Instructional faculty receive promotions, tenure

The Office of the Provost recently announced members of the faculty who have been granted promotion and/or tenure for the 2025-2026 academic year.

“We are proud of our newly promoted and tenured faculty and look forward to the continued influence of their work in the years to come,” said Provost Kimberly T. Kostelis. “Please join me in congratulating our colleagues on their well-deserved accomplishments.”

PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR

•    Myungjin Chae, Manufacturing & Construction Management
•    Jason Chen, Accounting
•    Betsy Dobbs-McAuliffe, Biomolecular Sciences
•    Brian Flinn, Art & Design
•    Rocio Fuentes, World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
•    Timothy Garceau, Geography, Anthropology & Tourism
•    Eugena Givens, Criminology & Criminal Justice
•    Eric Kirby, Manufacturing & Construction Management
•    Joanne Leon, Social Work
•    Mohammad Mahjoob, Engineering
•    Thomas McCarthy, Physical Education & Human Performance
•    Mohammad Rahman, Manufacturing & Construction Management
•    Hamid Sakaki, Finance
•    Rahul Singhal, Physics & Engineering Physics 

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

•    Melissa Gunter, Mathematical Sciences
•    James Heck, Communication
•    Ran Liu, Marketing
•    Christopher Potter, Biology
•    Gaylon Robinson, Music
•    Jessica Rutherford, World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
•    Karen Santoro, Mathematical Sciences
•    Viktoria Savatorova, Mathematical Sciences
•    Allison Seifert Gonzales, Physical Education & Human Performance

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN

•    Brian Matzke, Library 

PROMOTED TO FULL COUNSELOR

•    Gladys Moreno-Fuentes, Counseling & Wellness 

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE COUNSELOR

•    Jessica Ofray, Counseling and Wellness 

GRANTED TENURE

•    Keshab Acharya, Management & Organization
•    Melissa Gunter, Mathematical Sciences
•    James Heck, Communication
•    Wesley Henry, Educational Leadership, Policy and Instructional Technology
•    Mohammad Mahjoob, Engineering
•    Ran Liu, Marketing
•    Brian Matzke, Library
•    Weihong Ning, Management Information System
•    Jessica Ofray, Counseling and Wellness
•    Christopher Potter, Biology
•    Gaylon Robinson, Music
•    Jessica Rutherford, World Languages, Literatures & Cultures
•    Nadeem Shahid, Accounting
•    Radu Vlas, Management Information System
•    Mahdieh Zabihimayvan, Computer Science