The University of Toledo Board of Trustees approved 62 faculty members for promotion and tenure at its April meeting.
There were 22 faculty members who received tenure and another 42 were promoted to professor, associate professor or assistant professor.
“Congratulations to this year’s cohort of faculty members who advanced through the tenure and promotion process. We are proud to recognize each of these academic leaders for their exceptional teaching, research and service,” said Dr. Karen Bjorkman, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
The faculty members who received tenure are:
College of Health and Human Services
• Dr. David Bazett-Jones, School of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Obi Ekwenna, Urology
• Dr. Jeremy Laukka, Medical Education
The faculty members who received tenure and promoted to associate professor are:
College of Arts and Letters
• Dr. Tyler Branson, English, Language and Literature
• Dr. Shara Crookston, Women’s and Gender Studies
• Dr. Tasha Dunn, Communication
• Dr. Onur Sapci, Economics
John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation
• Dr. Heba Abdel-Rahim, Accounting
• Dr. Collin Gilstrap, Finance
• Dr. Karen Green, Accounting
• Dr. Euisung Jung, Information, Operations and Technology Management
• Dr. Steven Wallace, Information, Operations and Technology Management
College of Engineering
• Dr. Kevin Xu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
College of Health and Human Services
• Dr. Megan Costello, School of Social Justice
• Dr. Jennifer Glassman, School of Intervention and Wellness
University Libraries
• Margaret Hoogland
• Jolene Miller
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Medical Microbiology & Immunology
• Dr. Ajaz Sheikh, Neurology
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Dr. Qian Chen, Biological Sciences
• Dr. Alimjon Eshmatov, Mathematics and Statistics
College of Nursing
• Dr. Mary Jean Ohns, Maternal, Pediatrics and Mental Health Nursing
The faculty members who achieved promotion to professor are:
• College of Arts and Letters: Dr. Asma Abdel Halim, Women’s and Gender Studies; Dr. Thor Mednick, Art; and Dr. Benjamin Stroud, English, Language and Literature.
• Neff College of Business and Innovation: Dr. Mai Dao, Accounting, and Dr. Alexey Petkevich, Finance.
• College of Engineering: Dr. Daniel Georgiev, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Dr. Cyrus Hagigat, Engineering Technology.
• University Libraries: Arjun Sabharwal.
• College of Medicine and Life Sciences: Dr. Kathryn Eisenmann, Medical Education; Dr. Douglas Federman, Medicine; Dr. Gregory Georgiadis, Orthopaedic Surgery; Dr. Jennifer Hanrahan, Medicine; Dr. Jason Huntley, Medical Microbiology and Immunology; Dr. Mouhammad Jumaa, Neurology; Dr. Richard Simman, Surgery; and Dr. Catherine Van Hook, Obstetrics & Gynecology.
• College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata, Biological Sciences, and Dr. Song Qian, Environmental Sciences.
• College of Nursing: Dr. Karen Hoblet, Adult, Family and Population Health.
• College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Dr. Wissam Aboualaiwi, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Dr. Isaac Schiefer, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry; and Dr. Amit Tiwari, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
The faculty members who achieved promotion to associate professor are:
• College of Health and Human Services: Dr. April Ames, School of Population Health, and Dr. Barbara Saltzman, School of Population Health.
• College of Medicine and Life Sciences: Dr. Shaza Aouthmany, Emergency Medicine; Dr. Zacharia Assi, Radiology; Dr. Raul Bosio, Surgery; Dr. Burton Brodsky, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Dr. Alicia Castonguay, Neurology; Dr. Nicole Dominiak, Pathology; Dr. Osama Elattar, Orthopaedic Surgery; Dr. Danae Hamouda, Medicine; Dr. Tahir Jamil, Surgery; Dr. Chiamaka Mbaso, Medicine; Dr. Ganesh Merugu, Family Medicine; Dr. Jeffrey Moore, Pediatrics; Dr. Tariq Shah, Urology; Dr. Stephen Stanek, Surgery; Dr. Crawford Strunk, Pediatrics; Dr. Christian Wuescher, Orthopaedic Surgery; and Dr. Steven Zook, Medicine.
And the faculty member who achieved promotion to assistant professor is:
• College of Nursing: Dr. Holly Myers, Adult, Family and Population Health.
