2023-24 faculty promotions and tenure

Oct. 11, 2024
Contact: Eric Stann, 573-882-3346, [email protected]
Photos by Abbie Lankitus

The Offices of the President and Provost recently hosted a celebratory reception for faculty members who received promotions and/or tenure in the 2023-24 academic year. Recipients are listed below:

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

• Alba Argerich, associate professor; Natural Resources
• Eric Bailey, associate professor; Animal Sciences
• Michael Byrne, associate professor; Natural Resources
• Kerry Clark, associate research professor; Applied Social Sciences
• Jasper Grashuis, associate research professor; Applied Social Sciences
• Mary Hendrickson, professor; Applied Social Sciences
• Jon Simonsen, professor; Applied Social Sciences
• Jaume Padilla, professor; Food, Nutrition and Exercise Services

College of Arts and Science

• Andre Ariew, professor; Philosophy
• Katina Bitsicas, associate professor; Visual Studies
• Clayton Blodgett, associate teaching professor; Geography
• Jordan Booker, associate professor; Psychological Sciences
• Kristy Wilson Bowers, associate professor; History
• Christina Carney, associate professor; Women's and Gender Studies
• Chiswili Yves Chabu, associate professor; Biological Sciences
• George Chikhladze, teaching professor; Economics
• Colleen Colaner, professor; Communication
• Gabriel Fried, associate professor; English
• Sean Franzel, professor; Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Ashley Groh, professor; Psychological Sciences
• Rebecca Grollemund, associate professor; English
• Claire Horisk, professor; Philosophy
• Kristin Hawley, professor; Psychological Sciences
• Erin Hennes, associate professor; Psychological Sciences
• Heather M. Hennkens, associate professor; Chemistry
• Jennie Ikuta, associate professor; Government and Public Affairs
• Jong Bum Kim, associate professor; Architectural Studies
• Sean Lane, associate professor; Psychological Sciences
• Peter Pivovarov, professor; Mathematics
• James Schiffbauer, professor; Geological Sciences
• Travis Shaffer, associate professor; Visual Studies
• Mary Stegmaier, professor; Government and Public Affairs
• David Switzer, associate professor; Government and Public Affairs
• Petros Valettas, associate professor; Mathematics
• Erika Waller, teaching professor; Psychological Sciences
• Weijie Wang, associate professor; Government and Public Affairs
• Haojing Yan, professor; Physics and Astronomy

College of Education and Human Development

• Jason Alston, associate teaching professor; Information Science and Learning Technologies
• Nikki Ashcraft, teaching professor; Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
• Jennifer Fellabaum-Toston, teaching professor; Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
• Pilar Mendoza Middelkoop, professor; Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
• Cheryl Offutt, teaching professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
• Sam Otten, professor; Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
• Sarah Owens, associate teaching professor; Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
• Jessica Rodrigues, associate professor; Special Education
• Rachel Thibodeau-Nielsen, associate professor; Human Development and Family Science
• Wolfgang Wiedermann, professor; Educational, School and Counseling Psychology
• Xinhao Xu, associate professor; Information Science and Learning Technologies

College of Engineering

• Mahmoud Almasri, professor; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Sarah Orton, professor; Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Chanwoo Park, professor; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Maryam Salehi, associate professor; Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Sharan Srinivas, associate professor; Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Omid Shahvari, associate teaching professor; Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Binbin Wang, associate professor; Civil and Environmental Engineering

College of Health Sciences

• Patricia Alafaireet, teaching professor; Health Sciences
• Danielle Easter, associate clinical professor; Social Work
• Rose O'Donnell Kaemmerer, associate clinical professor; Health Psychology
• Ashley Givens, associate professor; Social Work
• Min Soon Kim, associate teaching professor; Health Sciences
• David Moxley, associate teaching professor; Health Sciences
• Carolyn M. Orbann, teaching professor; Health Sciences
• Kathleen Preble, associate professor; Social Work
• Erin Robinson, associate professor; Social Work
• Kelly Stephens, teaching professor; Physical Therapy
• Jennifer Sykes, associate clinical professor; Health Psychology

