The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 202 faculty members. Those receiving a promotion are:
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
To Professor: Matthew R. Chappell, horticulture; Timothy W. Coolong, horticulture; Susana Ferreira, agricultural and applied economics; Berna Karali, agricultural and applied economics; Patrick E. McCullough, crop and soil sciences; Kristen J. Navara, poultry science; Kerry M. Oliver, entomology; Alexander M. Stelzleni, animal and dairy science; and R. Lawton Stewart Jr., animal and dairy science.
To Associate Professor: James C. Anderson II, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Jillian Fain Bohlen, animal and dairy science; Gaelen R. Burke, entomology; Todd Riley Callaway, animal and dairy science; Dario J. Chavez Velasquez, horticulture; Bhabesh Dutta, plant pathology; Wesley M. Porter, crop and soil sciences; Eric D. Rubenstein, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Jason M. Schmidt, entomology; Travis A. Smith, agricultural and applied economics; Sha Tao, animal and dairy science; and Jason G. Wallace, crop and soil sciences and Institute of Plant Bleeding, Genetics and Genomics.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Rhea Bentley, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Kara L. Davis, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Brandi McGonagill, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; and Daniel S. Price, Southwest District Cooperative Extension.
To Public Service Associate: Pamela Bloch, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Jenna Daniel, Georgia 4-H; Brittani K. Lee, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Clark MacAllister, Cooperative Extension; Annie L. Murrah-Hanson, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Calvin D. Perry, Cooperative Extension; Andrea Scarrow, Cooperative Extension; Vanessa Shonkwiler, agricultural and applied economics; Cynthia Sweda, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; and Brittany A. Teets, Northwest District Cooperative Extension.
To Public Service Assistant: Brooke Hampton, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; and Charlotte L. Meeks, Southwest District Cooperative Extension.
To Associate Research Scientist: Joann A. Conner, horticulture.
College of Engineering
To Professor: Ramaraja Ramasamy, School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering; and Joachim Walther, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.
To Associate Professor: R. Benjamin Davis, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering; Eric C. Freeman, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering; K. Melissa Hallow, (joint appointment) School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering and College of Public Health’s epidemiology and biostatistics department; and Hitesh Handa, School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Crystal Leach, director of Industry Collaborations, Office of Research.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Daniel P. Geller, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.
College of Environment and Design
To Professor: Cari L. Goetcheus, environment and design.
To Associate Professor: C. Scott Nesbit Jr., environment and design.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
To Professor: Alex Kojo Anderson, foods and nutrition; Andrew Thomas Carswell, financial planning, housing and consumer economics; Jamie A. Cooper, foods and nutrition; Joseph W. Goetz, financial planning, housing and consumer economics; Kristy L. Pederson-Archuleta, financial planning, housing and consumer economics; Suraj Sharma, textiles, merchandising and interiors; Pamela R. Turner, financial planning, housing and consumer economics; and Velma Zahirovic-Herbert, financial planning, housing and consumer economics.
To Associate Professor: Patryk D. Babiaraz, financial planning, housing and consumer economics; Alison Clune Berg, foods and nutrition; Geoffrey L. Brown, human development and family science; and Desiree M. Seponski, human development and family science.
To Associate Research Scientist: Hamida Amirali Jinnah, Institute of Human Development and Disability; and Catherine Walker O’Neal, human development and family science.
To Senior Lecturer: Jennifer George, human development and family science.
To Public Service Assistant: Tracy Lee Rackensperger, Institute of Human Development and Disability.
College of Pharmacy
To Professor: Shelley B. Hooks, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences; and Scott D. Pegan, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.
To Clinical Professor: Deborah L. Elder, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.
To Clinical Associate Professor: W. Anthony Hawkins, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Lindsey H. Welch, College of Pharmacy.
To Public Service Associate: Barrett Andrew Darley, College of Pharmacy.
College of Public Health
To Professor: Travis C. Glenn, environmental health science; and Jessica L. Muilenburg, health promotion and behavior.
To Associate Professor: Grace Bagwell Adams, health policy and management.
College of Veterinary Medicine
To Professor: Naola M. Ferguson-Noel, population health; and Mary K. Hondalus, infectious diseases.
To Associate Professor: Melinda A. Brindley, infectious diseases department, population health department and Center for Vaccines and Immunology; Brandy A. Burgess, population health; Brent C. Credille, population health; Monique S. Franca, population health; Brian J. Jordan, (joint appointment) population health and poultry science (College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences); Koichi Nagata, veterinary biosciences and diagnostic imaging; Nicole M. Nemeth, pathology department and Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study; and Jaime L. Tarigo, pathology.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Daniel R. Rissi, pathology and Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
To Associate Research Scientist: Abhijeet Bakre, infectious diseases; and Demba Sarr, infectious diseases.
Early College of Education
To Professor: AnnaMarie Conner, mathematics and science education; Ruth M. Harman, language and literacy education; Kyunghwa Lee, educational theory and practice; Bettina L. Love, educational theory and practice; Kevin C. Moore, mathematics and science education; Karen L. Webber, Institute of Higher Education; and Dorothy Yazidah White, mathematics and science education.
To Associate Professor: Collette E. Chapman-Hilliard, counseling and human development services; Amanda L. Giordano, counseling and human development services; Rebecca J. Leopkey, kinesiology; Georgianna L. Martin, counseling and human development services; and Sami R. Yli-Piipari, kinesiology.
