The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 215 faculty members. Those receiving a promotion are:
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
To Professor: Brett Blaauw, entomology; Jillian Bohlen, animal and dairy science; Abigail Borron, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Dario Chavez Velasquez, horticulture; Rhuanito Ferrarezi, horticulture; Gary Hawkins, crop and soil sciences; Daniela Lino Lourenco, animal and dairy science; Eric Rubenstein, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Travis Smith, agricultural and applied economics; Sha Tao, animal and dairy science; Jennifer Tucker, animal and dairy science; Jason Wallace, crop and soil sciences.
To Associate Professor: Julie Campbell, horticulture; Angelos Deltsidis, horticulture; Nandita Gaur, crop and soil sciences; Lavesta Hand, crop and soil sciences; Ellen McCullough, agricultural and applied economics; William Secor, agricultural and applied economics; Paul Severns, plant pathology; Yao Yao, animal and dairy science.
To Academic Professional: M’Randa Sandlin, agricultural leadership, education and communication.
To Senior Lecturer: Holly Kinder, animal and dairy science.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Pamela Bloch, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Jennifer Daniel, state 4-H; Lee Deal, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Lauren Dye, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Nathaniel Eason, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Joshua Fuder, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Brian Hayes, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Mary Beth Hornbeck, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Susan Moore, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Allison Perkins, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Brittany Teets, Northwest District Cooperative Extension.
To Public Service Associate: Sierra Burke, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Angelica Davis, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Michasia Dowdy, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Kimberly Gilmer, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Amanda Harner, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Meridith Meckel, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Susie Medina, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Jacqueline Nunn, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Lisa Pollock, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Samantha Price, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Savannah Tanner, Southeast District Cooperative Extension.
College of Engineering
To Professor: Brandon Rotavera, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering; Jidong Yang, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Roger Hilten, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.
To Principal Lecturer: Wayne Johnson, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering.
To Senior Lecturer: Renny Badra, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
College of Environment and Design
To Professor: Ashley Steffens.
To Associate Professor: Jessica Fernandez.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
To Associate Professor: Jewon Lyu, textiles, merchandising and interiors; Vladimir Reukov, textiles, merchandising and interiors; Carla Schwan, nutritional sciences.
To Senior Lecturer: Michael Thomas, financial planning, housing and consumer economics.
College of Pharmacy
To Associate Professor: Neil Grimsey, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences; Duo Zhang, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
To Clinical Professor: Anthony Hawkins, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Devin Lavender, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Ashley Chinchilla.
College of Public Health
To Professor: Jenay Beer, health promotion and behavior; Janani Rajbhandari Thapa, health policy and management.
To Associate Professor: Rifat Haider, health policy and management; Amy Winter, epidemiology and biostatistics.
To Clinical Professor: Paula Davis-Olwell, epidemiology and biostatistics; Melissa Howard, health promotion and behavior.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Justin Ingels, health policy and management; Kelli McCarthy, health policy and management.
College of Veterinary Medicine
To Professor: Frane Banovic, small animal medicine and surgery; Melinda Brindley, infectious diseases; Kathryn Diehl, small animal medicine and surgery; Maria Ferrer, large animal medicine; Janet Grimes, small animal medicine and surgery; Richard Lamb, physiology and pharmacology; Shaolin Liu, physiology and pharmacology; Nicole Nemeth, pathology; Rachel Reed, large animal medicine; Jesse Schank, physiology and pharmacology; Binu Velayudhan, infectious diseases.
To Associate Professor: Chester Joyner, infectious diseases; Bianca Lourenco, small animal medicine and surgery; Lauren Markovic, small animal medicine and surgery.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Naomi Crabtree, large animal medicine; Allison Dockery, large animal medicine.
To Associate Research Scientist: Caitlin Burrell, SAMS Infectious Disease Lab.
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
To Professor: Rebecca Atkins, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Rebecca Gose, dance; Rene Jagnow, philosophy; Moon Jung Jang, Lamar Dodd School of Art; James Lauderdale, cellular biology; Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, linguistics; Georgios Petridis, mathematics; Akela Reason, history; Brandon Rotavera, chemistry; Emily Sahakian, theatre and film studies; Peggy Seymour, statistics; Sarah Shannon, sociology; Inseok Song, physics and astronomy; Isabelle Wallace, Lamar Dodd School of Art.
To Associate Professor: Alexander Fyfe, comparative literature; Charlotte Garing, geology; Adam Greer, marine sciences; Jonathan Haddad, Romance languages; Yimin He, psychology; Joseph Kellner, history; Dickie Lee, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Rongjie Liu, statistics; Kendall Marchman, religion; Soroya McFarlane, communication studies; James Naigus, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Jimmy Nelson, marine sciences; Daniel Ohnemus, marine sciences; Sara Rivero Calle, marine sciences; Gregory Satterthwaite, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Mi-Ryong Shim, comparative literature; Elizabeth Sitch, dance; Jiuya Wang, mathematics; James Weidman, Hugh Hodgson School of Music.
