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Promotions approved for 194 UGA faculty members

The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 194 faculty members. Those receiving a promotion are:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

To Professor: Gregory Colson, agriculture and applied economics; Dorcas Franklin, crop and soil sciences; Mussie Habteselassie, crop and soil sciences; Fanbin Kong, food science and technology; Gentian Kostandini, agriculture and applied economics; Brian Schwartz, crop and soil sciences; and Chen Zhen, agriculture and applied economics.

To Associate Professor: Brett Blaauw, entomology; Mateusz Filipski, agriculture and applied economics; Gary Hawkins, crop and soil sciences; Brian Kvitko, plant pathology; Daniela Lino Lourenco, animal and dairy science; Luke Mortensen, animal and dairy science; and Jennifer Tucker, animal and dairy science.

To Librarian IV: John Cruickshank, Griffin Campus.

To Senior Public Service Associate: Ines Beltran, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Mack Cook, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Keri Hobbs, Georgia 4-H; James Jacobs, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Jeremy Kichler, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Pam Knox, crop and soil sciences; Melinda Miller, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; and Steven Patrick, Northeast District Cooperative Extension.

To Public Service Associate: Kelle Ashley, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Shanda Ashley, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Douglas Collins, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Nathaniel Eason, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Joshua Fuder, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Flora Graham, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Rebekah Greene, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Casey Hobbs, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Alicia Holloway, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Mary Beth Hornbeck, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Susan Moore, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Rebecca Stackhouse, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Kimberly Toal, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Ty Torrance, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; and Susan Yearwood, Northeast District Cooperative Extension.

To Public Service Assistant: Jay Porter, Southwest District Cooperative Extension.

College of Education

To Professor: Thomas Baker, kinesiology; Kristen Bub, educational psychology; Jori Hall, lifelong education, administration and policy; John Mativo, career and information studies; and Joel Ringdahl, communication sciences and special education.

To Associate Professor: Usree Bhattacharya, language and literacy education; Jaime Diamond, math and science education; Christopher Fiorella, educational psychology; Sycarah Fisher, educational psychology; Seung Han, lifelong education, administration and policy; Robert Lynall, kinesiology; Sherell Mcarthur, educational theory and practice; Steven Salaga, kinesiology; Jill Stefaniak, career and information studies; and Shiyu Wang, educational psychology.

To Clinical Professor: Beth Tolley, educational theory and practice.

To Clinical Associate Professor: Kelly Edenfield, math and science education; Morgan Faison, educational theory and practice; Jill Manners, kinesiology; Henry Mcmahon, counseling and human development services; and Laura Nichols, communication sciences and special education.

College of Engineering

To Professor: Kyle Johnsen, electrical and computer engineering; and Peter Kner, electrical and computer engineering.

To Clinical Professor: Robert Awuah-Baffour, environmental, civil, agricultural and mechanical engineering.

College of Family and Consumer Sciences

To Professor: Diane Bales, human development and family science.

To Associate Professor: Caree Cotwright, food and nutrition; and Hea Jin Park, food and nutrition.

To Clinical Professor: Barbara Grossman, food and nutrition; and Emma Laing, food and nutrition.

To Clinical Associate Professor: Amy Kay, human development and family science.

To Public Service Associate: Rebecca Brightwell, Institute on Human Development and Disability.

College of Pharmacy

To Associate Professor: Yao Yao, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.

To Clinical Professor: Christopher Bland, clinical and administrative pharmacy, and Amber Clemmons, clinical and administrative pharmacy.

To Clinical Associate Professor: Daniel Chastain, clinical and administrative pharmacy; Andrea Newsome, clinical and administrative pharmacy; and Susan Smith, clinical and administrative pharmacy.

To Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor: Bruce Jones, clinical and administrative pharmacy.

To Academic Professional: Gurvinder Rekhi, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.

College of Public Health

To Professor: Andreas Handel, epidemiology and biostatistics.

To Associate Professor: Jenay Beer, health promotion and behavior; Tamora Callands, health promotion and behavior; Charles Easley, environmental health science; Janani Rajbhandari Thapa, health policy and management; Lisa Renzi-Hammond, health promotion and behavior; and Andrea Swartzendruber, epidemiology and biostatistics.

To Clinical Associate Professor: Paula Davis-Olwell, epidemiology and biostatistics.

College of Veterinary Medicine

To Professor: Joerg Mayer, small animal medicine and surgery; David Peterson, infectious diseases; and Kaori Sakamoto, pathology.