To Associate Research Scientist: Stephanie A. Lai, Georgia Center for Assessment.
To Clinical Professor: Brian W. Dotts, educational theory and practice.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Jami Royal Berry, lifelong education, administration and policy; Christopher D. Mojock, kinesiology; Amy S. Murphy, educational theory and practice; and Elizabeth E. Saylor, educational theory and practice.
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
To Professor: Joshua L. Bynum, music; Renato M. Castelao, marine sciences; Natarajan Kannan, biochemistry and molecular biology and associate director, Institute of Bioinformatics; Roy M. Legette, music; Paula P. Lemons, biochemistry and molecular biology; Richard Menke, English; Margaret W. Morrison, art; Paul P. Pollack, mathematics; Amy M. Pollard, music; David F. Porinchu, geography; Janice C. Simon, art; Margaret A. Snyder, music; Roger J. Stahl, communication studies; Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, plant biology; Zachary A. Wood, biochemistry and molecular biology; and Qun Zhao, physics and astronomy.
To Associate Professor: Rebecca L. Atkins, music; Benjamin Bakker, mathematics; Thomas Biggs, classics; Catherine R. Edwards, marine sciences; Mary G. Goll, genetics; Christian Klimczak, geology; Peter Van Zandt Lane, music; Kyu Hyung Lee, computer science; Vasant Muralidharan, cellular biology; Tho D. Nguyen, physics and astronomy; Elizabeth A. Ottesen, microbiology; Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch, anthropology and geography; Margaret E. L. Renwick, linguistics; Gerald P. Shannon, geography; Alexander “Sasha” Spektor, Germanic and Slavic studies; Julie D. Stanton, cellular biology; Liza Stepanova, music; Bjørn F. Stillion Southard, communication studies; Frans S. Weiser, comparative literature department and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute; and Hang Yin, biochemistry and molecular biology.
To Senior Research Scientist: David L. Blum, biochemistry and molecular biology.
To Associate Research Scientist: Suresh Ambati, genetics; and Renuka Kadirvelraj, biochemistry and molecular biology.
To Senior Academic Professional: Brett Bawcum, music; Lindsey Marie Harding, English; and Anatoly Sheludyakov, music.
To Senior Lecturer: Katie Elisabeth Chapman, Germanic and Slavic studies; Robert Louis Foster, religion; William A. Hollingsworth, computer science; Christin E. Huggins, communication studies; Jaclyn Howell Nolan, communication studies; Jason P. Roberts, religion; Jennifer Walker, microbiology; and Benjamin M. Wolkow, classics.
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
To Associate Professor: Nathaniel J. Evans, advertising and public relations; Jonathan W. Peters, journalism; and Ivanka Pjesivac, journalism.
To Senior Lecturer: Yvonne Cantrell-Bickley, journalism; Kimberly A. Landrum, advertising; and John G. Weatherford, entertainment and media studies/New Media Institute.
Odum School of Ecology
To Associate Professor: Seth J. Wenger, Odum School of Ecology.
School of Law
To Professor: Melissa J. Durkee, law.
School of Public and International Affairs
To Professor: Gene Arnold Brewer, public administration and policy; and Shane P. Singh, international affairs.
To Associate Professor: Lihi Ben Shitrit, international affairs.
School of Social Work
To Associate Professor: Rosalyn Denise Campbell, School of Social Work.
Terry College of Business
To Professor: John L. Campbell, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; and Martin Gervais, economics.
To Associate Professor: James N. Conklin, insurance, legal studies and real estate; Daniel L. Gamache, management; Darren K. Hayunga, insurance, legal studies and real estate; Roozbeh Hosseini, economics; and Fadel K. Matta, management.
To Senior Lecturer: Candida Hollenbeck, marketing; David Lowery, Music Business Certificate Program; Charles Lyons, management; and Jennifer Chapman Osbon, marketing.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
To Associate Professor: Douglas P. Aubrey, forestry and natural resources.
To Senior Lecturer: Mikell Gleason, forestry and natural resources.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
To Librarian IV: Erin A. Leach, cataloging; and Mary Lynn Miller, Brown Media Archives/Peabody Awards.
To Librarian III: Maryalice Mazie Bowen, Hargrett Library; Andrew R. Johnson, research and instruction; Lindsey Walden Reynolds, collection development; and Tim J. Smolko, cataloging.
To Librarian II: Keith E. Knop, cataloging; and Stephen M. Wolfson, School of Law research and copyright services.
To Senior Academic Professional: James E. McClung, Office of Global Engagement; and Christopher P. Robinson, Office of Global Engagement.
To Academic Professional: Emily McGinn, UGA Libraries.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Mark R. Lupo, Small Business Development Center.
To Public Service Assistant: Lisa S. Pollock, Southwest District Cooperative Extension.
Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
To Senior Public Service Associate: Benny C. Darbisi, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development; and Theresa A. Wright, Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
To Public Service Associate: Sayge Medlin, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development; Bryan Fluech, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; Jill M. Gambill, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; and John J. Tippett, Small Business Development Center.
To Public Service Assistant: Devin J. Dumont, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; David Daniel, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; and Ashleigh Day, Northwest District Cooperative Extension.
Vice President for Research
To Senior Research Scientist: Stacey Lyn Lance, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory; and Tracey D. Tuberville, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.
