The Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure, sabbaticals and emeriti status for faculty from the University's colleges and schools and University libraries during the April 19 board meeting.
Tenure and Promotions:
College of Continuing and Professional Studies
Greg Baugher, promotion to assistant professor
Diane Clark, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
John Colin Harris, named professor emeritus
Kenyon Knapp, associate professor, awarded tenure
Michael Roty, promotion to associate professor
Karen Rowland, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
V. Lynn Tankersley, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
Zipangani Vokhiwa, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
College of Liberal Arts
Richard C. Fallis, named professor emeritus
Sam Hutto, named professor emeritus
Andrew Pounds, promotion to professor
Deneen Senasi, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
Andrew Silver, promotion to professor
Anya Silver, promotion to professor
College of Health Professions
Nannette C. Turner, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Laurel Ashworth, named professor emerita
W. Klugh Kennedy, promotion to clinical professor and associate professor
Kathryn M. Momary, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
Gina J. Ryan, promotion to clinical professor
Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics
Susan P. Gilbert, professor, awarded tenure
Etienne Musonera, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
J. Michael Weber, promotion to professor
School of Engineering
Monika Bubacz, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
T. Anthony Choi, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
Marjorie Davis, named professor emerita
Helen Grady, promotion to professor
David McClellan, named professor emeritus
Edward M. O'Brien, promotion to professor
School of Medicine
David Burtner, named professor emeritus
Lora Denton, promotion to clinical associate professor
Jason Gardiner, promotion to clinical associate professor
Ritu Kumar, promotion to academic associate professor
Jan LaBeause, named professor emerita
S. Alan Lord, promotion to academic associate professor
Kim Meeks, promotion to library assistant professor
Ahmed Shah, promotion to academic associate professor
Qian Wang, awarded tenure and promotion to academic associate professor
Oliver C. Whipple, promotion to academic associate professor
Steve Williams, promotion to academic associate professor
Zhi-Qing Zhao, promotion to academic professor
Tift College of Education
Theodorea Berry, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
Carl R. Martray, named dean emeritus
Wynetta Scott-Simmons, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
Karen Weller Swanson, associate professor, awarded tenure
Sylvia Taylor, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
Jane West, associate professor, awarded tenure
Townsend School of Music
Richard Kosowski, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor
University Libraries
Judith Brook, named professor emerita
Kim Eccles, promotion to associate professor
Florence Tang, promotion to associate professor
Walter F. George School of Law
Monica Armstrong, associate professor, awarded tenure
Harold S. Lewis, named professor emeritus
Scott Titshaw, associate professor, awarded tenure
Sabbaticals
College of Continuing and Professional Studies
Hani Khoury, professor of mathematics, was approved for a sabbatical for spring 2014
Clinton Terry, associate professor of history, was approved for a sabbatical for spring 2014
College of Liberal Arts
Craig Byron, associate professor of biology, was approved for a sabbatical for fall 2013 or full academic year, contingent on external funding.
John Chalfa, associate professor of journalism and media studies, was approved for a sabbatical for spring 2014.
Randall Harshbarger, associate professor of cultural studies, was approved for a sabbatical for fall 2013.
Jeffrey Hugdahl, professor of chemistry, was approved for a sabbatical for fall 2013
Paul Lewis, associate professor of Christianity, was approved for a sabbatical for a full academic year, contingent on external funding.
Deneen Senasi, assistant professor of English, was approved for a sabbatical for fall 2013.
Bridget Trogden, associate professor of chemistry, was approved for a sabbatical for spring 2014.
Bryan Whitfield, associate professor of Christianity, was approved for a sabbatical for spring 2014.
James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology
David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and director of the Center for Theology and Public Life, was approved for a sabbatical for fall 2013.
Tift College of Education
William Lacefield, professor of mathematics education, was approved for a sabbatical for spring 2014.
Walter F. George School of Law
Linda Jellum, professor of law, was approved for a sabbatical for fall 2013.
Stephen Johnson, professor of law, was approved for a sabbatical for spring 2014.
