The University of Georgia has sanctioned the advancement of 215 faculty members. The individuals achieving a promotion are:
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
To Professor: Gaelen R. Burke, entomology; Todd Riley Callaway, animal and dairy science; Donald E. Champagne, entomology; Lohitash Karumbaiah, animal and dairy science; Hongxiang Liu, animal and dairy science; Wesley Porter, crop and soil sciences; Jason Schmidt, entomology.
To Associate Professor: Lisa Leanne Baxter, crop and soil sciences; Malak A. Esseili, food science and technology; Pedro Fontes, animal and dairy science; Yukiko Hashida, agricultural and applied economics; Prafulla Regmi, poultry science; Henry Sintim, crop and soil sciences.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Virginia Lee Brown, Office of Learning and Organizational Development; Jason Duggin, animal and dairy science; Joseph Henry Laforest, entomology; Brittani K. Lee, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Alan Clark MacAllister, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Lucy E. Ray, Northeast District Cooperative Extension.
To Public Service Associate: John Elec Bennett, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Ashley Best, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Braxton Crews, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Josie Nicole Davis, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Kristen Pegues Ford, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Ashleigh Childs Geurin, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Rebecca Hunt Griffin, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Guy Albritton Hancock, agricultural and applied economics; Justin Hand, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Lindsey B. Hayes, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Sydni Barwick Ingram, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Susannah Martin Lanier, Southwest District Cooperative Extension; Jason Edward Mallard, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Jennifer T. Miller, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Laura Ney, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; Gregory Pittman, Northeast District Cooperative Extension; David Colby Royal, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Stephanie A. Skojac, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Zohregul Soltanmammedova, Northwest District Cooperative Extension; Christopher Todd Tyson, Southeast District Cooperative Extension; Megan Powell Veal, Southeast District Cooperative Extension.
To Public Service Assistant: David Crosson, Southwest District Cooperative Extension.
To Senior Research Scientist: Jennifer Thompson, crop and soil sciences.
College of Engineering
To Professor: Hitesh Handa, School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering; Beshoy Morkos, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering.
To Associate Professor: Matthew Vernon Bilskie, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering.
To Clinical Associate Professor: John Ray Morelock, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
To Principal Lecturer: Benjamin B. Wagner, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering; Kun Yao, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
To Senior Lecturer: Christopher Michael Herring, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Edwin Lim, School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering.
College of Environment and Design
To Professor: Rosanna G. Rivero.
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
To Professor: Alison Clune Berg, nutritional sciences; Kimberly Renee Skobba, financial planning, housing, and consumer economics.
To Associate Professor: Jermaine Durham, financial planning, housing, and consumer economics; Kalsea Koss, human development and family science; Catherine W. O’Neal, human development and family science; Yilang Peng, financial planning, housing, and consumer economics.
To Public Service Associate: Tracy Lee Rackensperger, Institute of Human Development and Disability.
College of Pharmacy
To Clinical Associate Professor: Wided Missaoui, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.
To Senior Public Service Associate: Barrett Andrew Darley, experience programs.
College of Public Health
To Professor: Lisa M. Renzi-Hammond, health promotion and behavior.
To Associate Professor: Jessica Knight, epidemiology and biostatistics.
To Clinical Professor: Kerstin Gerst Emerson, health policy and management.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Mumbi Adesuwa Anderson, health policy and management; Sarah S. Hamilton, health promotion and behavior.
College of Veterinary Medicine
To Professor: Brandy Burgess, population health; Bridget Garner, pathology; Marcia Ilha, pathology.
To Associate Professor: Christopher Cleveland, population health; Robyn Ellerbrock, large animal medicine; Yung-Yi Mosley, infectious diseases.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Brian Beasley, large animal medicine; Katherine Ellis, large animal medicine.
To Senior Lecturer: Paul Eubig, physiology and pharmacology; Karen Wells, physiology and pharmacology.
To Senior Research Scientist: Michael Dzimianski, infectious diseases.
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
To Professor: Tessa Marie Andrews, genetics; Analisa Arroyo, communication studies; John Patrick Bray, theatre and film studies; Clifton Buck, marine sciences; Malissa A. Clark, psychology; Katherine B. Ehrlich, psychology; Melissa Seymour Fahmy, philosophy; John Leeland Gibbs, theatre and film studies; Mary Goll, genetics; Weiwei Hu, mathematics; Ivan W. Ingermann, theatre and film studies; Peter V. Lane, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Vasant Muralidharan, cellular biology; Rielle Navitski, theatre and film studies; Dean J. Sabatinelli, psychology; Tina T. Salguero, chemistry; Marni Beth Shindelman, Lamar Dodd.
School of Art; Amanda Spivak, marine studies; Julie Stanton, cellular biology; Liza Stepanova, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Ting Zhang, statistical analysis.
To Associate Professor: Megan DeMarche, plant biology; David Mark Diamond, English literature; Ellyn Hamm Evans, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Alison P. Farley, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Jon Forrest, linguistics; Diana Graizbord, sociology; Attila Gyucha, anthropology; Kelly Marie Hines, chemistry; Samarchith Kurup, cellular biology; Sharina Maillo-Pozo, Romance languages; Shandra L. McDonald, theatre and film studies; Ramviyas Nattanmai Parasuraman, computer science; Amy Marie Petrongelli, Hugh Hodgson School of Music; Mattia Pistone, geology; Chelsea Ratcliff, communication studies; Allison L. Skinner-Sokpa, psychology; Breeanna Rae Urbanowicz, biochemistry and molecular biology; Wenwen Wang, computer science; Ruizhi Zhang, statistical analysis.
