Several faculty members are in line to receive tenure and promotion pending the approval of the UT Board of Trustees, which meets Monday, May 13.
The Board of Trustees Academic and Student Affairs Committee approved the recommendations and sent the names of more than 50 faculty for consideration by the full board.
Faculty members recommended for tenure and promotion from assistant to associate professor are:
College of Business and Innovation
• Dr. Iryna Pentina, Marketing and International Business
• Dr. Jenell L.S. Wittmer, Management
College of Communication and the Arts
• Dr. Edmund Lingan, Theatre and Film
Judith Herb College of Education
• Dr. Edward Cancio, Early Childhood, Physical and Special Education
• Dr. Noela Haughton, Educational Foundations and Leadership
• Dr. Snejana Slantcheva-Durst, Educational Foundations and Leadership
College of Engineering
• Dr. Youngwood Seo, Civil Engineering
• Dr. Sridhar Viamajala, Chemical Engineering
• Dr. Hong Wang, Engineering Technology
College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences
• Dr. Aliaksandr Amialchuk, Economics
• Dr. Ovamir Anjum, Philosophy
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Dr. Song-Tao Liu, Biological Sciences
Faculty recommended for promotion from associate professor to professor with tenure are:
College of Engineering
• Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
College of Law
• Jessica Knouse, Law
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. L.M. Viranga Tillekeratne, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry
• Dr. Ming-Cheh Liu, Pharmacology
Up for promotion to associate professor are:
College of Law
• Kara Bruce, Law
• Michelle Cavalieri, Law
• Gregory Gilchrist, Law
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Jihad Abbas, Surgery
• Dr. Cathi Badik, Pediatrics
• Dr. Ivana de la Serna, Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
• Dr. Murthy Gokula, Family Medicine
• Dr. Sabry Gohara, Surgery
• Dr. Deepa Mukundan, Pediatrics
• Dr. Victoria Steiner, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
• Dr. Valarie Stricklen-Ruiz, Pediatrics
• Dr. Guillermo Vazquez, Physiology and Pharmacology
• Dr. David Weldy, Family Medicine
College of Nursing
• Dr. Cheryl Gies, Nursing
Faculty recommended for promotion to professor are:
Judith Herb College of Education
• Dr. Revathy Kumar, Educational Foundations and Leadership
• Dr. Tony Sanchez, Curriculum and Instruction
• Dr. Mark Templin, Curriculum and Instruction
College of Health Science
• Dr. Phillip Gribble, Kinesiology
• Dr. Amy Thompson, Health and Recreation Professions
College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences
• Dr. Renee Heberle, Political Science and Public Administration
• Dr. David Tucker, Communication
• Dr. Sunday Ubokudom, Political Science and Public Administration
College of Law
• Llewellyn Gibbons, Law
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Dr. Scott Heckathorn, Environmental Sciences
• Dr. Qin Shao, Mathematics
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Rashmi Goyal, Medicine
• Dr. Ali Nawras, Medicine
• Dr. Thomas Sodeman, Medicine
College of Nursing
• Dr. Carolyn Lee, Nursing
College of Social Justice and Human Service
• Dr. John Laux, School Psychology, Legal Specialties and Counselor Education
• Dr. Sudershan Pasupuleti, Criminal Justice and Social Work
Those up for tenure are:
College of Engineering
• Dr. Chunhua Sheng, associate professor of mechanical, industrial and manufacturing engineering
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Reginald Baugh, professor of surgery
• Dr. Ashok Kumar, professor of physiology and pharmacology
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, associate professor of medicinal and biological chemistry
