Board of visitors approves 2006 promotions, tenure, continued appointments
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved the following promotions, tenure, continued appointments, and administrative promotions at its June 12 meeting.
Promotion with tenure to associate professor, collegiate faculty:
- Jeffrey B. Arthur, management;
- James C. Bergh, entomology;
- Ebru K. Bish, industrial and systems engineering;
- Pamelia E. Brott, educational leadership and policy studies;
- R. Michael Buehrer, electrical and computer engineering;
- Clare J. Dannenberg, English;
- Weiguo (Patrick) Fan, accounting and information systems;
- April L. Few, human development;
- John H. Fike, crop and soil environmental sciences;
- Aaron S. Goldstein, chemical engineering;
- Denis Gracanin, computer science;
- Médoune Guèye, foreign languages and literatures;
- Thurmon E. Lockhart, industrial and systems engineering;
- Thomas L. Martin, electrical and computer engineering
- D. Scott McCrickard, computer science;
- John M. McDowell, plant pathology, physiology, and weed science;
- Marian B. Mollin, history;
- Christopher L. North, computer science;
- Moses E. Panford, foreign languages and literatures;
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, computer science;
- Philip J. Radtke, forestry;
- Rebecca K. Splan, animal and poultry sciences;
- Christopher D. Teutsch, crop and soil environmental sciences;
- Linda G. Wallace, accounting and information systems;
- R. Janell Watson, foreign languages and literatures;
- Yonsenia S. White, art and art history;
- Sharon Witonsky, large animal clinical sciences
- Craig A. Woolsey, aerospace and ocean engineering; and
- Zhaomin Yang, biological sciences;
Tenure at the currently held rank of associate professor, collegiate faculty:
- Jonathan A. Abbott, small animal clinical sciences;
- Thomas R. Fox, forestry;
- Robert E. Lang, Metropolitan Institute;
- Adrian Sandu, computer science;
- Danesh K. Tafti, mechanical engineering; and
- Gordon Yee, chemistry.
Promotion to professor, collegiate faculty:
- Gregory S. Amacher, forestry;
- Paul Angermeier, fisheries and wildlife sciences;
- Jeffrey Borggaard, mathematics;
- Brian M. Britt, interdisciplinary studies;
- Deborah F. Cook, business information technology;
- David F. Cox, chemical engineering;
- Elizabeth G. Creamer, educational leadership and policy studies;
- Patricia Dove, geosciences;
- Stefan M. Duma, mechanical engineering;
- Kevin P. Granata, engineering science and mechanics;
- Bernice L. Hausman, English;
- James R. Heflin, physics;
- Michael S. Hsiao, electrical and computer engineering;
- Brian M. Kleiner, industrial and systems engineering;
- John J. Lesko, engineering science and mechanics;
- Wayne A. Scales, electrical and computer engineering;
- Edward J. Smith, animal and poultry sciences;
- John D. Stahl, English;
- Robert Stephens, psychology;
- Uwe C. Täuber, physics;
- Uri Vandsburger, mechanical engineering;
- Yue (Joseph) Wang, electrical and computer engineering;
- Mary Leigh Wolfe, biological systems engineering;
- Dennis T. Yang, economics; and
- Audrey Zink-Sharp, wood science and forest products.
Promotion to professor, extra-collegiate faculty:
- Jeffrey L. Kirwan, Forestry Extension Specialist.
Promotion to associate professor, extra-collegiate faculty:
- Ellen M. Krupar, University Libraries.
Administrative promotion to assistant professor, extra-collegiate faculty:
- Mary C. Finn, technical services/expedited cataloging, University Libraries.
Administrative promotion to Extension agent, extra-collegiate faculty:
- Karen Baker, Hampton Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Campbell John Barrett, Warren County Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Melanie Barrow, Henry Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Kaci Coppedge, Orange Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Susan French, Virginia Beach Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Scott Jerrell, Scott County Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Matthew Lewis, Northumberland Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Matthew Miller, Carroll County Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Jeannie Mullins, Lee County Virginia Cooperative Extension;
- Sandra Shortridge, Buchanan County Virginia Cooperative Extension; and
- Gary Thomas, King George Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Administrative promotion to Extension senior agent, extra-collegiate faculty:
- Samuel Johnson, Westmoreland Virginia Cooperative Extension.
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