Purdue trustees approve faculty promotions

Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (April 4) approved faculty promotions. The following promotions are effective with the 2014-15 academic year. For the West Lafayette campus, that means Aug. 18, except where otherwise noted.

WEST LAFAYETTE CAMPUS

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

To Associate Professor

Kolapo Ajuwon, associate professor of animal sciences

Songlin Fei, associate professor of forestry and natural resources

Reuben R. Goforth, associate professor of forestry and natural resources

Ian Kaplan, associate professor of entomology

Jiqin Ni, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering

Nicole J. Olynk-Widmar, associate professor of agricultural economics

Maria Fernanda SanMartin-Gonzalez, associate professor of food science

David M. Umulis, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering

Andrea Vacca, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering

To Full Professor

Cale A. Bigelow, professor of agronomy

Jeffrey S. Dukes, professor of forestry and natural resources

Kevin D. Gibson, professor of botany and plant pathology

Maria I. Marshall, professor of agricultural economics

Devdutta S. Niyogi, professor of agronomy

Michael E. Scharf, professor of entomology

Maria Soledad Sepúlveda, professor of forestry and natural resources

Weiguo Andy Tao, professor of biochemistry

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

To Associate Professor

Jill A. Newton, associate professor of curriculum and instruction

Kathryn M. Obenchain, associate professor of curriculum and instruction

To Full Professor

Emily C. Bouck, professor of educational studies

Anita Roychoudhury, professor of curriculum and instruction

Yan Ping Xin, professor of educational studies

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

To Associate Professor

Jun Chen, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Lars Niklas Elmqvist, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

Brent K. Jesiek, associate professor of engineering education and electrical and computer engineering

Amr A. Kandil, associate professor of civil engineering

Nan Kong, associate professor of biomedical engineering

Julie C. Liu, associate professor of chemical engineering

Corey P. Neu, associate professor of biomedical engineering

Ming Qu, associate professor of civil engineering

Cary D. Troy, associate professor of civil engineering

Athanasios Tzempelikos, associate professor of civil engineering

Yue Wu, associate professor of chemical engineering

Ji Soo Yi, associate professor of industrial engineering

Pablo D. Zavattieri, associate professor of civil engineering

To Full Professor

John E. Haddock, professor of civil engineering

John A. Morgan, professor of chemical engineering

Satish V. Ukkusuri, professor of civil engineering

Amit H. Varma, professor of civil engineering

You-Yeon Won, professor of chemical engineering

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES

To Associate Professor

Laura J. Claxton, associate professor of health and kinesiology

Gordon J. Day, associate professor of hospitality and tourism management

Karen J. Foli, associate professor of nursing

Elliot M. Friedman, associate professor of human development and family studies

Jennifer L. Freeman, associate professor of health sciences

Li Miao, associate professor of hospitality and tourism management

Susan C. South, associate professor of psychological sciences

To Full Professor

Jessica E. Huber, professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences

SooCheong (Shawn) Jang, professor of hospitality and tourism management

Xinran Y. Lehto, professor of hospitality and tourism management

Deborah E. Rupp, professor of psychological sciences

Preeti M. Sivasankar, professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences

To Clinical Associate Professor

Jennifer A. Coddington, clinical associate professor of nursing

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

To Associate Professor

David J. Brule, associate professor of political science

Alejandro Cuza-Blanco, associate professor of languages and cultures

Alicia C. Decker, associate professor of history

Catherine Dossin, associate professor of visual and performing arts

Michael R. Johnston, associate professor of English

Ian C. Lindsay, associate professor of anthropology

Roberta A. Malo, associate professor of English

Dawn G. Marsh, associate professor of history

Derek A. Pacheco, associate professor of English

Yvonne M. Pitts, associate professor of history

Antonia J. Syson, associate professor of languages and cultures

To Full Professor

Jeffrey E. Brower, professor of philosophy

Angelica A. Duran, professor of English

Atsushi Fukada, professor of languages and cultures

Sandor T. Goodhart, professor of English

Caroline E. Janney, professor of history

Sarah A. Mustillo, professor of sociology

Venetria K. Patton, professor of English and African American studies

Thomas J. Rickert, professor of English

Daniel W. Smith, professor of philosophy

Melinda S. Zook, professor of history

KRANNERT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

To Associate Professor

Kevin Mumford, associate professor of economics

To Full Professor

Kemal Altinkemer, professor of management

Annabelle Feng, professor of management

Yanjun Li, professor of management

Chong Xiang, professor of economics

Xiaoyan Zhang, professor of management

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

To Full Professor

Gregory H. Hockerman, professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology

