The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved promotions and tenure recommendations for 29 ºÚÁÏÉçÇø faculty members effective for the 2019-20 academic year.
The professors and their departments are:
Promoted to professor
- Alex DeArmond, design
- Thomas Hollenback, art and art history
- Amitava Karmaker, mathematics, statistics and computer science
- Matthew Kuchta, chemistry and physics
- Joan Navarre, English and philosophy
- Nels Paulson, social science
- Shelley Pecha, design
- Thomas Pearson, social science
- Christine Peterson, school counseling, school psychology and special education
- Matthew Ray, chemistry and physics
- Kimberly Zagorski, social science
Promoted to associate professor
- Ahmet Turkmen, engineering and technology
Tenure
- Kenan Baltaci, engineering and technology
- Erik Evensen, design
- Emily Hines, teaching, learning and leadership
- Mary LaRue, kinesiology and health
- Chelsea Lovejoy, psychology
- Michael Mensink, psychology
- Jill Paetzold, business
- Sapna Thapa, teaching, learning and leadership
Promoted to associate professor with tenure
- Shaun Dudek, communication technologies
- Vadim Gershman, design
- Monika Herrmann, engineering and technology
- Jerry Hui, communication studies, global languages and performing arts
- Craig Moore, business
- Kelly O’Brien, art and art history
- Jennifer Reinke, human development and family studies
- Jennifer Sansfacon, communication studies, global languages and performing arts
- Matthew Simoneau, teaching, learning and leadership
In fall 2018, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø had 271 faculty members.
The 2019-20 academic year begins with Opening Day activities, including campuswide Engagement Sessions, for faculty and staff Monday, Aug. 26. Classes begin Wednesday, Sept. 4.
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Photos
Christine Peterson, right, has been promoted to professor at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.
Sapna Thapa
Kelly O’Brien, promoted to associate professor with tenure, instructs students in a sculpture class.