To Principal Lecturer: Nuno Castellanos Diez, Romance languages; Michael Cotterell, computer science; Dainess Maganda, comparative literature; Jason Roberts, religion; Jennifer Walker, microbiology.
To Senior Lecturer: Allison Arnold, mathematics; Grace Huang, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Jonathan Ingle, English; Courtney McDaniel, cellular biology; Crystal Robinson, cellular biology; Lisa Townsley, mathematics; Kimberly Van Orman, Institute for Artificial Intelligence; Mark Wenthe, linguistics.
To Academic Professional: Paola Barriga, plant biology.
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
To Professor: Michael Cacciatore, advertising and public relations; Jeong-Yeob Han, advertising and public relations; Jonathan Peters, journalism; Ivanka Pjesivac, journalism.
To Associate Professor: Karin Assmann, journalism; Laurena Bernabo, entertainment and media studies; Keith Wilson, entertainment and media studies.
Mary Frances Early College of Education
To Professor: Usree Bhattacharya, language and literacy education; Daniel Capps, mathematics and science education; Collette Chapman-Hilliard, counseling and human development services; Liang Chen, communication sciences and special education; Tisha Ellison, language and literacy education; Logan Fiorella, educational psychology; Amanda Giordano, counseling and human development services; Hilary Hughes, educational theory and practice; Becca Leopkey, kinesiology; Robert Lynall, kinesiology; Jill Stefaniak, career and information studies; Shiyu Wang, educational psychology; Xiaoming Zhai, mathematics and science education.
To Associate Professor: Sarah Dalton, communication sciences and special education; Ai-Chu Ding, workforce education and instructional technology; Tianna Dowie Chin, mathematics and science education; Nicole Kirk, kinesiology; Katie Sciurba, language and literacy education; Dallin Young, counseling and human development services.
To Clinical Professor: Christopher Mojock, kinesiology; Amy Murphy, educational theory and practice.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Allie Cox, lifelong education, administration and policy; Jamie Hogan, language and literacy education; SoMang Moon, communication sciences and special education.
To Senior Lecturer: Amy Peterson, communication sciences and special education.
Odum School of Ecology
To Associate Professor: Alexander Strauss.
Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
To Associate Professor: Meseret Hailu, Institute of Higher Education.
School of Law
To Associate Professor: Desiree Ganz.
To Clinical Professor: Jessica Heywood.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Rob McNiff.
To Senior Lecturer: Jean Mangan.
To Senior Academic Professional: Thomas Striepe, King Law Library.
To Librarian II: Brandy Ellis, King Law Library.
School of Public and International Affairs
To Professor: Anthony Madonna, political science; Teena Wilhelm, political science.
To Associate Professor: Emily Bell, public administration and policy; Felipe Lozano Rojas, public administration and policy; Joseph Ornstein, political science.
School of Social Work
To Associate Professor: Liwei Zhang.
Terry College of Business
To Professor: Jim Conklin, insurance, legal studies and real estate.
To Associate Professor: Maria Carolina Caetano, economics; Lindsay Jones, insurance, legal studies and real estate; Carolina Salge, management information systems; Xu Tian, finance; Siddharth Vij, finance; Elham Yazdani, marketing.
To Principal Lecturer: Stacy Campbell, Institute for Leadership Advancement; Candice Hollenbeck, marketing; David Lowery, music business program; Jennifer Osbon, marketing.
To Senior Lecturer: Jason Epstein, insurance, legal studies and real estate; Morgan Taylor, economics.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
To Associate Professor: Adam Fox; Peter Hazelton.
University Libraries
To Librarian II: Stephanie Blair; Hollis McMasters; Stacey Piotrowski.
To Librarian III: Megan Dyer; Ashton Ellett; Kaylynn Stooksbury.
Office of Instruction
To Academic Professional: Jennifer Eimers, Center for Teaching and Learning; Ching-Yu Huang, Center for Teaching and Learning.
Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
To Senior Public Service Associate: Jennifer Ceska, State Botanical Garden of Georgia; Bryan Fluech, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; Samuel Perren, Archway Partnership; Gregory Wilson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
To Public Service Associate: Suzette Arnold, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; John Credle, Small Business Development Center; Nema Etheridge, Small Business Development Center; Mario Gonzalez Segura, Small Business Development Center; Taylor Hafley, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Rebecca Hunt, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Molly Pettitt, Small Business Development Center; Emily Saunders, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development; Katy Smith, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant.
Office of Research
To Academic Professional: Eric Formo, Georgia Electron Microscopy.
To Associate Research Scientist: Li Tan, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center.

