2023-24 faculty promotions and tenure

  • Faculty from the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business.
    Faculty from the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business.

Oct. 11, 2024
Contact: Eric Stann, 573-882-3346, StannE@missouri.edu
Photos by Abbie Lankitus

The Offices of the President and Provost recently hosted a celebratory reception for faculty members who received promotions and/or tenure in the 2023-24 academic year. Recipients are listed below:

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
  • Alba Argerich, associate professor; Natural Resources
  • Eric Bailey, associate professor; Animal Sciences
  • Michael Byrne, associate professor; Natural Resources
  • Kerry Clark, associate research professor; Applied Social Sciences
  • Jasper Grashuis, associate research professor; Applied Social Sciences
  • Mary Hendrickson, professor; Applied Social Sciences
  • Jon Simonsen, professor; Applied Social Sciences
  • Jaume Padilla, professor; Food, Nutrition and Exercise Services
College of Arts and Science
  • Andre Ariew, professor; Philosophy
  • Katina Bitsicas, associate professor; Visual Studies
  • Clayton Blodgett, associate teaching professor; Geography
  • Jordan Booker, associate professor; Psychological Sciences
  • Kristy Wilson Bowers, associate professor; History
  • Christina Carney, associate professor; Women’s and Gender Studies
  • Chiswili Yves Chabu, associate professor; Biological Sciences
  • George Chikhladze, teaching professor; Economics
  • Colleen Colaner, professor; Communication
  • Gabriel Fried, associate professor; English
  • Sean Franzel, professor; Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • Ashley Groh, professor; Psychological Sciences
  • Rebecca Grollemund, associate professor; English
  • Claire Horisk, professor; Philosophy
  • Kristin Hawley, professor; Psychological Sciences
  • Erin Hennes, associate professor; Psychological Sciences
  • Heather M. Hennkens, associate professor; Chemistry
  • Jennie Ikuta, associate professor; Government and Public Affairs
  • Jong Bum Kim, associate professor; Architectural Studies
  • Sean Lane, associate professor; Psychological Sciences
  • Peter Pivovarov, professor; Mathematics
  • James Schiffbauer, professor; Geological Sciences
  • Travis Shaffer, associate professor; Visual Studies
  • Mary Stegmaier, professor; Government and Public Affairs
  • David Switzer, associate professor; Government and Public Affairs
  • Petros Valettas, associate professor; Mathematics
  • Erika Waller, teaching professor; Psychological Sciences
  • Weijie Wang, associate professor; Government and Public Affairs
  • Haojing Yan, professor; Physics and Astronomy
College of Education and Human Development
  • Jason Alston, associate teaching professor; Information Science and Learning Technologies
  • Nikki Ashcraft, teaching professor; Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
  • Jennifer Fellabaum-Toston, teaching professor; Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
  • Pilar Mendoza Middelkoop, professor; Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
  • Cheryl Offutt, teaching professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
  • Sam Otten, professor; Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
  • Sarah Owens, associate teaching professor; Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
  • Jessica Rodrigues, associate professor; Special Education
  • Rachel Thibodeau-Nielsen, associate professor; Human Development and Family Science
  • Wolfgang Wiedermann, professor; Educational, School and Counseling Psychology
  • Xinhao Xu, associate professor; Information Science and Learning Technologies
College of Engineering
  • Mahmoud Almasri, professor; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Sarah Orton, professor; Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Chanwoo Park, professor; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Maryam Salehi, associate professor; Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Sharan Srinivas, associate professor; Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Omid Shahvari, associate teaching professor; Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Binbin Wang, associate professor; Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Health Sciences
  • Patricia Alafaireet, teaching professor; Health Sciences
  • Danielle Easter, associate clinical professor; Social Work
  • Rose O’Donnell Kaemmerer, associate clinical professor; Health Psychology
  • Ashley Givens, associate professor; Social Work
  • Min Soon Kim, associate teaching professor; Health Sciences
  • David Moxley, associate teaching professor; Health Sciences
  • Carolyn M. Orbann, teaching professor; Health Sciences
  • Kathleen Preble, associate professor; Social Work
  • Erin Robinson, associate professor; Social Work
  • Kelly Stephens, teaching professor; Physical Therapy
  • Jennifer Sykes, associate clinical professor; Health Psychology
College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Pamela Adkins, associate professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
