May 04, 2020

51 faculty members earn promotion, tenure

The SIU Board of Trustees on April 30 approved promotions in academic rank and tenure for 51 faculty members effective with the 2020-2021 academic year in August or the 2021 fiscal year beginning in July.

They are, with department or school included:

  • Kofi Akamani, tenured associate professor, Agricultural Sciences/Forestry.
  • Jebaraj Asirvatham, tenured associate professor, Agricultural Sciences/Agribusiness Economics.
  • Heidi Bacon, tenured associate professor, Education/Curriculum and Instruction.
  • Benjamin Bricker, tenured associate professor, Political Science.
  • Mary Bricker, tenured associate professor, Languages, Cultures and International Trade.
  • Lavern Byfield, tenured associate professor, Education/Curriculum and Instruction.
  • Kwangho Choiy, tenured associate professor, Mathematics.
  • Farhan Chowdhury, tenured associate professor, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes.
  • Andrew Croxell, tenured associate professor, Automotive Technology.
  • Michael Eichholz, professor, Biological Sciences/Zoology.
  • Thomas Fagerholm, tenured associate professor, Theater.
  • Karla Fehr, tenured associate professor, Psychological and Behavioral Sciences/Psychology.
  • Alfred Frankowski, tenured associate professor, Philosophy.
  • Steven Goetz, tenured associate professor, Aviation Management and Flight.
  • Jacob Haubenreich, tenured associate professor, Languages, Cultures and International Trade.
  • Qian Huang, tenured associate professor, School of Architecture.
  • Michael Hylin, tenured associate professor, Psychological and Behavioral Sciences/Psychology.
  • Travis Janssen, tenured associate professor, School of Art and Design.
  • Isaac Lausell, tenured associate professor, School of Music.
  • Ruopu Li, tenured associate professor, Earth Systems and Sustainability/Geography and Environmental Resources.
  • Chao Lu, tenured associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  • Dipanjan Mazumdar, tenured associate professor, Physics.
  • Justin McDaniel, tenured associate professor, Human Sciences/Public Health and Recreation Professions.
  • Donald Morris, tenured associate professor, Aviation Technologies.
  • Raymund Narag, tenured associate professor, Justice & Public Safety/Criminology and Criminal Justice.
  • John Reid Perkins-Buzo, tenured associate professor, Radio, Television, and Digital Media.
  • Jeffrey Punske, tenured associate professor, Linguistics.
  • Bethany Rader, tenured associate professor, Biological Sciences/Microbiology.
  • James Reifinger, tenured associate professor, School of Music.
  • Seyed Samadi, tenured associate professor, Mathematics.
  • Sylvia Smith, professor, Agricultural Sciences/Animal Science, Food and Nutrition.
  • Mark Wagner, professor, Anthropology.
  • Dennis Watson, professor, Agricultural Sciences/Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems.
  • Andrew Youpa, professor, Philosophy.

School of Medicine

  • Edem Agamah, professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Hematology/Oncology.
  • Beau Batton, professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/Neonatology.
  • Nada Berry, associate professor of clinical surgery, Surgery/Plastic Surgery.
  • Giovanna Caprirolo, associate professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/Critical Care.
  • Krati Chauhan, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Rheumatology.
  • William Dixon, associate professor of family and community medicine, Family and Community Medicine.
  • Keith Gagnon, tenured associate professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology.
  • Michael Jakoby, professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Endocrinology.
  • Rebecca Larson, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Dermatology.
  • Charmaine Mziray-Andrew, associate professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/Gastroenterology.
  • Vidhya Prakash, professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease.
  • Laurie Ryznyk, professor, Family and Community Medicine/Physician Assistant Program.
  • Diana Sarko, tenured associate professor, Anatomy.
  • Nicole Sommer, professor of clinical surgery, Surgery/Plastic Surgery.
  • Vidya Sundarashan, professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease.
  • Sameer Vohra, education associate professor, Population Science and Policy.
  • James Waymack, tenured associate professor, Emergency Medicine.