July 12, 2005 issue
EMU regents approve 57 faculty promotions, grant tenure to 47

By Abby Palmer

 

Fifty-seven Eastern Michigan University faculty members were promoted and 47 were granted tenure by the EMU Board of Regents at its regular meeting June 21.

Faculty who apply for promotion are evaluated by standards provided in the Eastern Michigan University/EMU American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Master Agreement and individual evaluation documents established for each academic department. Evaluation standards address instructional effectiveness, scholarly and/or creative activity and service.

Newly hired tenure-track faculty, who are on probation, are evaluated annually in accordance with the EMU/EMU AAUP's contract. Faculty are evaluated on instructional effectiveness, service and scholarly and/or creative activity. Favorable probationary evaluations and a favorable, final full evaluation lead to a recommendation for tenure.

Of the 47 newly tenured faculty, 37 also were on the list of those promoted.

Faculty who were promoted and granted tenure are:

Alexander

Kristine Ajrouch, associate professor, sociology, anthropology and criminology;

Jessica Alexander, associate professor, communication and theatre arts;

Mohammad Bari, associate professor, School of Engineering Technology;

Kevin Blake-Gustavson, associate professor, geography and geology;

Burton

Jacob Blumner, associate professor, English language and literature;

Daniel Brickner, associate professor, accounting and finance;

Wendy Burke, associate professor, teacher education;

Ella Burton, associate professor, leadership and counseling;

Kathleen Chamberlain, associate professor, history and philosophy;

Sanjib Chowdhury, associate professor, management;

Daniel Clemans, associate professor, biology;

Csicsila

Marilyn Corsianos, associate professor, sociology, anthropology and criminology;

Joseph Csicsila, associate professor, English language and literature;

John Dehoog, associate professor, art;

Margo Dichtelmiller, associate professor, teacher education;

Heidi Estrem, associate professor, English language and literature;

Grondona

Roberta Faust, associate professor, School of Health Promotion and Human Performance;

Veronica Grondona, associate professor, English language and literature;

Deborah Harmon, associate professor, teacher education;

Angela Hwang, associate professor, accounting and finance;

Andrea Kaston-Tange, associate professor, English language and literature;

Kuehn

Kevin Kuehn, associate professor, biology;

Barbara Leapard, associate professor, mathematics;

Jon Margerum-Leys, associate professor, teacher education;

Nelson Maylone, associate professor, teacher education;

Stephen McGregor, associate professor, School of Health Promotion and Human Performance;

Muralidharan Nair, associate professor, School of Health Promotion and Human Performance;

Pilato

Richard Nation, associate professor, history and philosophy;

Brian Nelson, associate professor, art;

Denise Pilato, associate professor, School of Technology Studies;

Elsa Poh, associate professor, computer science;

Maria-Serena Poli, associate professor, geography and geology;

Schulz

Mary Rearick, associate professor, teacher education;

Eric Schulz, associate professor, management;

Lauren Sickels-Taves, associate professor, geography and geology;

Diana Wong, associate professor, management;

Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, associate professor, leadership and counseling;

Faculty members who received promotions and their new titles are:

Jihad Albayyari, professor, School of Engineering Technology;

Wallace Bridges, professor, communication and theatre arts;

Brown-Chappell

Betty Brown-Chappell, professor, School of Social Work;

Susan Gregory, professor, School of Technology Studies;

Giri Jogaratnam, professor, School of Technology Studies;

David Kass, professor, biology;

Vance Kennedy, professor, chemistry;

Tsai-Ping Li, associate professor, special education;

Paul Majeske, associate professor, school of technology studies;

Melissa Motschall, professor, English language and literature;

Reinhardt

Dennis Patrick, professor, communication and theatre arts;

Alice Jo Rainville, professor, School of Health Sciences;

Ulrich Reinhardt, associate professor, biology;

Anita Rich, professor, communication and theatre arts;

Joseph Scazzero, professor, accounting and finance;

Julie Stone, professor, music and dance;

John Tonkovich, professor, special education;

Winning

Kelly Welker, associate professor, School of Technology Studies;

Pat Williams-Boyd, professor, teacher education;

Robert Winning, professor, biology;

Faculty members who received tenure appointments only include:

Colleen Croxall, assistant professor, School of Health Sciences;

Reeves

Lisa Klopfer, assistant professor, library;

Dean Lauterbach, associate professor, psychology;

Vernon Polite, professor, leadership and counseling, African-American studies;

Gretchen Reeves, associate professor, School of Health Services;

David Richard, associate professor, psychology;

Schulz

Barbara Ross, associate professor, accounting and finance;

Karen Saules, associate professor, psychology;

Jeffrey Schulz, associate professor, School of Health Promotion and Human Performance;

Ronald Williamson, associate professor, leadership and counseling.