  • Corinne Bromfield, associate extension professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
  • Aaron Ericsson, associate professor; Veterinary Pathobiology
  • Laurel A. Grisanti, associate professor; Biomedical Sciences
  • Alison LaCarrubba, teaching professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
  • Martha Scharf, associate teaching professor; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
  • Darla L. Tharp, associate research professor; Biomedical Sciences
Missouri School of Journalism
  • Brad Best, professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Frank Corridori, professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Jamie Flink, professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Jim Flink, professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Elizabeth Frogge, professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Sara Shipley Hiles, professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Amanda Hinnant, professor; Journalism
  • Kathryn Lucchesi, associate professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Jeimmie Nevalga, professional practice professor; Journalism
  • Randy Reeves, professional practice professor; Journalism
Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business
  • Chunyan “Ann” Peng, professor; Management
School of Medicine
  • Amanda Allmon, professor; Family and Community Medicine
  • Anjali Anders, associate professor; Pediatrics
  • Niraj Arora, associate professor; Neurology
  • Erika Boerman, associate professor; Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
  • Andres Bran, associate professor; Infectious Disease
  • Bradford Cardonell, associate professor; Anesthesiology
  • Steven Carr, associate professor; Neurosurgery
  • Jeffrey Coughenour, professor; Surgery
  • Dima Dandachi, associate professor; Medicine
  • Taia DeLano, associate professional practice professor; Ophthalmology
  • Mark Drymalski, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Bernard Eskridge, professor; Pediatrics
  • Kevin Everett, professor; Family and Community Medicine
  • Claire Finkel, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Tabitha Galloway, associate professor; Otolaryngology
  • Hemant Godara; associate professor; Cardiology
  • Mojgan Golzy, associate professor; Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology
  • Eliav Gov-Ari, professor; Otolaryngology
  • Morgan Green, associate professor; Internal Medicine
  • Guanghong Jia, associate professor: Medicine
  • Taishi Hirai, associate professor; Cardiology
  • Vovanti Jones, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Trupti Joshi, associate professor; Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology
  • Jussuf Kaifi, associate professor; Surgery
  • James Koller, professor; Internal Medicine
  • Senthil Kumar, professor; Cardiology
  • Susan Lava-Parmele, associate professor; Anesthesiology
  • Emily Leary, associate professor; Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Nicholas LeFevre, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine
  • Teresa Lever, professor; Otolaryngology
  • Alicia Ludden-Schlatter, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine
  • Kari Lyn Martin, professor; Dermatology
  • Michael McCullough, associate teaching professor; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
  • Don Moore, associate professor; Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Rebekah Nevel, associate professor; Pediatrics
  • S.K. Chaitanya Panchangam, associate professor; Pediatrics
  • Deepthi Rao, associate professor; Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
  • Kyle Schweser, associate professor; Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Joel Shenker, professor; Neurology
  • Veronica Sievert, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine
  • Julie Stilley, associate research professor; Emergency Medicine
  • Brian Toedebusch, associate professor; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Andrew Wheeler, associate professor; Surgery
  • Alexander Zweig, associate professor; Family and Community Medicine
Sinclair School of Nursing
  • Lea Wood, associate teaching professor; Nursing
  • Amy Vogelsmeier, professor; Nursing
University Libraries
  • Seth Huber, Librarian III; University Libraries
  • Taira Meadowcroft, Librarian III; University Libraries
University of Missouri Extension
  • Bethany Bachmann, associate extension professional; Southeast Region – HHS
  • Alison Copeland, extension professional; Northeast Region – EES
  • Melissa Cotton, associate extension professional; Urban West Region – HHS
  • Kendra Graham, extension professional; East Central Region – EES
  • Katie Neuner, associate extension professional; Northwest Region – ANR
  • Anthony Ohmes, associate extension professional; Southeast Region – ANR
  • Amy Patillo, extension professional; Southwest Region – B&C
  • Rhonda Shafer, associate extension professional; East Central Region – EES
  • Valeria Tate, associate extension professional; Northeast Region – ANR
  • Allen Waldo, associate extension professional; Southwest Region – B&C

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