OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday on the Langston University campus.
New Appointments
Ferguson College of Agriculture
- Joseph Hubbs, assistant professor, Agricultural Economics
- Michael Finnegan, teaching associate professor, Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership
- Zhiwei Zeng, associate professor, Biosystems/Agricultural Engineering
- Shefali Dobhal, assistant professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Courtney Dekaib-Myers, assistant extension specialist, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
- Chi Nguyen, assistant professor, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
- Jenny Ramirez, teaching associate professor, Art, Graphic Design and Art History
- Richard Jones, teaching assistant professor, Biology
- Ingrid Ukstins, professor, department head and chair (action confers tenure), Geology
- Ty Hawkins, professor and associate dean, Office of the Dean, Arts and Sciences
Spears School of Business
- Zhuqi Miao, assistant professor, Health Data Science program manager, Management Science and Information Systems
College of Education and Human Sciences
- Carrie Fisher, clinical assistant professor, Communication Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Nichole Jackson, assistant professor, Communication Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Herlinda Kurtz, clinical assistant professor, Communication Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Jason Miller, teaching assistant professor, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
- Kathryn Moore, assistant professor, Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences
College of Engineering and Architecture
- Haotian Liu, assistant professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
OSU System
- Jason Ramsey, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the OSU System, Office of the President
- Brent Marsh, vice president for Student Affairs, Student Affairs
OSU Center for Health and Sciences
- Codi Bowker, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Keithen Cast, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Nina Cast, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Rafe Coker, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Will Goodrich, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Tanner Hessman, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Jerrod King, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Mike Money, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Allison Moore, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Daelor Osen, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Alex Riggs, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Rylan Russell, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- David Sasser, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Lucille Stevens, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- William Wylie, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Kurtis Young, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Garrett Zeikind, clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine
- Allison Sherier, clinical assistant professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Pharmacology and Physiology
- Landon Stallings, clinical assistant professor, Surgery
Changes in Appointments
Ferguson College of Agriculture
- Mari Chinn, reappointment to the AT&T Professorship in Engineering, Biosystems/Agricultural Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
- Jennifer Borland, appointment to Fae Rawdon Norris Professorship in Humanities, Art, Graphic Design and Art History
- Mary Towner, appointment to the Edward E. Bartlett Endowed Professorship of Pedagogy in Integrative Biology, Biology
- Christopher Haygood, appointment to the Douglas E. Burns and Nickie J. Burns Endowed Professorship in Choral Music, Music
- Mindy McCann, reappointment to department head, Statistics
Spears School of Business
- Sarah Johnson, reappointment to assistant dean for Undergraduate Learning, Accounting
- Justin Lawrence, appointment to department head and Noble Foundation Chair in Marketing Strategy, Marketing and International Business
College of Education and Human Sciences
- Tracy Kendall, contract extension, Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology
- Chad Depperschmidt, change in administrative position, Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation
- Emily Tucker, title change from assistant professor of professional practice to teaching
- Kelly McCubbin, contract extension for one year, Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation
College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
- John Phillips, appointment to the Dean’s Professorship, Architecture
- Clint Aichele, reappointment to the Lew Ward Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Prem Bikkina, reappointment to the Harold Courson Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Heather Fahlenkamp, reappointment to the Edward Bartlett Chair in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Yu Feng, appointment to the Dean’s Professorship, Chemical Engineering
- Mileva Radonjic, reappointment to the Samson Investment Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Joshua Ramsey, reappointment to the Robert N. Maddox Professorship in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Jindal Shah, appointment to the Anadarko Petroleum Chair in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering
- Joshua Li, reappointment to the Williams Foundation Professorship in Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Weihua Sheng, appointment to the Earl and Carolyn Gimp Professorship, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Terry Collins, appointment to interim school head, Industrial Engineering and Management
- Tieming Liu, appointment to the Wilson Bentley Professorship, Industrial Engineering and Management
- Jeffrey Spitler, reappointment to the OG&E Energy Technology Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Veterinary Medicine
- Emily McCool, appointment to the James and Elizabeth Wise Endowed Chair of Veterinary Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences
Retirements
- Carol Moder, Feb. 1, 2026, English
- Reuel Hanks, Jan. 31, 2026, Geography
- Jean Rickleman, June 1, 2025, Sociology
- Jennifer Hays-Grudo, Oct. 1, 2025, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science