Faculty members from the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Oct. 16, 2025
Contact: Cary Littlejohn, carylittlejohn@missouri.edu
Photos by Sam Cox
The Offices of the President and Provost recently hosted a celebratory reception for faculty members who received promotions and/or tenure in the 2024-25 academic year.
Recipients are listed below:
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Ahmed Balboula, associate professor; animal sciences
- Derek Brake, associate professor; animal sciences
- Kiho Lee, professor; animal sciences
- David Mendoza-Cozatl, professor; plant science and technology
- Amanda Patterson, associate professor; animal sciences
- Robin Mercedes Rotman, associate professor; natural resources
- Andrew Scaboo, associate professor; plant science and technology
- Michael C. Stambaugh, associate professor; natural resources
College of Arts and Science
- Lisa Bauer, teaching professor; psychological sciences
- Silvia Bompadre, teaching professor; physics and astronomy
- Kurt Brorsen, associate professor; chemistry
- Erin Bullett, associate clinical professor; psychological sciences
- Shawn Christ, professor; psychological sciences
- Stephen Christ, associate teaching professor; sociology
- Signe Cohen, professor; classics, archeology, and religion
- Rudy Hernandez, associate teaching professor; government and public affairs
- Timothy Howe, professor; music
- John Huntley, professor; geological sciences
- David Kaplan, professor; economics
- Stephen Klien, teaching professor; communication
- Huichun Liang, associate teaching professor; languages, literatures and cultures
- Christine Pazia Mannella, associate professor; visual studies
- Eric Parsons, teaching professor; economics
- Stephen Quackenbush, professor; government and public affairs
- Alec Reichardt, associate professor; history
- Yerina Ranjit, associate professor; communication
- Philip Robbins, professor; philosophy
- Rebecca Scott, professor; sociology
- Tara Selly, associate research professor; geological sciences
- Deepak Singh, professor; physics and astronomy
- Jenna Strawhun, associate clinical professor; psychological sciences
- Christine VanPool, professor; anthropology
- Marc Vital II, associate professor; theater
- Michael Volz, teaching professor; languages, literatures and cultures
- Robert Walker, professor; anthropology
- Samuel Walsh, professor; mathematics
College of Education and Human Development
- Jenny Bossaller, professor; information science and learning technologies
- Cindy Dudenhoffer, teaching professor; information science and learning technologies
- Lisa Goran, teaching professor; special education
- Nora Hager, associate teaching professor; human development and family science
- Linda Helmick, associate teaching professor; learning, teaching and curriculum
- Shannon Holmes, associate professor; educational, school and counseling psychology
- Danielle Oprean, associate professor; information science and learning technologies
- Chad Rose, professor; special education
- Tyler Smith, associate professor; educational, school and counseling psychology
- Jacqueline Swank Fastenow, teaching professor; education, school and counseling psychology
- Michael Williams, associate professor; educational leadership and policy analysis
College of Engineering
- Noel Aloysius, associate professor; chemical and biomedical engineering
- Khaza Hoque, associate professor; electrical engineering and computer science
- Kiruba Krishnaswamy, associate professor; chemical and biomedical engineering
- Matthew Maschmann, professor; mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Suchithra Rajendran, associate professor; industrial and systems engineering
- Ekincan Ufuktepe, associate teaching professor; electrical engineering and computer science
- Matthias Young, associate professor; chemical and biomedical engineering
College of Health Sciences
- Stephanie Allen, associate teaching professor; occupational therapy
- Rachel Bailey, associate clinical professor; social work
- Anne E. Boone, associate professor; occupational therapy
- Anita Campbell, teaching professor; physical therapy
- Kelli Canada, professor; social work
- Greg Cox, associate teaching professor; health sciences
- Idethia Shavon Harvey, professor; health sciences
- Whitney Henderson, clinical professor; occupational therapy
- Brian Hensel, teaching professor; health sciences
- Kimberly Iceman, associate research professor; speech, language and hearing sciences
- Julie Kapp, professor; public health
- Laura Morett, associate professor; speech, language and hearing sciences
- Lynelle Phillips, associate teaching professor; public health
- Teresa Pitts, professor; speech, language and hearing sciences
- Carol Snively, teaching professor; social work
- Kate Trout, associate professor; health sciences
- Iris Zachary, research professor; public health
