57 faculty members earn promotion, tenure

The SIU Board of Trustees today approved promotions in academic rank and tenure for 57 faculty members effective with the 2016-17 academic year. They are: 

College of Agricultural Sciences

• Ira Altman, professor, Agribusiness Economics
• Gary Apgar, professor, Animal Science, Food and Nutrition
• Eric Holzmueller, professor, Forestry

College of Applied Sciences and Arts

• Bryan Harrison, tenured associate professor, Aviation Management and Flight
• Seung-Hee Lee, tenured professor, School of Architecture
• Andrey Soares, tenured associate professor, Information Systems and Applied Technologies

College of Business

• Saiying Deng, tenured associate professor, Finance
• Marc Morris, tenured associate professor, Accountancy

College of Education and Human Services

• Jennifer Koran, tenured associate professor, Counseling, Quantitative Methods, and Special Education
• Cheng-Yao Lin, professor, Curriculum and Instruction
• C. Sebastian Loh, professor, Curriculum and Instruction
• Dona J. Reese, professor, Social Work
• Patricia Saleeby, tenured associate professor, Social Work
• Crystal Shelby-Caffey, tenured associate professor, Curriculum and Instruction
• Yanyan Sheng, professor, Counseling, Quantitative Methods, and Special Education
• Taeho Yoh, professor, Kinesiology

College of Engineering

• Kent Hsiao, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Yanna Liang, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

College of Liberal Arts

• Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, professor, School of Art and Design
• Douglas Berger, professor, Philosophy
• Jessica A. Crowe, tenured associate professor, Sociology
• Ronda Dively, professor, English
• Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, professor, Communication Studies
• Holly Hurlburt, professor, History
• Jacob Juntunen, tenured associate professor, Theater
• Alan Kim, professor, Languages, Cultures, and International Trade
• Veronique Maisier, professor, Languages, Cultures, and International Trade
• Ryan Netzley, professor, English
• Kevin Sylwester, professor, Economics
• Douglas Worthen, tenured associate professor, School of Music

College of Mass Communication and Media Arts

• Cade Bursell, professor, Cinema and Photography
• Wenjing Xie, tenured associate professor, School of Journalism

College of Science

• Wesley Calvert, tenured associate professor, Mathematics
• Justin Filiberto, tenured associate professor, Geology
• Punit Kohli, professor, Chemistry
• Eric Schauber, professor, Zoology
• Saikat Talapatra, professor, Physics

School of Law

• Christopher Behan, professor, Law
• William Drennan, professor, Law
• Michael Koehler, tenured associate professor, Law
• Steven J. Macias, tenured associate professor, Law
• Andrew Pardieck, tenured associate professor, Law
• Nolan Wright, tenured associate professor, School of Law Library

SIU School of Medicine

• Tracy Aldridge, associate professor, Family and Community Medicine
• Craig Batterman, associate professor, Pediatrics
• Anna Cianciolo, tenured associate professor, Medical Education
• Ginger Darling, associate professor, Clinical Pediatrics
• Jonathan delaCruz, associate professor, Surgery
• Meghna Desai, associate professor, Internal Medicine
• Don Diemer, associate professor, Family and Community Medicine/PA Program
• Kanako Hayashi, tenured associate professor, Physiology
• Cheri Kelly, associate professor, Family and Community Medicine/PA Program
• Sara Malone, associate professor, Family and Community Medicine
• Timothy Ott, associate professor, Family and Community Medicine
• Vidhya Prakash, associate professor, Internal Medicine
• Jan Rakinic, professor Surgery
• Laura Salazar, associate professor, Internal Medicine