and Family Science
- Maria Stewart, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Education Sciences
College of Engineering and Architecture
- Ali Ettehadi, research assistant professor, Chemical Engineering
- Aritra Banerjee, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Rahim Esfandyarpour, associate professor (appointment confers tenure), Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Angelo Gaitas, associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Avimanyu Sahoo, associate professor (appointment confers tenure), Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Chelsie McWhorter, assistant professor, Engineering Technology
- Haley Murphy, associate professor (appointment confers tenure), Engineering Technology
- Anthony Comer, assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Sushim Gupta, clinical assistant professor, Pathobiology
OSU Center for Health and Sciences
- Michelle Brotherton, clinical assistant professor, OB/GYN
- Darci Coffman, clinical assistant professor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Scott Grantham, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
- Heath Mueller, clinical assistant professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Changes in Appointments
- Andy Mattern, appointment to department head and to the Vennerberg Endowed Chair, Art, Graphic Design and Art History
- David Carter, appointment to department head, Finance
- Tonya Hammer, appointment to the Jennifer Jacques Flannery Community Counseling Professorship, Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Chad Depperschmidt, reappointment to the Clarence E. Page Chair in Aviation Science, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
- Alex Bishop, reappointment to the Bryan Close Professorship in Adulthood and Aging, Human Development and Family Science
- Bob Larzelere, reappointment to the Endowed Professorship in Parenting, Human Development and Family Science
- Mike Stout, reappointment to the George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Community Policy, Human Development and Family Science
- Bert Jacobson, reappointment to the M.B. Seretean Endowed Professorship in Wellness, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
- Dingbo Lin, reappointment to the John and Sue Taylor Professorship, Nutritional Sciences
- Hongyu Wang, appointment to the Chuck and Kim Watson Endowed Chair in Education, Teaching, Learning and Education Sciences
- Sandip Harimkar, appointment to administrative position, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Retirements
- Shelly Legg, July 10, 2025, Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership
- Robert Ansley, July 31, 2025, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
- Thomas Lanners, Aug. 1, 2025, Music
- Maureen Sullivan, June 2, 2025, Psychology
- Rathin Sarathy, June 5, 2025, Management Science and Information Systems
- Carrie Winterowd, July 1, 2025, Communication Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Janice Hermann, Aug. 1, 2025, Nutritional Sciences
- Virginia Worley, May 31, 2025, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences