Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approves 2019 promotions, tenure, continued appointments
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, and continued appointments at its June 3 meeting.
Promotion to associate professor with tenure
- Nicole Abaid, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Irving Coy Allen, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Lara Anderson, physics
- Thomas Archibald, agricultural, leadership, and community education
- Brian Badgley, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Edwin Barnes, physics
- Scott Barrett, forest resources and environmental conservation
- Andrea Bertke, population health sciences
- Jennifer Bondy, sociology
- Cayelan Carey, biological sciences
- Leandro Castello, fish and wildlife conservation
- Clayton Caswell, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Julianne Chung, mathematics
- Kelly Cobourn, forest resources and environmental conservation
- Harpreet Singh Dhillon, electrical and computer engineering
- Samer El-Kadi, animal and poultry sciences
- Gonzalo Ferreira, dairy science
- James Gray, physics
- Adrienne Ivory, communication
- Ran Jin, industrial and system engineering
- Changhee Jung, computer science
- Luke Juran, geography
- Andrew Kemper, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Kiho Lee, animal and poultry sciences
- Yang Liu, mechanical engineering
- Nneka Logan, communication
- Paul Marek, entomology
- Frank May, marketing
- F. Marc Michel, geosciences
- Yuliya Minkova, modern and classical languages and literatures
- Shalini Misra, urban affairs and planning, School of Public and International Affairs
- Kimberly Morgan, agricultural and applied economics
- Marcus Myers, communication
- Amanda Nelson, School of Performing Arts
- Charles Nichols, School of Performing Arts
- Kenneth Oestreich, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Megan O'Rourke, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Bodicherla Aditya Prakash, computer science
- Jennifer Sano-Franchini, English
- Andrew Scerri, political science
- Kendra Sewall, biological sciences
- Nina Stark, civil and environmental engineering
- Robert Thomas, forest resources and environmental conservation
- Kelly Trogdon, philosophy
- Xiaowei Wu, statistics
- Ariana Wyatt, School of Performing Arts
- Yang (Cindy) Yi
Tenure at the currently held rank of associate professor
- Brook Kennedy, industrial design, School of Architecture + Design
- Robin Queen, biomedical engineering and mechanics
Promotion to professor
- Amos Abbott, electrical and computer engineering
- Shawn Askew, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Rolando Burgos, electrical and computer engineering
- Linda Dahlgren, large animal clinical sciences
- Raffaella De Vita, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Alexander Elgart, mathematics
- Michael Fox, biological sciences
- Emmanuel Frimpong, fish and wildlife conservation
- Feng Guo, statistics
- Dana Hawley, biological sciences
- Christine Kaestle, human development and family science
- Sarah Karpanty, fish and wildlife conservation
- Eric Kaufman, agricultural, leadership, and community education
- Lara Khansa, business information technology
- Giti Khodaparast, physics
- Zhenyu Kong, industrial and systems engineering
- M. Iuliana Lazar, biological sciences
- Louis Madsen, chemistry
- Harold McKenzie, large animal clinical sciences
- Kyungwha Park, physics
- Robert Rhoads, animal and poultry sciences
- Edmundo Rubio, internal medicine
- Walid Saad, electrical and computer engineering
- Birgit Scharf, biological sciences
- Gary Skaggs, School of Education
- John (Jake) Socha, biomedical engineering and mechanics
- Cornel Sultan, aerospace and ocean engineering
- Brian Unwin, family medicine
- Vinodh Venkatesh, modern and classical languages and literatures
- Robert Weiss, geosciences
- Christopher Williams, mechanical engineering
- Robert Williams, food science and technology
- Yaling Yang, electrical and computer engineering
- Danfeng Yao, computer science
- Wen You, agricultural and applied economics
- Lijuan Yuan, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Laura Zanotti, political science
Promotion to associate professor
- Mandy Atkinson, pediatrics
- Sameh Aziz, internal medicine
- Ralph (Allen) Blackwood, internal medicine
- Katie Love Bower, surgery
- Richard Cordle, pediatrics
- Emily Doherty, pediatrics
- Mahtab Foroozesh, internal medicine
- Monica Garin-LaFlam, pediatrics
- Douglas Grider, basic science education
- Susanti Ie, internal medicine
- Stephanie Lareau, emergency medicine
- Bruce Long, surgery
- Juan Olazagasti, pediatrics
- Biraj Patel, radiology
- Karen Perkins, family and community medicine
- Stephen Phillips, internal medicine
- Virginia Powel, pediatrics
- Erica Reynolds, pediatrics
- Marrieth Rubio, internal medicine
- Judy Smith, interprofessionalism
- Gary Swank, internal medicine
- Terri-ann Wattsman, surgery
- Eric Williams, internal medicine
Promotion to advanced instructor
- Edna Jasso-Hernandez, mathematics
- Matthew Komelski, human development and family science
- Promotion to senior instructor
- Jennifer Barton, English
- Heather Cox, human nutrition, foods, and exercise
- Neil Johnson, geosciences
- Edward Lautenschlager, English
- Brandi Quesenberry, communication
- Vanessa Ruccolo, English
- Ila Schepisi, human development and family science
- Jessica Schmale, mathematics
- Richard Seyler, biological sciences
- Promotion to professor of practice
- Derek Klock, finance
- Promotion to collegiate assistant professor
- Brandy Faulkner, political science
- Courtney Thomas, political science
Promotion to collegiate associate professor
- Kristie Cooper, electrical and computer engineering
- Anne Driscoll, statistics
- Suchitra Samanta, sociology
Promotion to clinical associate professor
- Sabrina Barry, small animal clinical sciences
- James Brown, large animal clinical sciences
- Thomas Cecere, biomedical sciences and pathobiology
- Rebecca Funk, large animal clinical sciences
- John Gratto, School of Education
Promotion to clinical professor
- Carol Cash, School of Education
Continued appointment with promotion to associate professor
- Andrea Ogier, University Libraries
- Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker, University Libraries
- Anita Walz, University Libraries
Continued appointment at the currently held rank of associate professor
- Yi Shen, University Libraries
Promotion to senior Extension agent
- Michael Andruczyk, City of Chesapeake Cooperative Extension
- Kevin Camm, City of Lynchburg Cooperative Extension
Promotion to Extension agent:
- Alani Adkins, City of Danville Cooperative Extension
- Michael Broaddus, Caroline County Cooperative Extension
- Sarah Crews, Goochland County Cooperative Extension
- Douglas Horn, Rockingham County Cooperative Extension
- Phillip Meeks, Wise County Cooperative Extension
- Teresa Misch, King George County Cooperative Extension
- Tyler Painter, Floyd County Cooperative Extension
- Hannah Robbins, Dinwiddie County Cooperative Extension
- Hunter Romano, Wise County Cooperative Extension
- Sandy Stoneman, Wythe County Cooperative Extension
- Corissa Vanden Hoek, Nelson County Cooperative Extension
- Emily Wells, Wise County Cooperative Extension
- LaSonya White, Surry County Cooperative Extension
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