Chancellor announces faculty promotions, tenure for 2015
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved promotion and the award of tenure where indicated for 67 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 46 individuals at KU Medical Center.
Chancellor Gray-Little, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter, who chairs the University Committee on Promotion and Tenure on the Lawrence campus, and Dr. Douglas Girod, executive vice chancellor at KU Medical Center, issued a joint statement of congratulations.
“Congratulations to the outstanding faculty and researchers who’ve reached the next milestone in their careers. KU’s dedicated scholars and educators are addressing the challenges of our changing world and propelling this university forward as a major research institution. Their enthusiasm and contributions further our mission of educating leaders, building healthy communities and making discoveries that change the world. The commitment they have to ensure students succeed is inspiring.
“As always, the University Committees on Promotion and Tenure on both campuses did an excellent job evaluating the many eligible candidates. We hope the entire university will join us in recognizing these educators who uphold the institution's ideals through research, teaching and service.”
KU Lawrence and Edwards campuses
To full professor
- Glenn E. Adams, psychology
- Ronald M. Barrett-Gonzalez, aerospace engineering
- Henry Bial, theatre
- Sharon A. Billings, ecology & evolutionary biology, senior scientist Kansas Biological Survey
- Chris Brown, geography
- Nathaniel A. Brunsell, geography
- Byron Caminero-Santangelo, English
- Andrew N.K. Chen, business
- Dorothy M. Daley, public affairs & administration/environmental studies program
- Dale Dorsey, philosophy
- Ben Eggleston, philosophy
- Jin Feng, mathematics
- Kenneth J. Fischer, mechanical engineering
- Truman C. Gamblin, molecular biosciences
- Wonpil Im, molecular biosciences, bioinformatics
- Yolanda Jackson, psychology, applied behavioral science, clinical child psychology program
- Ted P. Juhl, economics
- Paul T. Kelton, history
- Audrey L. Lamb, molecular biosciences
- Jennifer S. Laurence, pharmaceutical chemistry
- Scott B. Murphy, music
- Diane C. Nielsen, curriculum & teaching
- Shannon O'Lear, geography, environmental studies program
- Scott Reinardy, journalism
- Emily E. Scott, medicinal chemistry
- Sean J. Smith, special education
- Joy K. Ward, ecology & evolutionary biology
- Elizabeth A. Kronk Warner, law*
- Tara S. Welch, classics
- Stacey S. White, urban planning
*with tenure
To associate professor with tenure
- Mizuki Azuma, molecular biosciences
- Justin P. Blumenstiel, ecology & evolutionary biology
- Mariana P. Candido, history
- Yvonnes Chen, journalism
- Jerry Crawford II, journalism
- Alexander C. Diener, geography
- Florence DiGennaro Reed, applied behavioral science
- Heather Getha-Taylor, public affairs & administration
- Nicole Hodges Persley, theatre
- Sheyda Jahanbani, history
- Kyoungchul Kong, physics & astronomy
- Yan Li, East Asian languages & cultures
- Amy N. Mendenhall, social welfare
- Utako Minai, linguistics
- Andreas Moeller, geology
- Shannon K. Portillo, public affairs & administration
- Derek D. Reed, applied behavioral science
- Shenqiang Ren, chemistry
- Kathryn A. Rhine, anthropology
- Rebecca L. Rovit, theatre
- Frederic Sellet, anthropology
- Andrew Short, ecology & evolutionary biology, associate curator, Biodiversity Institute
- Leigh A. Stearns, geology
- D. Alan Street, music
- Zsolt Talata, mathematics
- Annie Tremblay, linguistics
- Xuemin Tu, mathematics
- Anne Williford, social welfare
- Alesia Woszidlo, communication studies
- Hui Xiao, east Asian languages & cultures
- Kyoim Yun, east Asian languages & cultures
Academic staff
- Pamela Keller, law, to clinical professor
- W. Matthew Gillispie, speech, language, hearing: science & disorders, to clinical associate professor
- Kristin Pedersen, speech, language, hearing: science & disorders, to clinical associate professor
Office of Research
- Amy Gaumer Erickson, Center for Research on Learning, to associate research professor
- Jean P. Hall, Center for Research on Learning, to research professor
- Fernando Rodriguez-Morales, Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, to associate research professor
KU Medical Center campuses
To professor (previously tenured)
- Sandra Bergquist Beringer, School of Nursing
- Christine Daley, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Family Medicine
- Timothy Fields, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Philip Johnson, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Radiology
- Kenneth McCarson, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
- Jianming Qiu, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Microbiology
Tenure awarded (at current rank of professor)
- Mazen Dimachkie, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Neurology
To professor (affiliate track, Mid-America Cardiologist, nontenure track)
- Kamal Gupta, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
To professor (affiliate track, Stowers Institute, nontenure track)
- Michael Washburn, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
To professor (clinical track, part-time nontenure track)
- Jacqueline Osland, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Surgery
To clinical professor (clinical track, full-time, nontenure track)
- Katherine Fletcher, School of Nursing
Tenure awarded (at current rank of associate professor)
- Mazin Alkasspooles, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Surgery
- Francisco Diaz-Ceballos, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Biostatistics
- Tomoo Iwakuma, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Cancer Biology
- Susana Patton, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pediatrics
- Shahid Umar, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
To associate professor with tenure
- Sandra Billinger, School of Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
- Joshua Broghammer, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Urology
- Vargheese Chennathukuzhi, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
- Jill Hamilton-Reeves, School of Health Professions Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
- Megha Ramaswamy, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Preventive Medicine
To associate professor on clinical scholar track (nontenure track)
- Omar Aljitawi, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
- Wei Cui, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Mirsad Dupanovic, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Anesthesiology
- Tuba Esfandyari, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
- Clinton Humphrey, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Otolaryngology
- Christopher Larsen, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Otolaryngology
- Angela Mayorga May, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
- Prakash Neupane, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
- Madhuri Reddy, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Matthew Sharpe, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
- Kerri Weeks, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Pediatrics
- Sri Yarlagadda, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
- Jana Zaudke, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Family Medicine
To clinical associate professor (clinical track, full-time, nontenure track)
- Yvonne Colgrove, School of Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
- Janet Hudzicki, School of Health Professions Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Mary Meyer, School of Nursing
To clinical associate professor (clinical track, part-time, nontenure track)
- Kent Bradley, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Robert Kraft, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Family and Community Medicine
- Zachary Kuhlmann, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Jane Sosland, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pediatrics
To clinical associate professor (clinical track, volunteer, nontenure track)
- Debra Desilet-Dobbs, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Radiology
- Steve Hwang, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Pathology
- Pavan Reddy, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Internal Medicine
- Stephen Thornton, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Emergency Medicine
To research associate professor (research track, full-time, nontenure track)
- Kathleen Gustafson, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Neurology.