The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 235 faculty members. Those receiving a promotion are:
Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership
To Clinical Associate Professor: John Norris.
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
To Professor: Mark R. Abney, entomology; Michael Adjemian, agricultural and applied economics; Benjamin Campbell, agricultural and applied economics; Faith Critzer, food science and technology; Xiangyu Deng, food science and technology; Charles Robert Dove, animal and dairy science; Bhabesh Dutta, plant pathology; John Michael Gonzalez, animal and dairy science; Ali M. Missaoui, crop and soil sciences.
To Associate Professor: Sudeep Bag, plant pathology; Bochra Amina Bahri, plant pathology; Nicholas Tuschak Basinger, crop and soil sciences; Lilong Chai, poultry science; Yan Yi “Anny” Yi Chung, plant pathology; Hendrik C. Den Bakker, food science and technology; Laurel L. Dunn, food science and technology; Govindaraj Dev Kumar, food science and technology; Matthew Levi, crop and soil sciences; Jonathan Oliver, plant pathology; Kevin J. Vogel, entomology; Li Yang, plant pathology.
To Senior Lecturer: Nada Tamim, poultry science.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Leigh Anne Aaron, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Kasey Bozeman, State 4-H; Tammy Cheely, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Lauren Griffeth, Office of Learning and Organizational Development; Alexandria Griner, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Stephanie Hollifield, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Jason Lessl, Agricultural and Environmental Services Lab; Cheryl Poppell, Southeast District Cooperative Extension.
To Public Service Associate: Blake Carter, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Georgeanne Cook, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Marcus Eason, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; April Edwards, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Richard Evans, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Garrett Hibbs, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Brennan Jackson, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Seth McAllister, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Hailey Partain, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Ben Reeves, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Shanna Reynolds, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; C. Monte Stephens, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Edwin Campbell Vaughn, Northeast District Cooperative Extension.
To Public Service Assistant: Audra Armour, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Stephanie Benton, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Randie Gray, Northeast District Cooperative Extension.
College of Engineering
To Professor: Thirimachos Bourlai, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mi Geum Chorzepa, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering; Xianqiao Wang, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering.
To Associate Professor: Nathaniel Hunsu, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
To Principal Lecturer: Siddharth Savadatti, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering.
To Senior Lecturer: John Brocato, School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, and Benjamin Fahrman, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering.
College of Environment and Design
To Professor: Katherine Melcher and Stephen J. Ramos.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
To Professor: Assaf Oshri, human development and family science.
To Associate Professor: Ginnefer O. Cox, nutritional sciences; Lu Fan, financial planning, housing, and consumer economics; Laura Ellen McAndrews, textiles, merchandising, and interiors; Elisabeth Lilian Sattler, nutritional sciences; Monica Sklar, textiles, merchandising, and interiors.
To Clinical Professor: Jennifer L. Gonyea, human development and family science.
College of Pharmacy
To Associate Professor: Elisabeth Lilian Sattler, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
To Clinical Professor: Trisha Nguyen Branan, clinical and administrative pharmacy, and Rebecca Hutchinson Stone, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Christy Cecil Forehand, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
College of Public Health
To Professor: Zhuo Chen, health policy and management; Ye Shen, epidemiology and biostatistics; Lili Tang, environmental health science.
To Associate Professor: Heather Marie Padilla, health promotion and behavior, and Allan David Tate, epidemiology and biostatistics.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Katie Darby Hein, health promotion and behavior, and Christina D. Proctor, health promotion and behavior.
College of Veterinary Medicine
To Professor: Michele Barletta, large animal medicine; Jarrod A. Call, physiology and pharmacology; Amanda M. Coleman, small animal medicine and surgery; Roberto A. Palomares, population health.
To Associate Professor: Renee Barber, small animal medicine and surgery; Daniel Matsumoto Sakai, small animal medicine and surgery; Sarah Morar Schneider, pathology.
To Clinical Professor: Karen Grogan, population health; Valerie Jean Moorman, large animal medicine; Jenny Ardelle Nicholds, population health; Jarred M. Williams, large animal medicine.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Bradley Dale Heins, population health, and Travis Laver, small animal medicine and surgery.
To Associate Research Scientist: Brittany McHale, small animal medicine and surgery.
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
To Professor: Jill T. Anderson, genetics; Mark D. Anderson, Romance languages; Ellen J. Andrew, Lamar Dodd School of Art; Jennifer A. Birch, anthropology; Rachel Gabara, Romance languages; Timothy Michael Gupton, Romance languages; Kelly E. Happe, communication studies; Michael Heald, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Erika T. Hermanowicz, classics; Justin Lavner, psychology; James Derrick Lemons, religion; Peter A. O’Connell, classics and communication studies; Mary Hallam Pearse, Lamar Dodd School of Art; Laurie Jean Reitsema, anthropology; Esra Santesso, English; Gregory Paul Strauss, psychology; Justine E. Tinkler, sociology.
To Associate Professor: Drew Hamilton Abney, psychology; Pengpeng Bi, genetics; Yan Yi “Anny” Yi Chung, plant biology; Paola C. De Santo, Romance languages; Amanda Frossard, chemistry; Nora Benedict Frye, Romance languages; Le Guan, School of Computing; Grace Jun, Lamar Dodd School of Art; In Kee Kim, School of Computing; Elizabeth Knight, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Jordan Pickett, classics; Rachel Roberts-Galbraith, cellular biology; Roberta Salmi, anthropology; Kaixiong Ye, genetics; Nadja Zeltner, biochemistry and molecular biology.
