Campus News

Promotions and Tenure

The University of Georgia has approved the promotion of 153 faculty members. Board of regents' approval of promotions is no longer required. Those receiving a promotion are:

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
To Professor
Peng Wah Chee, crop and soil sciences, and Glen C. Rains, biological and agricultural engineering.
To Associate Professor
Zhengwei Pan, biological and agricultural engineering and physics and astronomy; Ronald Pegg, food science and technology; Kari K. Turner, animal and dairy science; and Bingqian Xu, biological and agricultural engineering.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
To Professor
John Michael Burke, plant biology; Jody Karen Clay-Warner, sociology; D. Ray McClellan, music; Carolyn Jones Medine, religion; Alex V. Murawski, art; Kanzo Nakayama, physics and astronomy; Vladimir V. Popik, chemistry; James Marshall Shepherd, geography; Sandra J. Wyld, geology; Xiangrong Yin, statistics; David Hile Zerkel, music; and Chuanlun Zhang, marine sciences.
To Associate Professor
Oscar A. Chamosa, history; Peter Louis Clark, mathematics; Brian G. Condie, genetics; Shelby Hyatt Funk, computer science; Peter John Jutras, music; Caner Kazanci, mathematics and biological and agricultural engineering; John A. Knox, geography; Marcus D. Lay, chemistry; James MacKillop, psychology; Abhyuday Mandal, statistics; Jan Mrazek, microbiology; Akinloye A. Ojo, comparative literature; Cheolwoo Park, statistics; Lakshmish Macheeri Ramaswamy, computer science; Robert S. Sabatini, biochemistry and molecular biology; Lijiang Shen, speech communication; Julie D. Spivey, art; Bram Tange Tucker, anthropology; John P. Wares, genetics; Andrew Zawacki, English; Shaying Zhao, biochemistry and molecular biology; and Wendy B. Zomlefer, plant biology.
To Senior Lecturer
Hilda Mata, Romance languages, and John Nicholson, classics.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
To Associate Professor
Tina Daly Carpenter, accounting.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
To Professor
A. Michele Lease, educational psychology and instructional technology.
To Associate Professor
Liang Chen, communication sciences and special education; Jolie Ziomek Daigle, counseling and human development services; Laura A. Dean, counseling and human development services; Jonathan L. Templin, educational psychology and instructional technology; and Mark Dennis Vagle, elementary and social studies education.

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN
To Associate Professor
Ashley Steffens Calabria.

COLLEGE OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
To Professor
Jan M. Hathcote
, textiles, merchandising and interiors, and Joan Koonce, housing and consumer economics.
To Associate Professor
Theodore G. Futris, child and family development; Lance Palmer, housing and consumer economics; and Pamela R. Turner, housing and consumer economics.

COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION
To Professor
Janice R. Hume
, journalism.
To Associate Professor
Jennifer C. Smith, telecommunications.
To Senior Lecturer
Jennifer Griffith, advertising and public relations, and Mark Johnson, journalism.

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
To Associate Professor
Azza B. El-Remessy
, clinical and administrative pharmacy.

COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
To Professor
Phaedra Shaffer Corso
, health policy and management.
To Associate Professor
Jessica Legge Muilenburg, health promotion and behavior, and Xiao Song, epidemiology and biostatistics.

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
To Professor
Biao He
, infectious diseases; David John Hurley, population health; Debra Lee Miller, pathology; Egbert S. Mundt, population health; Michael Wayne Overton, population health; Holly S. Sellers, population health; and Amelia Raye Woolums, large animal medicine.
To Clinical Associate Professor
Frederic S. Almy, pathology, and Kira Epstein, large animal medicine.
To Associate Professor
Roy D. Berghaus, population health; Benjamin M. Brainard, small animal medicine and surgery; Angela E. Ellis, pathology; Erik Hofmeister, small animal medicine and surgery; Robert Jeff Hogan, anatomy and radiology and infectious diseases; Thomas Phillip Robertson, physiology and pharmacology and large animal medicine; Scott J. Schatzberg, small animal medicine and surgery; and Moges W. Woldemeskel, pathology.

SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY
To Associate Professor
Amy Daum Rosemond.

SCHOOL OF LAW
To Professor
Peter Appel, Lori A. Ringhand
and Peter Bowman Rutledge.
To Associate Professor
Harlan G. Cohen, Fazal R. Khan and Sonja West.

To Librarian IV
Sharon Bradley and Maureen Cahill.

SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
To Professor
E. David Dickens, Daniel Markewitz
and Laurence Robert Schimleck.
To Associate Professor
Jeffrey Hepinstall Cymerman, Nathan Paul Nibbelink
and Michael John Yabsley, forestry and natural resources and population health.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
To Professor
Scott H. Ainsworth
, political science.
To Associate Professor
Daniel Kapust, political science.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
To Professor
Michelle Carney, Cheryl D. Dozier, Edwin A. Risler
and Margaret Elizabeth Vonk.

LIBRARIES
To Librarian IV
Sheila Devaney, Robin M. Fay
and Monica Pereira.
To Librarian III

Elizabeth L. White.
To Librarian II
Andy L. Carter, Julie Dyles, Esther Giezendanner, Abigail R. Griner, Mary Lynn Miller, Vicki H. Timian and Renna E. Tuten.

OFFICE OF THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST
To Professor
J. Douglas Toma,
Institute of Higher Education.

