Faculty promotions announced

The University of Delaware Board of Trustees approved the promotions of 80 faculty members and awarded emeritus status to 22 professors at its semiannual meeting on May 16.

Promoted to the rank of professor were 25 associate professors who had already been granted tenure:

• Anjana Bhat, physical therapy
• Thomas Buckley, kinesiology and applied physiology
• Julio Carrion, political science and international relations
• Michelle Cirillo, mathematical sciences
• Jonathan Cohen, School of Marine Science and Policy
• Rebecca Davis, history
• Kyle Emich, business administration
• Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, School of Education
• Philip Gable, psychological and brain sciences
• Elias Goldstein, School of Music
• Tanya Gressley, animal and food sciences
• Deb Jaisi, plant and soil sciences
• Anderson Janotti, materials science and engineering
• Allison Karpyn, human development and family sciences
• Chrysanthi Leon, Honors College
• Xin Lu, mechanical engineering
• Jennifer McConnell, civil and environmental engineering
• Miao-Jung Yvonne Ou, mathematical sciences
• Ashley Pigford, art and design​
• Angelia Seyfferth, plant and soil sciences
• Richard Suminski Jr., behavioral health and nutrition
• Katalin Takacs Haynes, business administration
• Matthew Weinert, political science and international relations
• Chengmo Yang, electrical and computer engineering
• Nir Yehuda, accounting and management information systems

Promoted from associate professor to professor, without tenure, were:

• Julia Bayuk, business administration
• Ryan Beveridge, psychological and brain sciences
• Amanda Bullough Workman, business administration
• Jennifer Buckley, mechanical engineering
• Nigel Caplan, English Language Institute
• Brian Peasnall, Associate in Arts Program

Awarded tenure at the rank of associate professor were Guillaume Combet, School of Music​, and Dawn Fallik, English.

Thirty assistant professors were promoted to the rank of associate professor. with tenure:

• Elisa Arch, kinesiology and applied physiology
• Lauren Bailes, School of Education
• Tia Barnes, human development and family sciences
• Ho Ming Chow, communication sciences and disorders
• Vu Dinh, mathematical sciences
• Ellen Donnelly, sociology
• Catherine Fromen, chemical and biomolecular engineering​​​
  
  
• Lynsey Gibbons, School of Education
• Tingyi Gu, electrical and computer engineering
• Xiaopeng Ji, School of Nursing
• Benjamin Jungfleisch, physics and astronomy
• Christopher Martens, kinesiology and applied physiology
• Bennett Maruca, physics and astronomy​
• Giovanna Morini, communication sciences and disorders
• Liying Mu, business administration
• Joshua Neunuebel, psychological and brain sciences​
• Teo Paoletti, School of Education
• Juan Perilla, chemistry and biochemistry​
• Sonia Robles, history
• Naomi Samimi-Sadeh, psychological and brain sciences
• Kalim Shah, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
• Anne Siders, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
• Cencheng Shen, applied economics and statistics
• Kevin Solomon, chemical and biomolecular engineering
• Junbo Son, business administration
• Jeffrey Spielberg, psychological and brain sciences
• Erin Sparks, plant and soil sciences
• Melissa Witman, kinesiology and applied physiology
• Andrew Wozniak, School of Marine Science and Policy
• Ming Zhao, business administration

Sixteen assistant professors were promoted to associate professor, without tenure:

• Austin Bart, computer and information sciences
• Emerald Christopher-Byrd, women and gender studies
• Meghan Dabkowski, languages, literatures and cultures
• Beatrice Gaynor, School of Nursing
• Thomas Giardina, Associate in Arts Program
• Marc Lodyga, behavioral health and nutrition
• Claire McCabe, English
• Daniel McDevit, Associate in Arts Program
• Alexia Mintos, Associate in Arts Program
• Brittany Overstreet, kinesiology and applied physiology
• Ryan Pohlig, epidemiology
• Jennie Saxe, civil and environmental engineering
• Jens Schubert, economics
• Mohsin Siddiqui, civil and environmental engineering
• Chung-min Tu, languages, literatures and cultures
• Delice Williams, English

Kathleen Copeland, English Language Institute, was promoted from associate instructor to assistant professor, without tenure.

All promotions are effective Sept. 1, 2023.

Faculty awarded emeritus status are

• Deborah Alvarez, associate professor emerita of English
• Nii Attoh-Okine, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering
• Joan Brown, Elias Ahuja Chair of Spanish Emerita, languages, literatures and cultures
• Albert Cavalier, associate professor emeritus, School of Education
• Tsu-Wei Chou, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering
• Pamela Cook, professor emerita of mathematical sciences
• Araya Debessay, professor emeritus of accounting and management information systems
• Ralph Ferretti, professor emeritus, School of Education
• Norma Gaines-Hanks, associate professor emerita, School of Education
• James Hiebert, professor emeritus, School of Education
• James Hoffman, professor emeritus of psychological and brain sciences
• Limin Kung, professor emeritus of animal and food sciences
• Felix Lazebnik, professor emeritus of mathematical sciences
• Sue McNeil, professor emerita of civil and environmental engineering
• Ratna Nandakumar, professor emeritus, School of Education
• Lawrence Nees, professor emeritus of art history
  
• Jeffrey Rosen, professor emeritus of psychological and brain sciences
• Bruno Thibault, Edward Rosenberg and Elizabeth Goodman Professor of French Literature Emeritus, languages, literatures and cultures​
• William Ullman, professor emeritus, School of Marine Science and Policy
• Carol Vukelich, professor emerita, School of Education
• Patricia Walsh, associate professor emerita of biological sciences
• Gary Weaver, professor emeritus of business administration​

Article by UDaily staff ​

Published May 18, 2023​