ATLANTA – Mercer University's Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure, emeriti status and sabbaticals for faculty from the University's 12 schools and colleges, as well as the University Libraries, during its April 17 meeting:
Promotions, Tenure and Emeriti Status:
College of Health Professions
Alyssa LaForme Fiss, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
College of Liberal Arts
Kevin Cummings, promoted to professor
Leona Kanter, promoted to associate professor emerita
Eric Klingelhofer, promoted to professor emeritus
Kathryn Kloepper, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Margaret Symington, promoted to professor
Virginia Young, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
College of Pharmacy
Ashish Advani, promoted to clinical associate professor
Renee Hayslett, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Lisa Lundquist, promoted to clinical professor
Pamela Moye, promoted to clinical associate professor
Stanley H. Pollock, promoted to professor emeritus
Angela Shogbon, promoted to clinical associate professor
James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology
Chanequa Walker-Barnes, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Penfield College
Caroline Brackette, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Richard Martin, promoted to professor
Melanie Pavich, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Sabrina Walthall, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
School of Engineering
Pam E. Brewer, awarded tenure
School of Medicine
Christopher Hendry, promoted to academic associate professor
Michael Horst, promoted to academic professor emeritus
David Mathis, promoted to academic professor
Prakash Elapulli (E.S.) Sankaranarayanan, awarded tenure
Melton Strozier, promoted to academic professor emeritus
Wei-Hsiung Yang, promoted to academic associate professor, awarded tenure
Tift College of Education
Elaine Artman, awarded tenure
Sharon Augustine, promoted to associate professor
Edward Bouie, awarded tenure
Lucy Bush, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Jabari Cain, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Geri Collins, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Pamela Larde, promoted to associate professor, awarded tenure
Townsend School of Music
John (Jack) Mitchener, promoted to professor, awarded tenure
Walter F. George School of Law
Deryl Dantzler, promoted to professor emerita
Jeremy Kidd, promoted to associate professor
Sabbaticals:
College of Liberal Arts
Natalie Bourdon, fall 2015
Darlene Flaming, fall 2015
David Goode, spring 2016
Keegan Greenier, spring 2016
Adam Kiefer, academic year 2015-16
Gary Richardson, spring 2016
Beth Stewart, academic year 2015-16
James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology
William Loyd Allen, spring 2016
R. Alan Culpepper, fall 2015
Penfield College
W. David Lane, fall 2015
Feng Liu, spring 2016
School of Engineering
Behnam Kamali, fall 2015
Jen-Nan Juang, spring 2016
School of Medicine
Richard Elliott, spring 2016
Tift College of Education
Sherah Carr, fall 2015
Paige L. Tompkins, fall 2015
Walter F. George School of Law
Sarah Gerwig-Moore, spring 2016
Oren Griffin, spring 2016
