April 29, 2021

64 faculty members earn tenure, promotion

The SIU Board of Trustees today, April 29, approved promotions in academic rank and tenure for 64 faculty members effective with the 2021-2022 academic year in August or the 2022 fiscal year beginning in July.

They are, with department or school included:

  • Mavis Adjei, professor, Management and Marketing.
  • Mont Allen, tenured associate professor, Languages, Cultures, and International Trade.
  • Iraklis Anagnostopoulos, tenured associate professor, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering.
  • Frank Anderson, professor, Biological Sciences.
  • Gayan Aruma Baduge, tenured associate professor, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering.
  • Lingguo Bu, professor, Education.
  • Kang Chen, tenured associate professor, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering.
  • Jessica Crowe, professor, Sociology.
  • Pravas Deria, tenured associate professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
  • Maria Claudia Franca, professor, Health Sciences.
  • Laurel Frederickson, tenured associate professor, Art and Design.
  • Karla Gage, tenured associate professor, Agricultural Sciences.
  • Blaine Heisner, tenured associate professor, Automotive Technology.
  • Harvey Henson, tenured associate professor, Education.
  • Henry Hexmoor, professor, Computing.
  • Tao Huang, tenured associate professor, Art and Design.
  • Jerzy Kocik, professor, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.
  • Arash Komaee, tenured associate professor, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering.
  • Jennifer Koran, professor, Education.
  • Eric Lenz, professor, Music.
  • Jia Liu, tenured associate professor, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering.
  • Katherine Martin, tenured associate professor, Linguistics.
  • Patrick McGrath, tenured associate professor, English.
  • Richard McKinnies, professor, Health Sciences.
  • Marc Morris, professor, Accountancy.
  • Kurt Neubig, tenured associate professor, Biological Sciences.
  • Andrew Pardieck, professor, School of Law.
  • Kyle Plunkett, professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
  • Mohtashim Shamsi, tenured associate professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
  • Koushik Sinha, tenured associate professor, Computing.
  • Satoshi Toyosaki, professor, Languages, Cultures, and International Trade.
  • Christopher Walczak, tenured associate professor, Music.

School of Medicine

  • Robert Abrams, clinical professor, Clinical Affairs/Maternal Fetal Medicine.
  • Hamid Al-Johany, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/General Internal Medicine.
  • Sacharitha Bowers, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Dermatology.
  • Gregory Brandt, professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/Hematology/Oncology.
  • Andrea Braundmeier, tenured associate professor, Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology.
  • Rexanne Caga-Anan, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/General Internal Medicine.
  • Mary Dobbins, professor of clinical family and community medicine, Family and Community Medicine.
  • Sandra Ettema, tenured associate professor, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
  • Arturo Garza-Cavazos, associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology/General Obstetrics and Gynecology.
  • Ruchika Goel, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Hematology/Oncology.
  • Samuel Grampsas, associate professor of clinical surgery, Surgery/Urology.
  • Erin Hascup, tenured associate professor, Neurology.
  • Rebecca Hoffman, associate professor of clinical family and community medicine, Family and Community Medicine.
  • Wiley Jenkins, research professor, Population Science and Policy.
  • Abhishek Kulkarni, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Cardiology.
  • Kristen Leadbetter, associate professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/Neonatology.
  • Brian Mailey, tenured associate professor, Surgery/Plastic Surgery.
  • Ryan Majcina, associate professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/Critical Care.
  • Dharmendra Nimavat, professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/Neonatology.
  • Norman Otsuka, tenured professor, Surgery/Orthopedics.
  • Amber Pond, tenured associate professor, Anatomy.
  • Prasad Poola, tenured associate professor, Surgery/General Surgery.
  • Krishna Rao, professor, Internal Medicine/Hematology/Oncology.
  • Adam Reid, tenured associate professor, Surgery/General Surgery.
  • Momin Siddique, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Cardiology.
  • Schuyler Stone, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/General Internal Medicine.
  • John Sutyak, professor, Surgery/General Surgery.
  • Johnny Tenegra, associate professor of clinical family and community medicine, Family and Community Medicine.
  • Christine Todd, professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/General Internal Medicine.
  • Sheref Unal, associate professor of clinical pediatrics, Pediatrics/General Pediatrics.
  • Sana Waqar, associate professor of clinical internal medicine, Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases.
  • Zhengui Zheng, tenured associate professor, Physiology.