The University of Toledo Board of Trustees approved during its April meeting tenure for 12 faculty members and promotion of another 31 associate professors and professors.
“We continue to have high-caliber faculty advancing through our tenure and promotion process, and this year’s cohort of faculty members all have very impressive achievements,” said Dr. Karen Bjorkman, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.
The provost also noted the goal in the strategic plan to increase the percentage of professors among the total number of full-time faculty. There were 22 who became fully promoted to professor with the board’s recent action.
Faculty members who received tenure and promotion to associate professor are:
College of Business and Innovation
• Dr. Xinghao Yan, Information, Operations and Technology Management
• Dr. Marcelo Alvarado-Vargas, Management
College of Engineering
• Dr. Carmen Cioc, Engineering Technology
• Dr. Luis Mata, Engineering Technology
College of Health and Human Services
• Dr. Kimberly McBride, School of Population Health
• Dr. Shipra Singh, School of Population Health
• Dr. Heather Sloane, School of Social Justice
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Nezam Altorok, Medicine
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Dr. Trieu Le, Mathematics and Statistics
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. Isaac Schiefer, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry
• Dr. F. Scott Hall, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
• Dr. Amit Tiwari, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Faculty members promoted to professor are:
College of Arts and Letters
• Dr. Melissa Gregory, English Language and Literature
• Dr. Bhuiyan Alam, Geography and Planning
• Dr. Charles Beatty, History
• Dr. Lee Heritage, Music
• Dr. Ovamir Anjum, Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Dr. Patricia Case, Sociology and Anthropology
• Dr. Willie McKether, Sociology and Anthropology
College of Business and Innovation
• Dr. Iryna Pentina, Marketing
College of Engineering
• Dr. Yakov Lapitsky, Chemical Engineering
• Dr. Hong Wang, Engineering Technology
• Dr. Matthew Franchetti, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
College of Health and Human Services
• Dr. Wendy Cochrane, School of Intervention and Wellness
• Dr. Jiunn-Jye Sheu, School of Population Health
• Dr. Kasey Tucker-Gail, School of Social Justice
College of Law
• Bryan Lammon
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Cletus Iwuagwu, Medicine
• Dr. Ruby Nucklos, Medicine
• Dr. Tanvir Singh, Psychiatry
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Dr. John Gray, Biological Sciences
• Dr. Dragan Isailovic, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Dr. Alessandro Arsie, Mathematics and Statistics
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. Zahoor Shah, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry
Faculty members promoted to associate professor are:
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Sarah Gerken, Anesthesiology
• Dr. Anu Garg, Medicine
• Dr. Dani Zoorob, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Dr. Jiayong Liu, Orthopaedic Surgery
• Dr. Waseem Ostwani, Pediatrics
• Dr. Eileen Quinn, Pediatrics
• Dr. Richard Baron, Psychiatry
• Dr. Kimberly Hunter, Psychiatry
• Dr. Jason Schroeder, Surgery