To Senior Academic Professional: Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and Kristin Jutras, Hugh Hodgson School of Music.
To Principal Lecturer: Natalia Alexeev, mathematics; Bradley Barnes, School of Computing; Charles Byrd, Germanic and Slavic languages; Heide Crawford, Germanic and Slavic languages; Jodie Lyon, religion; Nichole Ray, Institute for Women’s Studies; Sara Steger, English; Olga Thomason, Germanic and Slavic languages.
To Senior Lecturer: Sara Blankenship, chemistry; Monsur Chowdhury, statistics; Benjamin Cooley, physics and astronomy; Fuad Elhage, Romance languages; Joshua Hussey, English; Joshua King, English; Jin Lee, biochemistry and molecular biology; Hillary Palmer, communication studies; Barbara Powers, dance; Sarah Robinson, biochemistry and molecular biology.
To Lecturer: Rubén Maíllo-Pozo, Romance languages.
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
To Professor: Itai Himelboim, advertising and public relations.
To Associate Professor: David Clementson, advertising and public relations, and Kyser Lough, journalism.
To Principal Lecturer: John Weatherford, entertainment and media studies.
Mary Frances Early College of Education
To Professor: Jennifer A. Brown, communication sciences and special education; Rebecca Graham Lieberman-Betz, communication sciences and special education; Julianne D. Schmidt, kinesiology; Michael D. Schmidt, kinesiology.
To Associate Professor: A Kadir Bahar, educational psychology; Rachel Rose Cagliani, communication sciences and special education; Maureen Alice Flint, lifelong education, administration, and policy; Emily Q. Rosenzweig, educational psychology; Ryan Schey, language and literacy education.
To Clinical Professor: Nancy B. Dellaria, communication sciences and special education.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Lindy Kay Parker, counseling and human development services; Chitra Pidaparti, educational psychology; Nina M. Santus, communication sciences and special education.
To Senior Lecturer: Debra Teesdale, communication sciences and special education.
To Senior Research Scientist: Paula Mellom.
Odum School of Ecology
To Professor: Jill T. Anderson.
School of Law
To Clinical Associate Professor: Clare Norins.
To Librarian III: Savanna Nolan, King law library.
School of Public and International Affairs
To Professor: Amanda Abraham, public administration and policy, and Richard Lee Vining, political science.
To Associate Professor: Lefteris J. Anastasopoulos, public administration and policy and political science; Harrison Prather Frye, political science; Emily Lawler, public administration and policy; Michelle Lynn Lofton, public administration and policy; Gregory Thaler, international affairs.
To Senior Academic Professional: Joshua Massey, international affairs.
To Senior Lecturer: Jeffrey Glas, political science, and Gulcan Saglam, international affairs.
School of Social Work
To Associate Professor: Allison Dunnigan and Jeremy Gibbs.
Terry College of Business
To Professor: Anindita Chakravarty, marketing; Fadel Matta, management; Robert Resutek, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; Julio Cesar Sevilla, marketing; Meghan M. Skira, economics; Erin M. Towery, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; Benjamin Curtis Whipple, J.M. Tull School of Accounting.
To Associate Professor: Mariana Andrade, management information systems; Susan Cohen, management; Seunghwan Jeong, management; Weifeng Li, management information systems; Zhongjin Lu, finance; Aaron Schecter, management information systems; Nathan Yoder, economics.
To Principal Lecturer: David Barbe, music business; Jason Matthews, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; Kristy McManus, marketing; Christopher Pope, finance.
To Senior Lecturer: Donald P. Addison, Institute for Leadership Advancement; Karen Aguar, management information systems; Daniel Brown, insurance, legal studies, and real estate; Elizabeth Brutz, UGA Entrepreneurship Program; Don Chambers, UGA Entrepreneurship Program; James Flannery, UGA Entrepreneurship Program; Johannes Kohler, finance; Troy Montgomery, management; Benjamin Ward, economics.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
To Professor: Bynum Boley and Puneet Dwivedi.
To Associate Professor: Gino Jude D’Angelo, Michel Thomas Kohl, and Clark Sawyer Rushing.
To Public Service Associate: Julia Holly Campbell.
University Libraries
To Academic Professional: Soham Patel.
To Librarian II: Ashton Ellett and Emmeline Kaser.
To Librarian III: Kelsey Forester and MacKenzie Smith.
To Librarian IV: Emily Hopkins, Christian Lopez, Mandy Mastrovita, and Donald Summerlin.
Vice President for Instruction
To Clinical Professor: Karen Bryant, UGA Gwinnett Campus.
To Senior Lecturer: Winfred Biddle, Office for Student Success and Achievement, and Nicholas Colvard, Office for Student Success and Achievement.
Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
To Senior Public Service Associate: Becky Brownlee, Small Business Development Center; John Hulsey, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Angelique Jackson, Archway Partnership; William Matthew Lastinger, Small Business Development Center; Mara Shaw, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Lori Tiller, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development; Brandy Walker, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development.
To Public Service Associate: Rosanna Cruz-Bibb, Archway Partnership; Jason Estep, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development; Julia B. Haas, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Katie Higgins, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; Melinda Moore, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Lisa Sherrié Raleigh, Archway Partnership; Carolina Ramon, Small Business Development Center; Ruby Riesinger, Small Business Development Center.
Vice President for Research
To Associate Professor: Nadja Zeltner, Center for Molecular Medicine.
To Senior Research Scientist: Guozhong Huang, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, and Zhu Hong Li, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases.
To Associate Research Scientist: Carla Hadden, Center for Applied Isotope Studies.
