SAVANNAH – Mercer'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 22 meeting:
Promotions, Tenure and Emeriti Status:
College of Liberal Arts
John Chalfa, promoted to associate professor emeritus
Thomas Glennon, promoted to professor emeritus
Christopher Grant, promoted to professor
Anita Olson Gustafson, awarded tenure
Mary Hope McIlwain, promoted to professor
Tanya Sharon, promoted to professor
Laurie White, promoted to professor emerita
Marian Zielinski, promoted to professor emerita
Katharine Northcutt, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Amy Wiles, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Walter F. George School of Law
Isaac (Zack) Buck, promoted to associate professor
Jessica Feinberg, awarded tenure
Oren Griffin, promoted to professor
College of Pharmacy
James W. Bartling, promoted to associate professor emeritus
School of Medicine
Marie Dent, promoted to professor (administrative track)
Fred S. Girton, promoted to professor emeritus of family medicine
Daniel V. Hagan, promoted to professor emeritus of anesthesiology
Natalie M. Hogan, promoted to associate professor (clinical educator)
John A. Hudson, promoted to professor emeritus of internal medicine/cardiology
Joshua E. Lane, promoted to associate professor (clinical track)
Umesh Narsinghani, promoted to professor (non-tenure clinical track)
Monali Sakhalkar, promoted to associate professor (clinical track)
Sylvia Shellenberger, promoted to professor emerita of psychology
Jean R. Sumner, awarded tenure and promoted to professor and dean
Jerome P. Tift, promoted to professor emeritus of pathology
Joseph M. Van De Water, promoted to professor emeritus of surgery
Robert J. Visalli, awarded tenure
School of Engineering
George Hayhoe, promoted to professor emeritus
Sinjae Hyun, promoted to professor
Jack Mahaney, promoted to associate professor emeritus
Tift College of Education
Sharon Augustine, awarded tenure
Jacquelyn Culpepper, promoted to associate professor emerita
Andrew Grunzke, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Jeffrey Hall, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Sybil Keesbury, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Ronald Knorr, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Margaret Morris, promoted to professor emerita
Albert Stramiello, promoted to professor emeritus
James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology
R. Alan Culpepper, promoted to dean emeritus and professor emeritus of New Testament
Penfield College
Donald Redmond, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Karen O'Neill Lacey, promoted to associate professor emerita of English
College of Health Professions
Lisa M. Lundquist, awarded tenure and promoted to professor
University Libraries
Amy Gratz, promoted to assistant professor
Sabbaticals
College of Liberal Arts
William J. Jenkins, spring 2017
Charlotte Thomas, academic year 2016-2017
Walter F. George School of Law
Teri McMurtry-Chubb, spring 2017
School of Engineering
Sinjae Hyun, fall 2016
Tift College of Education
debra leigh walls rosenstein, spring 2017
Jane West Sinner, fall 2017
James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology
Thomas Slater, fall 2016
Graham Walker, spring 2017
Penfield College
Fred Bongiovanni, spring 2017
Charles Roberts, academic year 2016-2017
Zipangani Vokhiwa, fall 2016