To Clinical Associate Professor

Monica L. Miller, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice

Ellen M. Schellhase, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice

To Clinical Professor

Kellie L. Weddle, clinical professor of pharmacy practice

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

To Associate Professor

Giulio Caviglia, associate professor of mathematics

Chittaranjan Das, associate professor of chemistry

Suzanne C. Doucette, associate professor of chemistry

Rachael H. Kenney, associate professor of mathematics and curriculum & instruction

Yuk Fai Leung, associate professor of biological sciences

Oana Malis, associate professor of physics and astronomy

Yulia Pushkar, associate professor of physics and astronomy

Xavier M. Tricoche, associate professor of computer science

Adam Wasserman, associate professor of chemistry

To Full Professor

Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, professor of biological sciences

Christine A. Hrycyna, professor of chemistry

Daisuke Kihara, professor of biological sciences

Ninghui Li, professor of computer science

Norbert Neumeister, professor of physics and astronomy

S.V.N. Vishwanathan, professor of statistics

Jun Xie, professor of statistics

Qianlai Zhuang, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

To Associate Professor

Jenny L. Daugherty, associate professor of technology leadership and innovation

Brandeis H. Marshall, associate professor of computer and information technology

Mark E. Shaurette, associate professor of building construction management

To Full Professor

Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, professor of computer graphics technology

Nathan W. Hartman, professor of computer graphics technology

David L. Stanley, professor of aviation technology

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

To Associate Professor

Wendy M. Townsend, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1)

To Full Professor

Sophie A. Lelievre, professor of basic medical sciences

Joanne B. Messick, professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1)

To Clinical  Professor

Ann B. Weil, clinical professor of veterinary clinical sciences

SYSTEM-WIDE CAMPUSES

IPFW (Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne)

To Associate Professor

Zhuming Bi, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Dong Chen, associate professor of civil engineering

Wei Luo, associate professor of communication

Jody Ross, associate professor of psychology

Steven Stevenson, associate professor of chemistry

To Full Professor

Abdullah Eroglu, professor of electrical engineering

Jay Jackson, professor of psychology

Ahmed Mustafa, professor of biology

IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)

To Associate Professor

Michael R. Drews, associate professor, School of Engineering and Technology

Lingxi Li, associate professor, School of Engineering and Technology

Mehmet M. Dundar, associate professor, School of Science

Gavriil Tsechpenakis, associate professor, School of Science

To Full Professor

Stephen P. Hundley, professor, School of Engineering and Technology

Stephen K. Randall, professor, School of Science

Michelle P. Salyers, professor, School of Science

To Clinical Associate Professor

Connie F. Justice, clinical associate professor, School of Engineering and Technology

To Senior Lecturer

Michele S. Roberts, senior lecturer, School of Science

Michael Yard, senior lecturer, School of Science

PURDUE CALUMET

To Associate Professor

Muhammad T. Anan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

Ge Jin, associate professor of computer graphics technology

Songtao Mo, associate professor of accounting

Margaret (Meg) E. Rincker, associate professor of political science

Lan Shen, associate professor of library science

Tanya S. Stabler, associate professor of history

Kathryn A. Sweeney, associate professor of sociology

Michael I. Zimmer, associate professor of biological sciences

To Full Professor

Nicolae Tarfulea, professor of mathematics

PURDUE NORTH CENTRAL

To Associate Professor

Glynn Bricker, associate professor of physics

E. Anne Christo-Baker, associate professor of organizational behavior and leadership

Charlene Gyurko, associate professor of nursing

Jerry Holt, associate professor of English

Christabel Rogalin, associate professor of sociology

Peggy Rose, associate professor of nursing

Annette Schooley, associate professor of nursing

To Full Professor