OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions
Friday, September 4, 2015
Several Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday in Miami.
APPOINTMENTS: Charles H. Fontainer, assistant professor, horticulture and landscape architecture; Beatrix J. Haggard, assistant professor, plant and soil sciences; Joshua J. Lofton, assistant professor, plant and soil sciences; Andrew Mattern, assistant professor, art, graphic design and art history; Henry D. Adams, assistant professor, botany; Trevor P. Courouleau, clinical assistant professor, communication sciences and disorders; Ronak Etemadpour, assistant professor, computer science; Stephanie M. Link, assistant professor, English; Christopher J. Pexa, assistant professer, English; Eric Turcat, assistant professor, foreign languages; Hung Ling Liu, research assistant professor, geography; I-Chun Wu, research assistant professor, geography; Douglas K. Miller, assistant professor, history; Matthew J. Schauer, assistant professor, history; Anna E. Zeide, clinical assistant professor, history; Matteo Minghetti, assistant professor, integrative biology; Daniel S. Moen, assistant professor, integrative biology; Megan M. Burke, assistant professor, philosophy; Brian H. Kim, assistant professor, philosophy; Jongmin Cho, assistant professor, physics; Amanda N. Baraldi, assistant professor, Psychology; Misty A. Hawkins, assistant professor, psychology; Chad A. Malone, assistant professor, sociology; Jason M. Roos, assistant professor, sociology; Robert A. Molnar, assistant professor, statistics; Jeremy M. Bernardoni, assistant professor, theatre; Chad N. Rodgers, clinical instructor, theatre; William M. Schuster, assistant professor, economics/legal studies; Per L. Bylund, assistant professor and Records-Johnson professor, entrepreneurship; Qin Wang, assistant professor, finance; Kiyeon Lee, assistant professor, marketing; Richie L. Liu, assistant professor, marketing; Thomas R. Berry, clinical assistant professor, applied health and educational psychology; Taryn R. Price, assistant professor, applied health and educational psychology; Tutaleni I. Asino, assistant professor, educational studies; S. Matthew Vance, assistant professor, educational studies; Gayla C. Foster, clinical assistant professor, teaching and curriculum leadership; Starla L. Halcomb, clinical assistant professor, teaching and curriculum leadership; Nicole E. Shobert, clinical instructor, teaching and curriculum leadership; Shelbie D. Witte, associate professor and Watson chair, teaching and curriculum leadership; Seok Jhin Kim, assistant professor, chemical engineering; Mohamed Soliman, assistant professor, civil and environmental engineering; Jarett L. Metheny, assistant professor, division of engineering technology; Austin L. Buchanan, assistant professor, industrial engineering; Seyed F. Yousefian, assistant professor, industrial engineering; Do Young Kim, assistant professor, materials science and engineering; He Bai, assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering; Balaji Jayaraman, assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering; Omer San, assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering; Li Miao, associate professor, hotel and restaurant administration; and Marie S. Collins, clinical instructor, human development and family science.
From the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences - Sarah K. Bradley, clinical assistant professor, clinical sciences; Rebecca S. Sayre, assistant professor, clinical sciences; Brad L. Njaa, associate professor and chief pathologist (action grants tenure), OK animal disease diagnostic lab; Susan E. Fielder, clinical assistant professor, pathobiology; Jill Barnes, associate professor, physiological sciences; Martin O. Furr, professor and head (action grants tenure), physiological sciences; and Shitao Li, assistant professor, physiological sciences.
From OSU – Oklahoma City – Ryan K. Hightower, instructor, electronics/environmental tech; Linda S. Brooks, instructor, health sciences; Catharine L. Davidson, instructor, health sciences; Stephenia A. Disabella, instructor, health sciences; Anna Nguyen, instructor, health sciences; Jennifer R. Schoelen, instructor, health sciences; Breeman N. Ainsworth, instructor, humanities; and Kenneth T. Lease, instructor and head, mathematics.
From the Center for Health Sciences - Jason W. Beaman, clinical assistant professor, behavioral sciences; Jacob Porter, clinical assistant professor, pediatrics; and Jaclyn C. Jones, clinical assistant professor, surgery.
CHANGES: David M. Thomison, title change to clinical assistant and Kaiser Chair, entrepreneurship; Heather D. Fahlenkamp, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Robert N. Maddox Professor, chemical engineering; James R. Whiteley, title change from professor, head and Hendrix chair, to professor, head and Bartlett Chair, chemical engineering; John N. Veenstra, title change from professor and head to professor, head and Hendrix chair, civil and environmental engineering; Qingsheng Wang, title change from associate professor to associate professor and Janes Professorship; Jamey D. Jacob, title change from professor and Ray and Linda Booker professor to professor and John Hendrix chair, mechanical and aerospace engineering; Lana O. Beasley, transfer from psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences to assistant professor, human development and family science.; and Jean Van Delinder, title change from professor and associate dean to professor and senior associate dean, Graduate College.
From the Center for Health Sciences - Susan K. Steele, title change from clinical assistant professor and interim chair to clinical assistant professor and chair, clinical education and Vivian M. Stevens, title change from associate dean, professor and chair to associate dean and professor.
RETIREMENT: Jack W. Dilwith, entomology and plant pathology, October 9, 2015; James F. Cooper, history, July 1, 2015; and Dale R. Fuqua, educational studies, February 10, 2016.
From the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences - Robert W. Fulton, Pathobiology, October 1, 2015.
Story by Alex Marianos