The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its Monday meeting.

Promotion to associate professor with tenure, collegiate faculty:

  • Ariel Ahram, government and international affairs;
  • Eric Bahel, economics;
  • Esther Bauer, foreign languages and literatures;
  • Bahareh Behkam, mechanical engineering;
  • Stanca (Mihaela) Ciupe, mathematics;
  • Melissa Coburn, foreign languages and literatures;
  • Eva Colla'kova, plant pathology, physiology, and weed science;
  • Deborah Dickerson, civil and environmental engineering;
  • Robert Efird, foreign languages and literatures;
  • Elizabeth Grant, architecture;
  • Jason (Matthew) Holliday, forest resources and environmental conservation;
  • Leanna House, statistics;
  • Sunghwan Jung, biomedical engineering and mechanics;
  • Stephen LaConte, biomedical engineering and mechanics / Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute;
  • Tristram McPherson, philosophy;
  • Constantin (Leonardo) Mihalcea, mathematics;
  • Michael Moehler, philosophy;
  • Kim Niewolny, agricultural, leadership, and community education;
  • Sakiko Okumoto, plant pathology, physiology, and weed science;
  • David Sample, biological systems engineering;
  • Birgit Scharf, biological sciences;
  • Sonja Schmid, science and technology in society;
  • Gary Seidel, aerospace and ocean engineering;
  • Ryan Senger, biological systems engineering;
  • Onur Seref, business information technology;
  • Sarah Sierra, foreign languages and literatures;
  • Manisha Singal, hospitality and tourism management;
  • Anne Staples, biomedical engineering and mechanics;
  • Brian Strahm, forest resources and environmental conservation;
  • Vinodh Venkatesh, foreign languages and literatures;
  • James Vollmer, English;
  • Abby Whittington, materials science and engineering / chemical engineering; and  
  • Yang Zhang, urban affairs and planning.

Tenure at the currently held rank of associate professor, collegiate faculty:

  • Mantu Hudait, electrical and computer engineering; and
  • Biswarup Mukhopadhyay, biochemistry.

Promotion to professor, collegiate faculty:

  • Masoud Agah, electrical and computer engineering;
  • Marwan Al-Haik, biomedical engineering and mechanics;
  • Brian Bond, sustainable biomaterials;
  • Thomas Brandon, civil and environmental engineering;
  • Urs Buehlmann, sustainable biomaterials;
  • Jaime Camelio, industrial and systems engineering;
  • Terry Clements, landscape architecture;
  • Rafael Davalos, biomedical engineering and mechanics;
  • Brenda Davy, human nutrition, foods, and exercise;
  • Stephen Edwards, computer science;
  • Paul Emmons, architecture;
  • Patrick Huber, physics;
  • Jill Kiecolt, sociology;
  • Neal King, sociology;
  • Brian Lattimer, mechanical engineering;
  • Dongmin Liu, human nutrition, foods, and exercise;
  • Chang Lu, chemical engineering;
  • Peizhen (Kathy) Lu, materials science and engineering;
  • Lin Ma, aerospace and ocean engineering;
  • Klaus Moeltner, agricultural and applied economics;
  • Ignacio Moore, biological sciences;
  • T. M. Murali, computer science;
  • Jung-Min (Jerry) Park, electrical and computer engineering;
  • Padmavathy Rajagopalan, chemical engineering;
  • Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, civil and environmental engineering;
  • Eric Sharpe, physics;
  • Steven Sheetz, accounting and information systems;
  • Mark Stremler, biomedical engineering and mechanics;
  • Deborah Tatar, computer science;
  • John Taylor, civil and environmental engineering;
  • Wade Thomason, crop and soil environmental sciences;
  • Pamela VandeVord, biomedical engineering and mechanics;
  • Jianhua (Jason) Xuan, electrical and computer engineering; and
  • Anne Zajac, biomedical sciences and pathobiology.

Promotion to advanced instructor, collegiate faculty:

  • Derley Aguilar, communication;
  • Cinita Easterwood, accounting and information systems;
  • Gebremeskel Gebremariam, economics;
  • Nicolin Girmes-Grieco, human nutrition, foods, and exercise;
  • Jessica Hurdus, mathematics; and
  • Evgeny Savel'ev, mathematics.

Promotion to senior instructor, collegiate faculty

  • Zana Combiths, English;
  • Serena Frost, English;
  • Jenny Lo, engineering education;
  • Pavli Mykerezi, agricultural technology;
  • Steven Oakey, English; and
  • Emily Wilkinson Stallings, communication.

Promotion to associate professor of practice, extra-collegiate faculty:

  • Keith Zawistowski, School of Architecture + Design, and
  • Marie Zawistowski, School of Architecture + Design.

Promotion to assistant professor of practice, extra-collegiate faculty:

  • Lynn Almond, accounting and information systems.

Promotion to professor, extra-collegiate faculty:

  • Andrew Dolloff, fish and wildlife conservation, and
  • John McGee, forest resources and environmental conservation.

Promotion to associate professor, extra-collegiate faculty:

  • Annette Bailey, University Libraries, and
  • Jess Jones, fish and wildlife conservation.

Continued appointment at the currently held rank of assistant professor, extra-collegiate faculty:

  • Kira Dietz, University Libraries, and
  • Jennifer Nardine, University Libraries.  

Continued appointment with promotion to associate professor, extra-collegiate faculty:

  • Rebecca Miller, University Libraries.

Promotion to senior Extension agent, extra-collegiate faculty: 

  • Kathryn Alstat, Greene County Cooperative Extension, and
  • Bruce Jones, Appomattox County Cooperative Extension.

Promotion to Extension agent, extra-collegiate faculty:

  • Dara Booher, Rockingham County Cooperative Extension;
  • Sonya D. Furgurson, Halifax County Cooperative Extension;
  • Jennifer Ligon, Buckingham Cooperative Extension;
  • Timothy Mize, Fauquier County Cooperative Extension;
  • Reginald B. Morris, City of Alexandria Cooperative Extension;
  • Kathryn Strong, Fairfax County Cooperative Extension; and
  • Tadashi Totten, City of Danville Cooperative Extension.

The Office of the Provost provided the information for this story. Content-related questions should be directed to Cyndi Hutchison at 540-231-2350.

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