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH
To Senior Research Scientist
Tudor Vlad, journalism.
To Associate Research Scientist
Ruth Furukawa
, cellular biology, and Natalia Starostina, cellular biology.

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTRUCTION
To Academic Professional
Sherry Ann Clouser
, Center for Teaching and Learning.

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH
To Senior Public Service Associate
Jan T. Baggarly, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District; Ronnie M. Barentine, Cooperative Extension-Southwest District; Joseph L. Corn, population health; Marco T. Fonseca, horticulture;Thomas M. Lawrence, biological and agricultural engineering; and Cheryl R. Varnadoe, Cooperative Extension-4-H Youth.
To Public Service Associate
Ellen M. Bauske, Center for Urban Agriculture; Rhea M. Bentley, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District; Robert James Byrne, Cooperative Extension-Southwest District; Jeffrey S. Christie, Office of the Associate Dean for Extension; Jan M. Coyne, Fanning Institute; Brian L. Cresswell, Cooperative Extension-Southwest District; Leigh Askew Elkins, Fanning Institute; Ray Jackson Hicks Jr., Cooperative Extension-Southeast District; Ransom Todd Hurt, Center for Urban Agriculture; Dimitris P. Kloussiadis, Small Business Development Center; Lisa A. Liguori, Marine Extension Service;Daniel S. Price, Cooperative Extension-Southwest District; Amanda R. Ziehl Smith, agricultural and applied economics; Rebecca B. Thomas, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District; and Janet S. Valente, Cooperative Extension-Northwest and Southwest Districts.
To Public Service Assistant
Lauren Wendelken Boykin, Cooperative Extension-Southeast District; Stephanie Ray Butcher, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District; Edda Z. Cotto-Rivera, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District; John A. Crawford, Marine Extension Service; David Shane Curry, Cooperative Extension-Southeast District; Amber Bishop Defore, Cooperative Extension-Southeast District; Sondra Williams Fortner, Cooperative Extension-Southeast District; Carole Lynn Hicks, Cooperative Extension-animal and dairy science; Billy Wade Hutcheson, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District; Julie Kennedy Lawrence, Cooperative Extension-Northwest District; Susan L. Moore, Cooperative Extension-Southeast District; Laura Taylor Smith, Cooperative Extension-Southeast District; William Edward Starr Jr., Cooperative Extension-Southwest District; Clay Talton, Cooperative Service-Northeast District; and Susan C. Yearwood, Cooperative Extension-Northeast District. 

 

Tenure
The University of Georgia approved tenure for 64 faculty members. Board of regents’ approval of tenure is no longer required. Those receiving tenure are:
Roy D. Berghaus, population health; Benjamin M. Brainard, small animal medicine and surgery;Ashley Steffens Calabria, environment and design; Alvin C. Camus, pathology; Tina Daly Carpenter, accounting; Oscar A. Chamosa, history; Liang Chen, communication sciences and special education;Peter Louis Clark, mathematics; Brian G. Condie, genetics; Phaedra Shaffer Corso, health policy and management; Jeffrey Hepinstall Cymerman, forestry and natural resources; Jolie Ziomek Daigle, counseling and human development services; Marsha A. Davis, health promotion and behavior; Laura A. Dean, counseling and human development services; John Matthew Drake, ecology; Angela E. Ellis, pathology; Azza B. El-Remessy, clinical and administrative pharmacy; Shelby Hyatt Funk, computer science; Theodore G. Futris, child and family development; Robert M. Gogal, anatomy and radiology;Biao He, infectious diseases; Patrick Hensel, small animal medicine and surgery; Erik Hofmeister, small animal medicine and surgery; Robert Jeff Hogan, anatomy and radiology and infectious diseases;Peter John Jutras, music; Daniel Kapust, political science; Caner Kazanci, mathematics and biological and agricultural engineering; Fazal R. Khan, law; John A. Knox, geography; Marcus D. Lay, chemistry;Abhyuday Mandal, statistics; Jan Mrazek, micro-biology; Jessica Legge Muilenburg, health promotion and behavior; Egbert S. Mundt, population health; Nathan Paul Nibbelink, forestry and natural resources; Akinloye A. Ojo, comparative literature; Michael Wayne Overton, population health;Lance Palmer, housing and consumer economics; Cheolwoo Park, statistics; Ronald Pegg, food science and technology; Lakshmish Macheeri Ramaswamy, computer science; James K. Reap, environment and design; Thomas Phillip Robertson, physiology and pharmacology and large animal medicine; John Patrick Rose, biochemistry and molecular biology; Amy Daum Rosemond, ecology;Robert S. Sabatini, biochemistry and molecular biology; Scott J. Schatzberg, small animal medicine and surgery; Lijiang Shen, speech communication; Jennifer C. Smith, telecommunications; Xiao Song, epidemiology and biostatistics; Julie D. Spivey, art; Jonathan L. Templin, educational psychology and instructional technology; Bram Tange Tucker, anthropology; Kari K. Turner, animal and dairy science; Pamela R. Turner, housing and consumer economics; Mark Dennis Vagle, elementary and social studies education; John P. Wares, genetics; Sonja West, law; Moges W. Woldemeskel,pathology; Bingqian Xu, biological and agricultural engineering; Michael John Yabsley, forestry and natural resources and population health; Andrew Zawacki, English; Shaying Zhao, biochemistry and molecular biology; and Wendy B. Zomlefer, plant biology.