To Associate Professor: Frane Banovic, small animal medicine and surgery; Kathryn Diehl, small animal medicine and surgery; Janet Grimes, small animal medicine and surgery; and Andrew Moorhead, infectious diseases.

To Clinical Associate Professor: Erin Beasley, large animal medicine, and Rachel Reed, large animal medicine.

To Associate Research Scientist: Tuhina Gupta, infectious diseases, and Carmen Herrera, infectious diseases.

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

To Professor: Norris Armstrong, genetics; Brandon Craswell, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Connie Frigo, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Laura German, anthropology; Jamie Kreiner, history; Kristin Kundert, theatre and film studies; William Lanzilotta, biochemistry; Ari Levine, history; Liang Liu, statistics; Cody Marrs, English; Douglas Menke, genetics; Stephen Mihm, history; Adam Milewski, geology; Masaki Mori, comparative literature; Richard Morrison, chemistry; Donald Nelson, anthropology; Roberto Perdisci, computer sciences; Robert Schmitz, genetics; Cynthia Suveg, psychology; and Steven Wheeler, chemistry.

To Associate Professor: Douda Bensasson, plant biology; Alexander Bucksch, plant biology; Dorothy Carter, psychology; Maria Pilar Chamorro Fernandez, romance languages; Katherine Ehrlich, psychology; Maryann Erigha, sociology; David Fung, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Weiwei Hu, mathematics; Kevin Jones, history; Georgios Petridis, mathematics; Shannon Quinn, computer sciences; Laura Rider, mathematics; Cecilia Rodrigues, romance languages; Steven Soper, history; Gregory Strauss, psychology; Demitra Thomloudis, Lamar Dodd School of Art; Alberto Villate Isaza, romance languages; and Weiwei Wu, mathematics.

To Associate Research Scientist: Amar Singh, biochemistry.

To Senior Academic Professional: Kelly Black, mathematics; Xianyan Chen, statistics; Damon Denton, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Katie Geha, Lamar Dodd School of Art; and Christine Lasek-White, English.

To Senior Lecturer: Toyin Alli, mathematics; Michael Cotterell, computer sciences; Erin Moore, Lamar Dodd School of Art; Jennifer Royal, mathematics; and Trenton Schirmer, mathematics.

Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

To Senior Lecturer: Sabrena Deal, advertising and PR.

Institute of Higher Education

To Associate Professor: Amy Stich, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

Odum School of Ecology

To Professor: Andrew Park, ecology.

School of Law

To Professor: Kent Barnett and Logan Sawyer.

To Librarian II: Rachel Evans, King Law Library; Rachel Evans, King Law Library; and Geraldine Kalim, King Law Library.

School of Public and International Affairs

To Professor: Andrew Owsiak, international affairs.

To Senior Lecturer: Maryann Gallagher, international affairs.

School of Social Work

To Professor: Kristina Jaskyte Bahr and David Okech.

To Associate Professor: Rebecca Matthew and Jane Mcpherson.

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

To Librarian II: Kelsey Forester and Mary Willoughby.

To Librarian III: Steven Armour, Elliott Kuecker and Nicole Lawrence.

To Librarian IV: Cynthia Prosser and Sandra Riggs.

Terry College of Business

To Professor: Margaret Christ, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; Son Lam, marketing; and Santhosh Ramalingegowda, J.M. Tull School of Accounting.

To Associate Professor: Hua Chen, marketing; Svetlana Pashchenko, economics; Hani Safadi, management information systems; Terence Saldanha, management information systems; and Laura Zimmermann, economics.

To Senior Lecturer: Swati Bhandarkar, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; Damien Brooks, finance; Amanda Farmer, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; Tricia Hackleman, insurance, legal studies, and real estate; James Johnson, finance; Robert Pinckney, management information systems; and Matthew Roessing, insurance, legal studies, and real estate.

Vice President for Public Service and Outreach

To Senior Public Service Associate: Tracy Arner, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Lauren Healey, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development; Beverly Johnson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; and David Meyers, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development.

To Public Service Associate: Jessica Brown, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; Jeanna Horacek, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Samuel Perren, Archway Partnership; and Gregory Wilson, Carl Vinson Institute of Government.

To Part Time Public Service Assistant: Keren Giovengo, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant.

Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

To Professor: Bin Mei.

To Associate Professor: Daniel Johnson.

To Associate Research Scientist: Brian Shamblin.