College of Veterinary Medicine

• Pamela Adkins, associate professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
• Corinne Bromfield, associate extension professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
• Aaron Ericsson, associate professor; Veterinary Pathobiology
• Laurel A. Grisanti, associate professor; Biomedical Sciences
• Alison LaCarrubba, teaching professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
• Martha Scharf, associate teaching professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
• Darla L. Tharp, associate research professor; Biomedical Sciences

Missouri School of Journalism

• Brad Best, professional practice professor; Journalism
• Frank Corridori, professional practice professor; Journalism
• Jamie Flink, professional practice professor; Journalism
• Jim Flink, professional practice professor; Journalism
• Elizabeth Frogge, professional practice professor; Journalism
• Sara Shipley Hiles, professional practice professor; Journalism
• Amanda Hinnant, professor; Journalism
• Kathryn Lucchesi, associate professional practice professor; Journalism
• Jeimmie Nevalga, professional practice professor; Journalism
• Randy Reeves, professional practice professor; Journalism

Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business

• Chunyan "Ann" Peng, professor; Management

School of Medicine

• Amanda Allmon, professor; Family and Community Medicine
• Anjali Anders, associate professor; Pediatrics
• Niraj Arora, associate professor; Neurology
• Erika Boerman, associate professor; Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
• Andres Bran, associate professor; Infectious Disease
• Bradford Cardonell, associate professor; Anesthesiology
• Steven Carr, associate professor; Neurosurgery
• Jeffrey Coughenour, professor; Surgery
• Dima Dandachi, associate professor; Medicine
• Taia DeLano, associate professional practice professor; Ophthalmology
• Mark Drymalski, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Bernard Eskridge, professor; Pediatrics
• Kevin Everett, professor; Family and Community Medicine
• Claire Finkel, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Tabitha Galloway, associate professor; Otolaryngology
• Hemant Godara; associate professor; Cardiology
• Mojgan Golzy, associate professor; Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology
• Eliav Gov-Ari, professor; Otolaryngology
• Morgan Green, associate professor; Internal Medicine
• Guanghong Jia, associate professor: Medicine
• Taishi Hirai, associate professor; Cardiology
• Vovanti Jones, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Trupti Joshi, associate professor; Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology
• Jussuf Kaifi, associate professor; Surgery
• James Koller, professor; Internal Medicine
• Senthil Kumar, professor; Cardiology
• Susan Lava-Parmele, associate professor; Anesthesiology
• Emily Leary, associate professor; Orthopaedic Surgery
• Nicholas LeFevre, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine
• Teresa Lever, professor; Otolaryngology
• Alicia Ludden-Schlatter, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine
• Kari Lyn Martin, professor; Dermatology
• Michael McCullough, associate teaching professor; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
• Don Moore, associate professor; Orthopaedic Surgery
• Rebekah Nevel, associate professor; Pediatrics
• S.K. Chaitanya Panchangam, associate professor; Pediatrics
• Deepthi Rao, associate professor; Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
• Kyle Schweser, associate professor; Orthopaedic Surgery
• Joel Shenker, professor; Neurology
• Veronica Sievert, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine
• Julie Stilley, associate research professor; Emergency Medicine
• Brian Toedebusch, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Andrew Wheeler, associate professor; Surgery
• Alexander Zweig, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine

Sinclair School of Nursing

• Lea Wood, associate teaching professor; Nursing
• Amy Vogelsmeier, professor; Nursing

University Libraries

• Seth Huber, Librarian III; University Libraries
• Taira Meadowcroft, Librarian III; University Libraries

University of Missouri Extension

• Bethany Bachmann, associate extension professional; Southeast Region - HHS
• Alison Copeland, extension professional; Northeast Region - EES
• Melissa Cotton, associate extension professional; Urban West Region - HHS
• Kendra Graham, extension professional; East Central Region - EES
• Katie Neuner, associate extension professional; Northwest Region - ANR
• Anthony Ohmes, associate extension professional; Southeast Region - ANR
• Amy Patillo, extension professional; Southwest Region - B&C
• Rhonda Shafer, associate extension professional; East Central Region - EES
• Valeria Tate, associate extension professional; Northeast Region - ANR
• Allen Waldo, associate extension professional; Southwest Region - B&C

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