The University of Connecticut Office of the Provost is pleased to announce the award of promotion and\/or tenure to 91 faculty across its multiple campuses.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Jason Henderson, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture<\/p>\n Elaine Lee, Kinesiology<\/p>\n Charles Towe, Agriculture and Resource Economics<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Neha Mishra, Pathobiology and Veterinary Sciences<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor And Tenure<\/strong><\/p>\n Sohyun Park, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture<\/p>\n Haiying Tao, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor In-Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n Maryclaire Capetta, Kinesiology<\/p>\n Eleni Diakogeorgiou, Kinesiology<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Extension Professor <\/strong><\/p>\n Thomas Worthley, Extension<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Cooperative Extension Educator<\/strong><\/p>\n Shuresh Ghimire, Extension<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Business<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promotion To Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Resul Cesur, Finance<\/p>\n Vishal Narayan, Marketing<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor And Tenure<\/strong><\/p>\n Stefan Hock, Marketing<\/p>\n Chrstina Kan, Marketing<\/p>\n Tao Lu, Operations and Information Management<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor In-Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n Alexander Amati, Finance<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promotion To Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Ali Bazzi, Electrical & Computer Engineering<\/p>\n Kay Wille, Civil & Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n Liang Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor And Tenure<\/strong><\/p>\n Derek Aguiar, Computing<\/p>\n Necmi Biyikli, Electrical & Computer Engineering<\/p>\n Kristin Morgan, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n Sina Shahbazmohamadi, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n Xueju Wang, Materials Science & Engineering<\/p>\n Yuanyuan Zhu, Materials Science & Engineering<\/p>\n Yi Zhang, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Tenure As Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Shalabh Gupta, Electrical & Computer Engineering<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Professor In-Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n Reza Sheikhi, Mechanical, Aerospace & Manufacturing Engineering<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fine Arts\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promotion to Professor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong> <\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Professor and Tenure\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer, Dramatic Arts<\/p>\n Sophie Shao, Music<\/p>\n Alexander Woodward, Dramatic Arts<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Law<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Professor And Tenure<\/strong><\/p>\n Jessica De Perio Wittman<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Clinical Professor <\/strong><\/p>\n Mary Beattie<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Clinical Professor <\/strong><\/p>\n Ashley Armstrong<\/p>\n Rachel Reeves<\/p>\n Rachel Timm<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Liberal Arts and Sciences<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promotion To Professor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n David Embrick, Sociology<\/p>\n Delia Furtado, Economics<\/p>\n Debarchana Ghosh, Geography<\/p>\n Julie Granger, Marine Sciences<\/p>\n Jason Hancock, Physics<\/p>\n Jie He, Chemistry<\/p>\n Nicholas Leadbeater, Chemistry<\/p>\n Marcus Rossberg, Philosophy<\/p>\n Beth Russell, Human Dev And Family Sciences<\/p>\n Michael Whitney, Marine Sciences<\/p>\n Sarah Willen, Anthropology<\/p>\n Yaowu Yuan, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology<\/p>\n Jing Zhao, Chemistry<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor And Tenure <\/strong><\/p>\n Dexter Gabriel, History<\/p>\n Aoife Heaslip, Molecular And Cell Biology<\/p>\n Sean Li, Mathematics<\/p>\n Daniel McCarron, Physics<\/p>\n Linnaea Ostroff, Physiology And Neurobiology<\/p>\n Alexandra Paxton, Psychological Sciences<\/p>\n Evan Perkoski, Political Science<\/p>\n Debapriya Sarkar, English<\/p>\n Ilya Sochnikov, Physics<\/p>\n Clay Tabor, Earth Sciences<\/p>\n Tracy Llanera, Philosophy<\/p>\n Xiang Chen, Geography<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Tenure As Associate Professor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Scott Wallace, Journalism<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Professor In-Residence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Lisa Blansett, English<\/p>\n Michael Finiguerra, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology<\/p>\n Susan Herrick, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology<\/p>\n Sherry Zane, Women’s Gender And Sexuality Studies<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Professor In-Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n Jessica Dafhne Aguirre, Chemistry<\/p>\n Anne Basaran, Communication<\/p>\n Tianxu Chen, Economics<\/p>\n Sarah Decapua, English<\/p>\n Jeffrey Divino, Physiology And Neurobiology<\/p>\n Vindya Pathirana, Mathematics<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Clinical Professor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Nicole Gallagher, Speech, Language, And Hearing Sciences<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Clinical Professor <\/strong><\/p>\n Kacie Wittke, Speech, Language, And Hearing Sciences<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promotion To Associate Research Professor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Jamie Vaudrey, Marine Sciences<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Library<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 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