Promotion & Tenure Congratulations
The BGSU-FA congratulates our colleagues who have earned and been granted promotion, tenure, or both by the BGSU trustees at their meeting this past Friday. We honor their achievements, and will continue to work to ensure that all full-time faculty regardless of rank or title are afforded a path to promotion and academic freedom.
Promoted to Senior Lecturer:
Dr. Ian Young, philosophy; Dr. Scot MacPherson, Department of Architecture and Environmental Design.
Promoted to Lecturer:
Amy Fidler, School of Art; Dr. Meredith Gilbertson, sociology; Dr. Kamau Mbuthia, biological sciences; Dr. Matthew Partin, biological sciences; Dr. Raymond Schuck, communication; Tamera Wales, biological sciences; Julie Didelot, sociology; Kurt Hofmeister, Department of Construction Management; Christian Rogers, Department of Visual Communications and Technology Education; Jon Stevens, Department of Architecture and Environmental Design.
Promoted to Full Professor:
Dr. Lawrence Coates, English; Dr. Albert Dzur, political science; Dr. Dena Eber, School of Art; Mille Guldbeck, School of Art; Dr. Neal Jesse, political science; Dr. Steve Jex, psychology; Dr. Andrew Layden, physics and astronomy; Bonnie Mitchell, School of Art; Dr. Paul Morris, biological sciences; Dr. Dara Musher-Eizenman, psychology; Dr. Terry Rentner, School of Media and Communication; Dr. Craig Zirbel, mathematics and statistics; Dr. Sherry Sullivan, management; Dr. Alex Goberman, communication sciences and disorders; Dr. Laura Melton, music performance; Dr. Penny Thompson Kruse, music performance; Sara Bushong, University Libraries administration; Patricia Falk, Archival Collections and Branches; Stefanie Hunker, Archival Collections and Branches.
Granted Tenure:
Dr. Irina Stakhanova, German, Russian and East Asian Languages.
Granted Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor:
Dr. Gabriela Bidart-Bouzat, biological sciences; Dr. Kimberly Coates, English; Dr. Cynthia Ducar, romance and classical studies; Dr. Stephannie Gearhart, English; Dr. Ksenija Glusac, chemistry; Dr. Valeria Grinberg Pla, romance and classical studies; Dr. Rebecca Mancuso, history; Dr. Montana Miller, popular culture; Dr. Lee Nickoson, English; Dr. Wei Ning, mathematics and statistics; Dr. Kei Nomaguchi, sociology; Dr. Zhaohui Xu, biological sciences; Dr. Margaret Brooks, management; Dr. Paul Johnson, educational foundations, leadership and policy; Dr. Ashutosh Sohoni, family and consumer sciences; Dr. Eric (Rick) Worch, teaching and learning; Dr. Jacqueline Justice, English; Dr. Eftychia Papanikolaou, musicology/composition/theory; Susannah Cleveland, Archival Collections and Branches; Gwen Evans, Library Info Technology Services.