May 14, 2015

51 faculty earn promotion, tenure

The SIU Board of Trustees today approved promotions in academic rank and tenure for 51 faculty members effective with the 2015-16 academic year. They are: 

College of Agricultural Sciences

  • Jeremy E. Davis, tenured associate professor, Animal Science, Food and Nutrition
  • Kenneth L. Diesburg, associate professor, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems
  • Logan O. Park, tenured associate professor, Forestry
  • Seburn L. Pense, professor, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems
  • Jon E. Schoonover, professor, Forestry
  • Brian C. Small, professor, Animal Science, Food and Nutrition 

College of Applied Sciences and Arts

  • Siwon Cho, tenured associate professor, Architecture
  • Daniel I. Mattingly, tenured associate professor, Aviation Technologies
  • Laura M. Morthland, tenured associate professor, Architecture
  • Samuel R. Pavel, tenured associate professor, Aviation Management and Flight
  • Eugene R. Talley, tenured associate professor, Automotive Technology 

College of Education and Human Services

  • Valerie E. Boyer, tenured associate professor, Rehabilitation Institute
  • Deborah A. Bruns, professor, Educational Psychology and Special Education
  • Bobbi A. Knapp, tenured associate professor, Kinesiology
  • Dhitinut Ratnapradipa, professor, Health Education and Recreation 

College of Engineering

  • Shaikh S. Ahmed, professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Asghar Esmaeeli, professor, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes
  • Prabir K. Kolay, tenured associate professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Kanchan Mondal, professor, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes
  • Emmanuel C. Nsofor, professor, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes 

College of Liberal Arts

  • W. Scott Blackwood, tenured associate professor, English
  • Carola Daffner, tenured associate professor, Languages, Cultures and International Trade
  • Daryl G. Kroner, professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Christopher W. Mullins, professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Mark A. Pease, tenured associate professor, Art and Design
  • Jean-Pierre Reed, tenured associate professor, Sociology
  • Patrick J. Rottinghaus, professor, Psychology
  • Justin T. Schoof, professor, Geography and Environmental Resources
  • Aaron W. Scott, tenured associate professor, Art and Design
  • Guangxing Wang, professor, Geography and Environmental Resources
  • Wendi R. Zea, tenured associate professor, Theater 

College of Mass Communication and Media Arts

  • Angela J. Aguayo, tenured associate professor, Cinema and Photography
  • Jay F. Needham, professor, Radio, Television, and Digital Media
  • Robert J. Spahr, tenured associate professor, Cinema and Photography
  • Aaron S. Veenstra, tenured associate professor, Journalism 

College of Science

  • Marjorie L. Brooks, tenured associate professor, Zoology
  • Zhihua Du, tenured associate professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • F. Agustín Jiménez-Ruiz, tenured associate professor, Zoology
  • Kyle N. Plunkett, tenured associate professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry 

School of Law

  • Nancy L. Strohmeyer, tenured associate professor, Law Library 

School of Medicine

  • Jeffrey Bennett, associate professor, Psychiatry
  • Kathleen Bottum, associate professor, Internal Medicine
  • Myto Duong, tenured associate professor, Surgery
  • Zachariah Gurnsey, associate professor, Internal Medicine
  • Harald Lausen, professor, Family and Community Medicine
  • Lauri Lopp, associate professor, Family and Community Medicine
  • Christopher McDowell, tenured associate professor, Surgery
  • Nichole Mirocha, associate professor, Family and Community Medicine
  • Rajagopal Sreedhar, associate professor, Internal Medicine
  • Vidya Sundareshan, associate professor, Internal Medicine
  • Jarrod Wall, tenured associate professor, Surgery