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.
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.
David R. Agrawal
Assistant Professor, Economics
Christine Loren Albright
Assistant Professor, Classics
Nicholas Allen
Professor, English
Meghan Armstrong
Assistant Professor, Romance Languages
Ford Ballantyne IV
Assistant Professor, Ecology
Mehrsa Baradaran
Assistant Professor, Law
Kent H. Barnett
Assistant Professor, Law
Jessica L. Bishop
Assistant Professor, Math and Science Education
Laine P. Bradshaw
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology
Harold E. Briggs
Professor, Social Work
Rosalyn Denise Campbell
Assistant Professor, Social Work
Melinda S. Camus
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Pathology
Nathan T. Carter
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Pilar Chamorro
Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Linguistics
Sue Ryung Chang
Assistant Professor, Marketing and Distribution
Mi Geum Chorzepa
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Jason K. Christian
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Neale Ross Chumbler
Department Head and Professor, Health Policy and Management
K. Chad Clay
Assistant Professor, International Affairs
Lee J. Cohen
Assistant Professor, Banking and Finance
Joseph M. Dahlen
Assistant Professor, Forestry and Natural Resources
Denise Davila
Assistant Professor, Language and Literacy Education
Melissa Boneta Davis
Assistant Professor, Genetics/Medical School Partnership
Alan Thomas Dorsey
Dean and Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Diana M. Downs
Professor, Microbiology
Stephan A. Durham
Associate Professor, Engineering
Jonathan Eggenschwiler
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Jorge C. Escalante
UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Microbiology, Microbiology
Andrea Everett
Assistant Professor, International Affairs
Amara E. Ezeamama
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Mable Fok
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Dorcas H. Franklin
Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences
April K. Galyardt
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology
Julio Garin
Assistant Professor, Economics
Laura A. German
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Cari L. Goetcheus
Associate Professor, Environmental Design
Manuel Gonzalez Canche
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
Richard Gordon
Professor, Romance Languages, and Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute
John Edward Grable
Athletic Association Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences, Housing and Consumer Economics
Juan Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Baruch Halpern
Covenant Foundation Professor in Jewish Studies, Religion
Bernadette D. Heckman
Associate Professor, Counseling and Human Development Services
Timothy Glenn Heckman
Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Health Promotion and Behavior
Gerald M. Henry
Associate Professor and Athletic Association Professor in Environmental Turfgrass Management, Crop and Soil Sciences
Daniel Hill
Assistant Professor, International Affairs
Sean T. Ingham
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Moon Jung Jang
Assistant Professor, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Pengsheng Ji
Assistant Professor, Statistics
Chang Hyun Khang
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Jamie K. Kreiner
Assistant Professor, History
Jain Kwon
Assistant Professor, Lamar Dodd School of Art
In Heok Lee
Assistant Professor, Workforce Education, Leadership and Social Foundations
Casie Renee Legette
Assistant Professor, English
Paula P. Lemons
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ines Levin Fiorelli
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Zenglu Li
Associate Professor,Crop and Soil Sciences
Jhih-Syuan Lin
Assistant Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
John Wharton Lowe
Barbara Lester Methvin Distinguished Professor in Southern Literature, English
Kun Lu
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Nicholas P. Magnan
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Thomas A. Marotta
Assistant Professor, Theatre and Film Studies
Patricia M. Medeiros
Assistant Professor, Marine Sciences
Juan Meng
Assistant Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Vicki S. Michaelis
John Huland Carmical Distinguished Professor in Sports Journalism and Society, Journalism
Deepak Mishra
Assistant Professor, Geography
Javad Mohammadpour
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Patricia J. Moore
Professor, Biological Sciences
Cas Mudde
Assistant Professor, International Affairs
Vasant Muralidharan
Assistant Professor, Cellular Biology
Tho Duc Nguyen
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Roberto A. Palomares
Assistant Professor, Population Health
Norbert J. Pienta
Professor, Chemistry
Paul Pollack
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Balazs Rada
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
Laurie Jean Reitsema
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Rosanna G. Rivero
Assistant Professor, Environmental Design
Daniel B. Rood
Assistant Professor, History
Mardi Schmeichel
Assistant Professor, Elementary and Social Studies Education
Christopher Mark Schutle
Assistant Professor, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Scott A. Secrest
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
Kurt T. Selberg
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
Ye Shen
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Scott Shonkwiler
Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Rebecca Simpson-Litke
Assistant Professor, Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Meghan M. Skira
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ryan C. Smith
Assistant Professor, Math and Science Education
John L. Snider
Assistant Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences
David Welch Suggs
Associate Professor, Journalism
Lawrence H. Sweet
Gary R. Sperduto Professor in Clinical Psychology, Psychology
Victor Dominic Thompson
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Justine E. Tinkler
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Tsz Ho Tse
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Michelle R. Vandellen
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Sara E. Wagner
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Xianqiao Wang
Assistant Professor, Engineering
Brian Charles Wesolowski
Assistant Professor, Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Katharine E. West
Assistant Professor, Telecommunications
Xiaozhong Yu
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Donglin Zhang
Michael Dirr Professor in Woody Plant Instruction and Introduction, Horticulture