Graduate School
- Raquel Arouca, associate teaching professor; graduate school
Missouri School of Journalism
- Beverly Horvit, professional practice professor; journalism
- Joy Jenkins, associate professor; journalism
- Brian Kratzer, professional practice professor; journalism
- Monique Luisi, associate professor; journalism
Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business
- J. Gay Albright, teaching professor; management
- Shannon Breske, associate teaching professor; management
- Mahfuz Chy, associate professor; accountancy
- Kihyung Kim, associate teaching professor; management
School of Medicine
- Mirna Becevic, associate professor; dermatology
- Mary Bernardin, associate professor; emergency medicine
- Chantelle Bozynski, associate professor; orthopaedic surgery
- Carmen Cirstea, associate research professor; physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Benjamin Crenshaw, associate professor; family and community medicine
- Steven DeFroda, associate professor; orthopaedic surgery
- Timothy Domeier, professor; medical pharmacology and physiology
- Elizabeth Early, associate professor; otolaryngology
- Krystal Foster, associate professor; family and community medicine
- Michael Gardner, professor; medicine
- Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez, associate professor; pediatrics
- Jonathan Heidt, professor; emergency medicine
- Daniel Hoernschemeyer, professor; orthopaedic surgery
- Hu Huang, associate professor; ophthalmology
- Eric Johannesen, associate professor; pathology and anatomical sciences
- Kuanysh Kabytaev, associate research professor; pathology and anatomical sciences
- Shady Adib Keleh, associate professor; anesthesiology
- George Koburov, professor; emergency medicine
- Whitney LeFevre, associate professor; family and community medicine
- Aaron Miller, associate professor; medicine
- Kihoon Nam, associate research professor; otolaryngology
- Taylor Nelson, associate professor; medicine
- Thorkild Norregaard, professor; neurosurgery
- Van Nguyen, associate professor; pathology and anatomical sciences
- Christos Papageorgiou, professor; medicine
- Catherine Parker, associate professor; emergency medicine
- Naveen Pokala, professor; surgery
- Christian Rojas-Moreno, professor; medicine
- Laura Schulz, professor; obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
- Casey Sevy, associate professor; physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Manjamalai Sivaraman, professor; neurology
- Shyam Shankar, associate professor; medicine
- Josh Smothers, associate professor; family and community medicine
- Patrick Tassone, associate professor; otolaryngology
- Wesley Thompson, associate professor of professional practice; psychiatry
- Robert Wissman, professor; radiology
- Abbie Wright, associate professor; emergency medicine
Sinclair School of Nursing
- Stefanie Birk, associate teaching professor; nursing
- Ellen Chiocca, associate teaching professor; nursing
- Robin Harris, teaching professor; nursing
- Anne Heyen, associate teaching professor; nursing
- Jennifer Hulett, associate professor; nursing
- Kimberly Powell, associate professor; nursing
- Morgan Shahan, associate teaching professor; nursing
- Sherri Ulbrich, teaching professor; nursing
College of Veterinary Medicine
- Daniel Davis, associate research professor; veterinary pathobiology
- Megan McCracken, associate teaching professor; veterinary medicine and surgery
- Craig Payne, extension professor; veterinary medicine and surgery
- Scott Poock, extension professor; veterinary medicine and surgery
- Owen Skinner, associate professor; veterinary medicine and surgery
- Fred Williams III, clinical professor; veterinary pathobiology
University of Missouri Extension
- Elaine Anderson, associate extension professional; 4-H youth development
- Melissa Scheer, extension professional; 4-H youth development
- Dhruba Dhakal, extension professional; agriculture and environment
- Zachary Erwin, extension professional; agriculture and environment
- Kate Kammler, extension professional; agriculture and environment
- Justin Keay, associate extension professional; agriculture and environment
- Mark Christian, associate extension professional; business and community
- Sara Bridgewater, associate extension professional; health and human sciences
- Kyleigh Brown, associate extension professional; health and human sciences
- Liz Harrison, associate extension professional; health and human sciences
- Rachel O’Halloran, associate extension professional; health and human sciences
- Jessica Trussell, extension professional; health and human sciences
- Kyle Whittaker, associate extension professional; southwest region administration
University of Missouri Libraries
- Navadeep Khanal, librarian IV; head of teaching and learning services
- Kimberly Moeller, librarian IV; education and social sciences librarian
