Campus News

Promotions

The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 144 faculty members. Board of regents’ approval of promotions is no longer required.

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

To Professor

William Kerr, food science and technology; Dean Pringle, animal and dairy science; David Riley, entomology; Phillip Roberts, entomology; Takoi K. Hamrita, biological and agricultural engineering; and Scott Russell, poultry science.

To Associate Professor

Amy Batal, poultry science; Mark Czarnota, horticulture; Dennis Duncan, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Brian Fairchild, poultry science; Esendugue Greg Fonsah, agricultural and applied economics; Timothy Grey, crop and soil sciences; R. Curtis Lacy, agricultural and applied economics; Alfredo Martinez-Espinoza, plant pathology; Jeffrey Mullen, agricultural and applied economics; John Ricketts, agricultural leadership, education and communication; and Nathan Smith, agricultural and applied economics.

College of Arts and Sciences

To Professor

Yuri Balashov, philosophy; Luis Correa Diaz, Romance languages; Christy Desmet, English; Martin Kagel, Germanic and Slavic languages; Edward Kipreos, cellular biology; Nicole Lazar, statistics; Marguerite Madden, geography; William Miller, marine programs; Michelle Momany, plant biology; Jennifer Monahan, speech communication; Michael Moran, English; Ronald Orlando, biochemistry and molecular biology; Edward Pavlic, English;  Sally Walker, geology; and Zheng-Hua Ye, plant biology.

To Associate Professor

Norris Armstrong, genetics; Dana Bultman, Romance languages; Adrian Burd, marine sciences; Shu-Mei Chang, plant biology; Andrew Cole, English; Rebecca Enghauser, dance; Erika Hermanowicz, classics; Nik Heynen, geography; James Lauderdale, cellular biology; Jennifer McDowell, psychology; Richard Menke, English; Robert Moser, Romance languages; Patricia Richards, sociology; Reinaldo Roman, history; Adam Sabra, history; Walter Schmidt, biochemistry and molecular biology; Robin Shelton, physics and astronomy; Geoffrey Smith, chemistry; Andrew Sornborger, mathematics; Susan Thomas, music; Isabelle Wallace, art; Aidan Wasley, English; and Xiaobai Yao, geography.

To Senior Academic Professional

Chandler Pike, statistics.

To Academic Professional

Catherine Teare Ketter, marine programs.

To Senior Lecturer

Elena Bianchelli, classics; Christine Franklin, statistics; and Raymond Woller, philosophy.

College of Business

To Associate Professor

Paul Irvine, banking and finance; and John Turner, economics.

College of Education

To Professor

Anne Bothe, communication sciences and special education; Georgia Calhoun, counseling and human development services; Robert Fecho, language and literacy education; Janette Hill, educational psychology and instructional technology; Steve Oliver, mathematics and science education;
Bettye Smith, workforce education, leadership and social foundations; and Thomas Valentine,  lifelong education, administration and policy.

To Associate Professor

Richard Boon, communication sciences and special education; Elizabeth Debray Pelot, lifelong education, administration and policy; and Kyung Hwa Lee, elementary and social studies education.

To Senior Academic Professional

Stephen Cramer, educational psychology and instructional technology; and Jenny Oliver, counseling and human development services.

To Senior Lecturer

Terry Jackson, kinesiology.

College of Environment and Design

To Associate Professor

Wayde Brown.

College of Family and Consumer Sciences

To Associate Professor

Leslie Simons, child and family development.

College of Journalism and Mass Communication

To Professor

Cheryl Ann Hollifield, telecommunications; and Nathaniel Kohn, telecommunications.

To Associate Professor

Valerie Boyd, journalism.

To Senior Lecturer

Michael Castengera, telecommunications; and Thomas Hudson, journalism.

College of Pharmacy

To Professor

Michael Bartlett, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.

To Clinical Professor

Henry Cobb, clinical and administrative pharmacy; and Alan Langford, clinical and administrative pharmacy.

To Clinical Associate Professor

Mindi Miller, clinical and administrative pharmacy.

College of Veterinary Medicine

To Professor

Pauline Rakich, pathology.

To Associate Professor

Doug Ensley, population health; and Guillermo Zavala, population health.

To Clinical Associate Professor

Randall Eggleston, large animal medicine; and Paul Frank, anatomy and radiology.

To Assistant Professor

Benjamin Brainard, small animal medicine and surgery; Patrick Hensel, small animal medicine and surgery; and Corey Saba, small animal medicine and surgery.

Libraries

To Librarian IV

Kristin Nielsen and Diane Trap.

To Librarian III

Robin Fay and Patrick Reidenbaugh.

To Librarian II

Craig Breaden, Ian Thomas and Elizabeth White.

School of Ecology

To Professor

Pejman Rohani.

To Associate Professor

Sonia Altizer.

School of Law

To Associate Professor

Erica Hashimoto.

To Librarian IV

Anne Burnett, law school library; and James Donovan, law school library.

To Librarian III

Sharon Bradley, law school library.

School of Forestry and Natural Resources

To Professor

Chris Cieszewski, Sarah Covert and
C. Rhett Jackson.

To Associate Professor

C. Joseph Nairn and Jacek Siry.

School of Public and International Affairs

To Associate Professor

Jamie Carson, political science; and Vicky Wilkins, public administration and policy.

Office of the Vice President for Instruction

To Professor

Patricia McAlexander, academic enhancement.

To Associate Professor

Xuechao Li, academic enhancement.

Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach

To Senior Public Service Associate

Karen Baynes, Institute of Government; Laurie Fowler, School of Ecology; William Hodge, Cooperative Extension; Sidney Mullis, Cooperative Extension; Ron Simmons, Small Business Development Center; and John Smith, Cooperative Extension.

To Public Service Associate

Matthew Bishop, Fanning Institute;
Robert Boland, Cooperative Extension; Kara Davis, Cooperative Extension; Randy Franks, Cooperative Extension; Anne Frick, Marine Extension; Julia Gaskin, Cooperative Extension; Gary Hawkins, Cooperative Extension; Mary Louise Hill, Fanning Institute; Ann Hudgins, Cooperative Extension; Amanda Marable, Cooperative Extension; Constance Page, Cooperative Extension; Keith Rucker, Cooperative Extension; William Skaggs, Cooperative Extension; Kevin Tatum, Cooperative Extension; Robert Thigpen, Cooperative Extension; Courtney Tobin, Fanning Institute; and Timothy 
Varnedore
, Cooperative Extension.

To Public Service Assistant

Shanda Ashley, Cooperative Extension; Vonsuela Baker, Cooperative Extension; Elizabeth Barber, Cooperative Extension; and Johnna Hodges, College of Pharmacy.

Office of Vice President for Research

To Senior Research Scientist

Muthugapatti Kandasamy, genetics.