The University of Toledo Board of Trustees approved 53 faculty members for promotion and tenure at its April meeting.
There were four faculty members who received tenure, 14 who received tenure and promotion, and another 35 who were promoted to professor, associate professor or assistant professor.
“The dedication and expertise of our faculty are the true cornerstones of The University of Toledo’s mission,” said Dr. Mitchell S. McKinney, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. “This year’s exceptional group of 53 newly tenured and promoted faculty members exemplifies the highest standards of higher education. Their unwavering commitment to innovative research, dynamic classroom teaching and impactful clinical and community service elevates our entire institution and profoundly shapes the success of our students.”
The faculty members who received tenure are:
The Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership
• Dr. Anthony Bartl
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Kathryn Eisenmann, Medical Education
• Dr. Ipe Ninan, Neurosciences and Psychiatry
• Dr. J. Francis Turner, Medicine
Faculty members who received tenure and promotion to associate professor are:
Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education
• Dr. Natasha Johnson, Teacher Education
• Dr. Joey Kim, English Language and Literature
• Dr. Shingi Mavima, History
• Dr. Jamie Ward, Communication and Media
John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation
• Dr. Meng Huang, Accounting
College of Engineering
• Dr. Omid Amili, Mechanical Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• Dr. George Choueiri, Mechanical Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• Dr. Yuan Tang, Bioengineering
College of Health and Human Services
• Dr. An Dinh, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
• Dr. Kathleen Mitchell, School of Nursing
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. James Burkett, Neurosciences and Psychiatry
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. Justin Reinert, Pharmacy Practice
University Libraries
• Professor Clare Keating
Faculty members who received tenure and promotion to professor are:
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
• Dr. Rajesh Gupta, Medicine
The faculty members who achieved promotion to associate professor are:
• College of Law: Professor Deborah Machalow; and Professor Glenys Spence.
• College of Medicine and Life Sciences: Dr. Yaseen Alastal, Medicine; Dr. Gary Ansel, Community-Based Track – Medicine; Dr. Hamoun Delaviz, Medical Education; Dr. Megan Keaton, ProMedica Practitioner Track – Pediatrics; Dr. Andrew Overholser, Family Medicine; Dr. Shuhao Qiu, Medicine; Dr. Srinivas Saladi, Cell and Cancer Biology; Dr. Kate Szymanski, Family Medicine; Dr. Victoria Kelly, Neurosciences and Psychiatry; and Dr. Tao Yang, Physiology and Pharmacology.
The faculty members who achieved promotion to assistant professor are:
• College of Health and Human Services: Dr. James Oberlander, School of Nursing; Dr. Karen Vargas, School of Nursing; and Dr. Dawn Woolford, School of Nursing.
The faculty members who achieved promotion to professor are:
• Judith Herb College of Arts, Social Sciences and Education: Dr. Tasha Dunn, Communication and Media; Dr. Susanna Hapgood, Teacher Education; Dr. Christopher Martin, Philosophy and Religious Studies; and Dr. Madeline Muntersbjorn, Philosophy and Religious Studies.
• John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation: Dr. Catherine Gilstrap, Marketing.
• College of Engineering: Dr. Raghav Khanna, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Dr. Luis Mata, Engineering Technology.
• College of Medicine and Life Sciences: Dr. Ivana De La Serna, Cell and Cancer Biology; Dr. Obi Ekwenna, Urology; Dr. Ahmed El-Zawahry, Urology; Dr. Steven Haller, Medicine; Dr. John Jun, Medicine; Dr. Wendy Lackey-Cornelison, Medical Education; Dr. Xiaohong Li, Cell and Cancer Biology; Dr. Coral Matus, Family Medicine; and Dr. Kam Chi Yeung, Cell and Cancer Biology.
• College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Dr. Bruce Bamber, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology; Dr. John Bellizzi, Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Dr. Heather Conti, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology.
• College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Dr. Julie Murphy, Pharmacy Practice.
