Below is an alphabetical listing of new tenured and tenure-track faculty who have joined the university since the previous listing was published in Columns a year ago. It includes some faculty scheduled to arrive in January. The new faculty are in departments spread across 15 schools and colleges.
This information was provided by the Office of Faculty Affairs, which acts as a liaison between the university and the University System of Georgia Board of Regents on matters related to faculty appointment, promotion and tenure.
Mark Abbe
Assistant Professor, Classics/Dodd School of Art
Sun Joo Ahn
Assistant Professor, Advertising
Diane Marie Amann
Professor, Law
Michael Bachmann
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Lynn Bailey
Professor and Department Head, Foods and Nutrition
Sundar Bharadwaj
Coca-Cola Chair and Professor, Marketing and Distribution
Alison Smith Bramlet
Assistant Professor, Environment and Design
Marin Talbot Brewer
Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology
L. Elizabeth Burch
Associate Professor, Law
Kun-Wung Byon
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
James Michael Carson
Amos Distinguished Professor of Insurance
Michael Chamberlain
Associate Professor, Forestry and Natural Resources
Yoon Joon Choi
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Doris Christopher
Professor, Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations
Obie Clayton
Hollowell Professor, Social Work
Adriane Colburn
Assistant Professor, Dodd School of Art
Jason Alan Colquitt
Wilson Professor, Management
Barbara Crawford
Professor, Mathematics and Science Education
Marcus Cunha
Associate Professor, Marketing and Distribution
Cynthia Dillard
Early Professor of Elementary and Social Studies Education
Jaime Dodge
Assistant Professor, Law
Erin Dolan
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Kylee Jo Duberstein
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
Christopher Eaket
Assistant Professor, English/Theatre and Film Studies
Jennifer Elkins
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Linda Kirk Fox
Dean and Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics
H. J. Garrett
Assistant Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
David Gay
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Jennifer Gay
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Behavior
Laura German
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Stuart Gillan
Associate Professor, Banking and Finance
Tai Guo
Associate Professor, Anatomy and Radiology
Brian Haas
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Jerayr Haleblian
Associate Professor, Management
Kelsey Alison Hart
Assistant Professor, Large Animal Medicine
Natoya Hill Haskins
Assistant Professor, Counseling and Human Development
DeLoris Wenzel Hesse
Associate Professor, Cellular Biology
Brian Higgins
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Karen Marie Hilyard
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Behavior
John Hulland
Arnold Professor, Marketing and Distribution
Scott Jackson
GRA Eminent Scholar and Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences
Jennifer Julia Kaplan
Assistant Professor, Statistics
William Keller
Professor, International Affairs, and Director of the Center for International Trade and Security
Elizabeth King
Assistant Professor, Forestry and Natural Resources and Ecology
Hartmut Koenitz
Assistant Professor, Telecommunications
Fanbin Kong
Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology
Richard Lankau
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Pablo Lapegna
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Karl Ferdinand Lechtreck
Assistant Professor, Cellular Biology
Elizabeth Weeks Leonard
Associate Professor, Law
Zachary Lewis
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Rebecca Lieberman
Assistant Professor, Communication Science and Special Education
Dexi Liu
Department Head and Professor, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Liang Liu
Assistant Professor, Statistics
Bettina Love
Assistant Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Zhenqiu Lu
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology
Julie Luft
Professor, Mathematics and Science Education
Joerg Mayer
Associate Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
Toni Miles
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Director of the Institute of Gerontology
Adam Milewski
Assistant Professor, Geology
Joseph Scott Miller
Professor, Law
Anand Mohan
Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology
James Monogan III
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Allen Moore
Professor, Genetics
David Nelson
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Silvia Nogueron-Liu
Assistant Professor, Language and Literacy Education
Peter O’Neill
Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature
Andrew Owsiak
Assistant Professor, International Affairs
Jennifer Palmer
Assistant Professor, History
Bradley Paye
Assistant Professor, Banking and Finance
Joe Jin Phua
Assistant Professor, Advertising
David Porinchu
Associate Professor, Geography
Gavin Joseph Putzer
Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Jane Quandt
Associate Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
Stephen Ramos
Assistant Professor, Environment and Design
Jennifer Rice
Assistant Professor, Geography
Arthur Roberts
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Emily Jane Sahakian
Assistant Professor, Theatre and Film Studies
Kristin Sayeski
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Special Education
Ben Scheick
Assistant Professor, Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate
Lakshman Segar
Associate Professor, Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
Ajay Sharma
Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Radiology
Kimberly Renee Skobba
Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics
Matthew Lee Smith
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Behavior
Nanette Spina
Assistant Professor, Religion
Belinda Stillion Southard
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
Andrea Sweigart
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Joseph Tobin
Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Mary Elizabeth Tobin
Professor, English
Susan Turnquist
Associate Professor, Pathology
Antonio Webb
Assistant Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Han-Rong Weng
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Kandauda Wickrama
Professor, Child and Family Development
Nina Wurzburger
Assistant Professor, Ecology
Jin Xie
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Celim Yildizhan
Assistant Professor, Banking and Finance
Sonja Zabel
Assistant Professor, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery
James Jianhui Zhang
Professor, Kinesiology
Ming Zhang
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
