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Promotions and Tenure

Promotions and Tenure

Promotions

The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 167 faculty members. Board of regents’ approval of promotions is no longer required. Those receiving a promotion are:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
To Professor
Samuel Aggrey, poultry science; Jinru Chen, food science and technology; Alfred Culpepper, crop and soil sciences; Keshav Das, biological and agricultural engineering; David Langston Jr., plant pathology; and Eric Prostko, crop and soil sciences.
To Associate Professor
Maria Navarro, agricultural leadership, education and communication.

College of Arts and Sciences
To Professor
Mark Cooney, sociology; Mario Erasmo, classics; Sa’ar Hersonsky, mathematics; Timothy Hoover, microbiology; Jonathan Krell, Romance languages; Dorothea Link, music; Alisa Luxenberg, art; Michael McEachern, genetics; Adam Parkes, English; Dawn Robinson, sociology; Theodore Saupe, art; Phillip Stancil, physics and astronomy; Boris Striepen, cellular biology; Michael Tiemeyer, biochemistry and molecular biology; Eugene Wright, art; Sunkoo Yuh, art; and Yiping Zhao, physics and astronomy.
To Associate Professor
Tracie Costantino, art; Prashant Doshi, computer science; Shane Hamilton, history; Kristin Kundert-Gibbs, theatre and film studies; James Leebens-Mack, plant biology; Christof Meile, marine sciences; Joshua Miller, psychology; Lan Mu, geography; Karin Myhre, comparative literature; Alexander Petukhov, mathematics; Roger Stahl, speech communication; Martijn van Wagtendonk, art; Rheeda Walker-Obasi, psychology; and Robert Wells, biochemistry and molecular biology.
To Senior Lecturer
Inge DiBella, Germanic and Slavic languages.

College of Business
To Associate Professor
Jacqueline Hammersley, accounting.
To Senior Lecturer
Margaret Emmelhainz, marketing and distribution; Kimberly Grantham, marketing and distribution; Myra Moore, economics; Karen Napoleon, management; and John Wurst, marketing and distribution.

College of Education
To Professor
Edward Delgado-Romero, counseling and human development services; Bryan McCullick, kinesiology; Jerome Morris, workforce education, leadership and social foundations; and Lorilee Sandmann, lifelong education, administration and policy.
To Associate Professor
Kevin Ayres, communication science and special education; Cheryl Fields-Smith, elementary and social studies education; Melissa Freeman, lifelong education, administration and policy; Ezemenari Obasi, counseling and human development services; and Amy Reschly, educational psychology and instructional technology.
To Academic Professional
Jamie Lewis, dean’s office.

College of Environment and Design
To Associate Professor
Jose Buitrago, Sarah Harrison, David Spooner and Robert Vick.

College of Family and Consumer Sciences
To Associate Professor
Andrew Carswell, housing and consumer economics, and Yoo-Kyoung Seock, textiles, merchandising and interiors.

College of Journalism and Mass Communication
To Associate Professor
Jooyoung Kim, advertising and public relations, and Kathleen Sweetser, advertising and public relations.
To Senior Lecturer
Betty Jones, advertising and public relations, and Stephen Smith, telecommunications.

College of Pharmacy
To Clinical Associate Professor
Kalen Porter, clinical and administrative pharmacy, and Robin Southwood, clinical and administrative pharmacy.
To Associate Professor
Brian Cummings, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, and Shelley Pence, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.
To Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
Tad Gomez, clinical and administrative pharmacy.

College of Public Health
To Professor
Stephen Rathbun, epidemiology and biostatistics.
To Associate Professor
Anne Glass, health policy and management.

College of Veterinary Medicine
To Professor
Karen Cornell, small animal medicine; Stephen Divers, small animal medicine; Maricarmen Garcia, population health; Ray Kaplan, infectious diseases; Christopher King, population health; Julie Moore, infectious diseases; and Cynthia Ward, small animal medicine.
To Clinical Associate Professor
Stephen Collett, population health.
To Associate Professor
Leanne Alworth, population health; Shiyou Chen, physiology and pharmacology; Stephen Harvey, population health; Patrick Hensel, small animal medicine; Mary Hondalus, infectious diseases; Amie Koenig, small animal medicine; Sreekumari Rajeev, infectious diseases; Stephen Tompkins, infectious diseases; Elizabeth Uhl, pathology; and Susan Williams, population health.
To Assistant Professor
Steffen Sum, small animal medicine.
To Senior Lecturer
Carla Jarrett, anatomy and radiology.

School of Ecology
To Associate Professor
John Drake.

School of Law
To Associate Professor
Jason Solomon.

School of Forestry and Natural Resources
To Professor
Steven Castleberry and Michael Mengak.
To Associate Professor
Gary Green and John Maerz III.

School of Public and International Affairs
To Associate Professor
Deborah Carroll, public administration and policy; Chao Guo, public administration and policy; and Brian Williams, public administration and policy.

School of Social Work
To Associate Professor
Donna Bliss, Schnavia Hatcher and Tony Lowe.

Libraries
To Librarian IV
Ruta Abolins, Carla Buss, Margaret Compton, Eric Griffith, Deborah Stanley and Beth Thornton.
To Librarian III
Caroline Barratt, Zhihui Dong and Amy Watts.
To Librarian II
Kristy Dixon, Amber Prentiss, Cynthia Prosser and Katherine Stein.

Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
To Senior Public Service Associate
Kathy Baldwin, Cooperative Extension Southeast District; Lori Bledsoe, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Mary Cantrell, Cooperative Extension–family and consumer sciences; Sue Chapman, Cooperative Extension–family and consumer sciences; Sheldon Hammond, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Darrel Hulsey, Small Business Development Center; Jennifer Jordan, Cooperative Extension 4-H and Youth; John Maynard, Small Business Development Center; Karen Payne, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Lynn Vos, Small Business Development Center; and Kent Wolfe, Cooperative Extension–agricultural and applied economics.
To Public Service Associate
Judith Ashley, Cooperative Extension Northeast District; Catherine Bennett, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Daniel Bivins, Fanning Institute; Robert Erwin, Small Business Development Center; Denise Everson, Cooperative Extension Northeast District; Jennifer Hubbard, Cooperative Extension Southwest District; James Jacobs, Cooperative Extension Southeast District; Lisa Jordan, Cooperative Extension Southeast District; Audrey Luke-Morgan, Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development; Richard Martin, Small Business Development Center; Steven Morgan, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Brandi Mullins, Cooperative Extension 4-H and Youth; Diane Murray, College of Journalism and Mass Communication; Alton Parker, Cooperative Extension Northeast District; Krispin Peavy, Cooperative Extension Southwest District; Jacob Price, Cooperative Extension Southwest District; Deron Rehberg, Cooperative Extension Southwest District; Leticia Sonon, Cooperative Extension Soil, Plant and Water Lab; William Tyson, Cooperative Extension Southeast District; Robert Waldorf, Cooperative Extension Northeast District; Jianfeng Wang, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; and Shirley Williamson, Cooperative Extension Northeast District.
To Public Service Assistant
Leigh Anne Aaron, Cooperative Extension Northeast District; Jackie Dallas, Cooperative Extension Northeast District; Lee Anna Deal, Cooperative Extension Southeast District; Stacey Ellison, Cooperative Extension Southwest District; Kisha Faulk, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Roberta Gray, Cooperative Extension Southeast District; Casey Hobbs, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Timothy Jennings, Cooperative Extension Northeast District; Karol Kelly, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Joan Mason, Cooperative Extension Southwest District; Zona Medley, Cooperative Extension Southwest District; Allison Perkins, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Paul Pugliese, Cooperative Extension Northwest District; Cliff Riner, Cooperative Extension Southeast District; and Amanda Tedrow, Cooperative Extension Northeast District.

Office of the Vice President for Research
To Senior Research Scientist
Sayed Hassan, crop and soil sciences.
To Associate Research Scientist
Russell Karls, infectious diseases.


Tenure
The University of Georgia approved tenure for 61 faculty members. Board of regents’ approval of tenure is no longer required. Those receiving tenure are:
Leanne Alworth, population health; Scott Ardoin, educational psychology and instructional technology; Kevin Ayres, communication science and special education; Robert Bartlett III, law; Donna Bliss, social work; Jose Buitrago, environment and design; Cory Buxton, elementary and social studies education; Deborah Carroll, public administration and policy; Andrew Carswell, housing and consumer economics; Shiyou Chen, physiology and pharmacology; Tracie Costantin, art; Brian Cummings, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences; Prashant Doshi, computer science; Cheryl Fields-Smith, elementary and social studies education; Nikolay Filipov, physiology and pharmacology; Melissa Freeman, lifelong education, administration and policy; Anne Glass, health policy and management; Gary Green, forestry and natural resources; Chao Guo, public administration and policy; Shane Hamilton, history; Jacqueline Hammersley, accounting; Sarah Harrison, environment and design; Stephen Harvey, population health; Schnavia Hatcher, social work; Mary Hondalus, infectious diseases; Jooyoung Kim, advertising and public relations; Christopher King, population health; Amie Koenig, physiology and pharmacology; Kristin Kundert-Gibbs, theatre and film studies; James Leebens-Mack, plant biology; Tony Lowe, social work; John Maerz III, forestry and natural resources; Christof Meile, marine sciences; Joshua Miller, psychology; Lan Mu, geography; Karin Myhre, comparative literature; Maria Navarro, agricultural leadership, education and communication; Ezemenari Obasi, counseling and human development services; Shelley Pence, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences; Alexander Petukhov, mathematics; Sreekumari ­Rajeev, infectious diseases; Amy Reschly, educational psychology and instructional technology; Usha Rodrigues, law; Yoo-Kyoung Seock, textiles, merchandising and interiors; James Shepherd, geography; Jason Solomon, law; David Spooner, environment and design; Roger Stahl, speech communication; Kathleen Sweetser, advertising and public relations; Michael Tiemeyer, biochemistry and molecular biology; Stephen Tompkins, infectious diseases; Elizabeth Uhl, pathology; Martijn van Wagtendonk, art; Robert Vick, environment and design; Rheeda Walker-Obasi, psychology; Robert Wells, biochemistry and molecular biology; Lesley White, kinesiology; Brian Williams, public administration and policy; Susan Williams, population health; Sunkoo Yuh, art; and Chuanlun Zhang, marine sciences.