To Principal Lecturer: Danielle Bray, English literature; Perry W. Buffington, psychology; Michael B. Klipper, mathematics; David Latimer, Romance studies; Nancee Reeves, English literature; Eileen M. Wallace, Lamar Dodd School of Art.
To Senior Lecturer: Lisa Dolasinski, Romance studies; Holly Marie Gallagher, biological sciences; Julie Grainy, microbiology; Jessica M. Jensen, chemistry; Nicholas Michael Llewellyn, chemistry; Ruben Maillo-Pozo, Romance studies; Bobette Jo Otto, sociology; Hao Peng, computer science; Alexandra Shapiro, Germanic and Slavic languages (dual role in the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s language and literacy education department); Nandana Jayashantha Weliweriya Liyanage, physics and astronomy; Caroline Elizabeth Young, English literature.
To Academic Professional: Jonathan C. Vogt, Lamar Dodd School of Art.
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
To Professor: Neil Alan Landau, entertainment and media studies; Bartosz Wojdynski, journalism; Hye Jin Yoon Yasumatsu, advertising and public relations.
To Associate Professor: Matthew Nolte Evans, entertainment and media studies.
To Principal Lecturer: Kim Landrum, advertising and public relations.
To Senior Lecturer: Lori Johnston, journalism, and Ralitsa Vassileva, journalism.
Mary Frances Early College of Education
To Professor: Ashley J. Harrison, educational psychology; Kristin Sayeski, communication sciences and special education; Matthew M. Schmidt, workforce education and instructional technology.
To Associate Professor: Michael Barger, educational psychology; Cameron O’Neill Byerley, mathematics, science, and social studies education; Susan Ophelia Cannon, mathematics, science, and social studies education; Andrew Jackson, workforce education and instructional technology; Hannah Krimm, communication sciences and special education; Matthew James Madison, educational psychology; C. Missouri “Missy” Moore, counseling and human development services; Jessica Torelli, communication sciences and special education; Kelly J. Williams, communication sciences and special education; Jing Xu, kinesiology.
To Clinical Professor: Jami R. Berry, lifelong education, administration, and policy, and Terry Jean “TJ” Morgan Ragan, communication sciences and special education.
To Clinical Associate Professor: David Lawrence Chiesa, language and literacy education, and Monica Camille Williams, counseling and human development services.
To Principal Lecturer: Margaret “Meg” Hines, educational psychology, and Robyn Lynn Ovrick, mathematics, science, and social studies education.
To Senior Lecturer: Laurie Jane Achin, communication sciences and special education.
Odum School of Ecology
To Professor: Seth Wenger and Nina Wurzburger.
To Senior Lecturer: Allison Injaian and Amanda Rugenski.
School of Law
To Associate Professor: Thomas Kadri.
To Clinical Professor: Willow Tracy.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Melissa Redmon and Elizabeth Taxel.
To Librarian III: Amy Taylor, King Law Library.
School of Public and International Affairs
To Professor: Jeffery Berejikian, international relations; Rongbin Han, international relations; Daniel Hill, international relations; Eric Zeemering, public administration and policy.
To Associate Professor: David Cottrell, political science; Ryan Powers, international relations; Katelyn Stauffer, political science.
School of Social Work
To Clinical Professor: Anthony Joseph Mallon.
To Clinical Associate Professor: Rebecca Wells (joint role in the College of Public Health’s health promotion and behavior department).
Terry College of Business
To Professor: Neil Thomas Bendle, marketing; Marie Claude Boudreau, management information systems; Daniel L. Gamache, management; Ugur Lel, finance; Tim R. Samples, insurance, legal studies, and real estate; Ling Xue, management information systems.
To Associate Professor: Zhongjian Lin, John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics; James Garrett Matusik, management; Eli Sellinger-Liebman, John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics;
To Senior Lecturer: Tom Bramorski, management; Ryan Barrett Dietz, insurance, legal studies, and real estate; Marianne G. Fortuna, J.M. Tull School of Accounting; Karim Jetha, management information systems.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
To Professor: Douglas Aubrey, Joseph Dahlen, Brian Irwin, and Daniel Johnson.
To Associate Professor: Rebecca Abney and David Clabo.
To Senior Lecturer: Duncan Elkins.
University Libraries
To Librarian II: Kathleen Carter, Brown Media Archives, and Kathryn Manis, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
To Librarian III: Sarah Causey.
To Librarian IV: Maryalice “Mazie” Bowen, Adriane Hanson, Lindsey Reynolds (joint appointment in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ Lamar Dodd School of Art), and Jill Severn.
Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
To Senior Public Service Associate: Mona Behl, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; David Lakly, Carl Vinson Institute of Government; Scott Pippin, Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
To Public Service Associate: Ghassan Bitar, Small Business Development Center; Eugene Frimpong, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; Walt Keith Moore, Small Business Development Center; Robbie Parks, Small Business Development Center; Brittany Bullock Standifer, Archway Partnership.
Vice President for Research
To Associate Research Scientist: Xiaoyu Xu, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.
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