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Tenure, promotion actions affect faculty members

The following promotion and tenure actions affecting faculty members took effect July 1. Reappointments and tenure actions will be listed in the Sept. 14 issue of the MSU News Bulletin.

Promoted to professor:

Ehsan Ahmed – French, Classics and Italian
Souren Bagratuni – Music
James Bence – Fisheries and Wildlife
Kenneth Boyer – Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Richard Deshon – Psychology
Anne Ferguson – Anthropology
Karen Friderici – Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Pediatrics and Human Development
Patricia Ganey – Pharmacology and Toxicology
Sheng-Yang He – Plant Research Lab; Plant Biology; Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Leo Kempel – Electrical and Computer Engineering
John Kosciulek – Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education
John Kruger – Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Patrick Lebeau – Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures
Robert Maleczka – Chemistry
Bradley Marks – Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Deborah McCullough – Entomology and Forestry
Katheryn Meek – Pathology and Diagnostic Investigation
Ranjan Mukherjee – Mechanical Engineering
Matt Mutka – Computer Science and Engineering
Katherine Osteryoung – Plant Biology
Lynnette Overby – Theatre
Georgios Pappas – Mathematics
Fang Zheng Peng – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hayder Radha – Electrical and Computer Engineering
Marsha Rappley – Human Medicine Dean; Pediatrics and Human Development
Nora Rifon – Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing
Hendrik Schatz – Physics and Astronomy
Harold Schott – Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Louise Selanders – College of Nursing
Jyotsna Singh – English
Cheryl Speier – Accounting and Information Systems
Morgan Swink – Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Cynthia Taggart – Music
Srinivas Talluri – Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Robert Tempelman – Animal Science
Lijian Yang – Statistics and Probability
Thomas Zabadal – Horticulture
Yijun Zuo – Statistics and Probability

Promoted to associate professor with the award of tenure:

Casim Abbas – Mathematics
Tariq Abdelhamid – Planning, Design and Construction
Erik Altmann – Psychology
Daina Ramey Berry – History
Vera Bitsch – Agricultural Economics
Rigoberto Burgueno – Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Carlson – Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education
Kimberly Chung – Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies
Sheila Contreras –Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures
Sandra Crespo – Teacher Education
Loic Dejardin – Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Thomas Deleire – Economics
Kevin Frank – Crop and Soil Sciences
David Griffith – Marketing and Supply Chain Management
David Hambrick – Psychology
Melanie Helton – Music
Remus Ilies – Management
Satish Joshi – Agricultural Economics
Scott Juengel – English
Matti Kiupel – Pathology and Diagnostic Investigation
Matthew Koehler – Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education
Sandeep Kulkarni – Computer Science and Engineering
Min Hao Kuo – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Stuart Lingo – Art and Art History
Richard Lucas – Psychology
Peter Magyar – Mathematics
Theresa Mastin – Advertising, Public Relations and Retailing
Matthew McKeon – Philosophy
Puliyur Mohankumar –Pathology and Diagnostic Investigation
Frederick Oswald – Psychology
Mathew Reeves – Epidemiology
Kristen Renn – Educational Administration
Bryan Ritchie – James Madison
Mitchell Robinson – Music
David Rothstein – Forestry; Horticulture
Denise Saint Arnault – College of Nursing
Annemiek Schilder – Plant Pathology
Lisa Schwartzman – Philosophy
Avner Segall – Teacher Education
John Sherry – Communication
Jetze Tepe – Chemistry
Ellen Velie – Epidemiology
Antoinette Winklerprins – Geography
Runsheng Yin – Forestry