The University of Connecticut Office of the Provost is pleased to announce the award of promotion and/or tenure to 96 faculty across its multiple campuses.

Evaluations for promotion, tenure, and reappointment apply the highest standards of professional achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service for each faculty member evaluated. Applications for promotion and tenure are reviewed at the department level, school or college level, and finally at the Office of the Provost before recommendations are forwarded to the Board of Trustees.

This process involves significant work on the part of each faculty member, as well as assistance and support of colleagues and administrative staff who provide guidance and manage many of the logistics through each stage of the promotion and tenure cycle. It is a notable milestone for each faculty member awarded these promotions, as well as for their colleagues.

The listing of faculty promoted and/or granted tenure is listed below, organized by school, college or other academic unit. Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on this momentous occasion.

Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources

Promotion to Professor

• Kristen Govoni, Animal Science
• Paulo Verardi, Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
• Huanzhong Wang, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture

Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure  

• Zhe Zhu, Natural Resources and the Environment

Promotion to Associate Professor In-Residence

• Emma Bojinova, Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Rebecca Earp, Kinesiology
• Chadwick Rittenhouse, Natural Resources and the Environment
• Jon Rizzo, Kinesiology
• Jillian Wanik, Allied Health Sciences

Promotion to Associate Extension Professor    

• Michael Puglisi, Nutritional Sciences
• Laura Cisneros, Natural Resources and the Environment

Business

Promotion to Professor

• Guojin Gong, Accounting
• Evan Rawley, Management and Entrepreneurship

Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure  

• Jing Peng, Operations and Information Management
• Ying Zhou, Accounting

Promotion to Associate Professor In-Residence

• Rogerio Victer, Management and Entrepreneurship

Engineering

Promotion to Professor

• Avinash Dongare, Materials Science & Engineering
• Omer Khan, Electrical & Computer Engineering
• George Lykotrafitis, Mechanical Engineering
• Syam Nukavarapu, Biomedical Engineering
• David Pierce, Mechanical Engineering
• Leslie Shor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure  

• Jasna Jankovic, Materials Science & Engineering
• Walter Krawec, Computer Science & Engineering
• Georgios Matheou, Mechanical Engineering
• Fei Miao, Computer Science & Engineering
• Matthew Stuber, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Tenure as Associate Professor  

• Alexei Poludnenko, Mechanical Engineering

Promotion to Associate Professor In-Residence

• Ryan Cooper, Mechanical Engineering
• Wei Wei, Computer Science & Engineering

Promotion to Professor In-Residence

• Shinae Jang, Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Sarira Motaref, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Promotion to Research Professor         

• Eric Jackson, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Fine Arts

Promotion to Professor

• Tom Scheinfeldt, Digital Media & Design

Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure  

• James Coltrain, Digital Media & Design
• Miao Guo, Digital Media & Design
• Emily Larned, Art & Art History
• Anna Lindemann, Digital Media & Design
• Kathryn Moore, Art & Art History

Law

Promotion to Clinical Professor

• Diane Covello, Law

Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor        

• Richard Luedeman, Law

Promotion to Librarian 2          

• Maryanne Daly-Doran, Law Library

Promotion to Librarian 4          

• Anne Rajotte, Law Library
• Elisabeth Umpleby, Law Library

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Promotion to Professor

• Oksan Bayulgen, Political Science
• Kun Chen, Statistics
• Marie Coppola, Psychological Sciences
• Amanda Denes, Communication
• Menka Jain, Physics
• Nicole Landi, Psychological Sciences
• Ovidiu Munteanu, Mathematics
• Thomas Roby, Mathematics
• Jianjun Sun, Physiology & Neurobiology
• Rachel Tambling, Human Development & Family Sciences

Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure  

• Cara Battersby, Physics
• Julie Fosdick, Earth Sciences
• Aurel Fulger, Mathematics
• Sarah Hird, Molecular and Cell Biology
• Sarah Knutie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Caitlin Lombardi, Human Development & Family Sciences
• Robert Lupton, Political Science
• Tomoyasu Mani, Chemistry
• Jennifer Mozeiko, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
• Melanie Newport, History
• Samantha Siedlecki, Marine Sciences
• Gael Ung, Chemistry
• Ling Xiao, Mathematics
• Jianzhong Yu, Physiology & Neurobiology
• Bin Zou, Mathematics

Promotion to Associate Professor        

• Luchang Jin, Physics

Promotion to Professor In-Residence   

• Barbara Gurr, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Fatma Selampinar, Chemistry

Promotion to Associate Professor In-Residence

• Stefan Bronner, Literatures, Cultures, & Languages
• Clyde Cady, Chemistry
• John Cooley, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Mary Donegan, Urban and Community Studies
• Sean Forbes, English
• Beth Ginsberg, Political Science
• Katherine Hall, Mathematics
• Oliver Hiob Bansal, English
• David McArdle, Mathematics
• Belter Ordaz Mendoza, Physics
• Noga Shemer, Anthropology
• Geoffrey Tanner, Physiology & Neurobiology

Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor        

• Thomas Hinchey, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences

Nursing

Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor

• Anna Bourgault
• Carrie Eaton
• Marianne Snyder

Pharmacy

Promotion to Professor

• Andrew Wiemer, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Promotion to Clinical Professor

• Khanh (Devra) Dang, Pharmacy Practice

Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor        

• Christina Polomoff, Pharmacy Practice

Social Work

Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure

• Megan Feely
• Margaret Lloyd Sieger
• Nathanael Okpych

Promotion to Professor

• Megan S. Berthold
• Lisa Werkmeister Rozas