Office of Academic Affairs
Post Office Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751
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Promotion and Tenure Actions Effective 2016-2017
Award of Indefinite Tenure
Kevin Kecskes, Associate Professor, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government: Division of Public
Administration
Sheila Martin, Associate Professor, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning
Shung Jae Shin, Associate Professor, School of Business Administration
Jeffrey Singer, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Gayle Thieman, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Promotion to Associate Professor with Indefinite Tenure
Daniel Ballhorn, Department of Biology
Lindsay Benstead, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government: Division of Political Science
Becky Boesch, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy
Sydney Carlson, School of Music
George Colligan, School of Music
Esperanza De La Vega, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Jill Emery, University Library
Ginny Garcia-Alexander, Department of Sociology
Yasmeen Hanoosh, Department of World Languages & Literatures
Moti Hara, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy
Juan Heredia, School of Architecture
Jon Holt, Department of World Languages and Literatures
Betty Izumi, School of Community Health
Daniel Jaffee, Department of Sociology
Maura Kelly, Department of Sociology
Theodore Khoury, School of Business Administration
Margarette Leite, School of Architecture
Bishupal Limbu, Department of English
Sarah Lincoln, Department of English
Feng Liu, Department of Computer Science
Sheldon Loman, Department of Special Education
Joseph Long, Department of International & Global Studies
Deborah Lutterschmidt, Department of Biology
Lynne Messer, School of Community Health
Dustin Morrow, School of Theater + Film
Jennifer Noll, Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Desiree Pacheco, School of Business Administration
Kimberly Pendell, University Library
Julie Perini, School of Art + Design
Greg Schrock, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning
Thomas Schumacher, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Nina Spiegel, Department of Judaic Studies
Jennifer Tappan, Department of History
Evan Thomas, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Alma Trinidad, School of Social Work
Nora Wendl, School of Architecture
Helen Zumas, Department of English
Promotion to Professor
Linda Absher, University Library
Evguenia Davidova, Department of International & Global Studies
Catherine de Rivera, Department of Environmental & Global Studies
Marion Dresner, Department of Environmental & Global Studies
Bruce Gilley, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government: Division of Political Science
Elise Granek, Department of Environmental & Global Studies
Cynthia Mohr, Department of Psychology
William Parnell, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Jason Ranker, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Jennifer Ruth, School of Theater + Film
Alexander Ruzicka, Department of Geology
Vivek Shandas, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning
Thomas Siderius, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michael Weingrad, Department Judaic Studies
Promotion to Research Associate Professor
Jill Castek, Department of Applied Linguistics
Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor
Cassie Quinn, Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences
Promotion to Research Associate
Lindsay Merritt, Regional Research Institute
Promotion to Research Professor
Janet Walker, Regional Research Institute
Promotion to Assistant Professor
C. Jonah Eleweke, Department of World Languages & Literatures
Vicki Reitenauer, Department of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Kimberly Willson-St. Clair, University Library
Promotion to Senior Instructor II
Amber Bliss-Calderon, Intensive English Language Program
Therese (TC) Dale, School of Business Administration
Phoebe Daurio, Intensive English Language Program
Eowyn Ferey, Intensive English Language Program
Kellie Gallagher, Intensive English Language Program
Debra Harris, School of Community Health
Jennifer Cook Loney, School of Business Administration
Julie MacRae, Intensive English Language Program
Charles Nobles, School of Business Administration
Moshe Rachmuth, Department of World Languages & Literatures
Albert Spencer, Department of Philosophy
Jennifer Stenseth, Intensive English Language Program
Claire Wheeler, School of Community Health
Promotion to Senior Instructor I
Della Abrahams, Intensive English Language Program
Brett Bolstad, Intensive English Language Program
Ashley-Nicole Browning, School of Community Health
Barbara Coupland, Department of Special Education
Abbey Gaterud, Department of English
Amy Larson, Department of Environmental Science & Management
Richard Lockwood, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government: Division of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Brian McCarthy, School of Business Administration
Timothy Nidever, Department of World Languages & Literatures
Miranda Novash, Intensive English Language Program
Barbara Pijan, Intensive English Language Program
Promotion to Senior Research Assistant I
Christine Cooper, Center for Improvement of Child & Family Services
Promotion to Senior Research Associate I
Krista Nordback, Transportation Research & Education Consortium
Celeste Seibel, Regional Research Institute
Tamara Sale, Regional Research Institute
Promotion to Senior Research Associate II
Karen Cellarius, Regional Research Institute
Ryan Melton, Regional Research Institute
Anna Rockhill, Regional Research Institute
Promotion to Professor Emeritus/a
Emmanuel Agorsah, Department of Black Studies
Darrell Brown, School of Business Administration
Christine Chaillé, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Hamilton Cheifetz, School of Music
Sherwin Davidson, Department of Psychology
Charles Heying, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning
Martha Hickey, Department of World Languages & Literatures
Dundar Kocauglu, Department of Engineering & Technology Management
Robert Lockwood, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government: Division of Criminology & Criminal Justice
Margrete Merrick, Institute of Metropolitan Studies
Donna Philbrick, School of Business Administration
Dannelle Stevens, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Patricia Wetzel, Department of World Languages & Literatures
Promotion to Senior Instructor Emeritus/a
Jacqueline Arante, Department of English
Promotion to Senior Instructor II Emeritus/a
Ruth Chapin, Intensive English Language Program