Faculty promotions at Purdue approved by board

Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (April 9) approved faculty promotions. The following promotions are effective with the 2021-22 academic year. Exact dates are noted by campus or individual.

WEST LAFAYETTE CAMPUS
Effective Aug. 16, 2021, except as noted

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

To Associate Professor

• Bhagyashree Katare, associate professor of agricultural economics
• John J. Couture, associate professor of entomology
• Sadegh Dabiri, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering
• Meng Deng, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering
• Marisa A. Erasmus, associate professor of animal sciences
• Jen-Yi Huang, associate professor of food science
• Stephen R. Lindemann, associate professor of food science
• Mohsen Mohammadi, associate professor of agronomy
• Linda J. Pfeiffer, associate professor of agricultural sciences education and communication
• Carson J. Reeling, associate professor of agricultural economics
• Nathanael M. Thompson, associate professor of agricultural economics
• Ariana P. Torres Bravo, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture
• Hui-Hui Wang, associate professor of agricultural sciences education and communication
• Joshua R. Widhalm, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture
• Gyeong Mee Yoon, associate professor of botany and plant pathology
• Mo Zhou, associate professor of forestry and natural resources

To Clinical Associate Professor

• Wenjing Guan, clinical associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture

To Full Professor

• Lori A. Hoagland, professor of horticulture and landscape architecture
• Jason T. Hoverman, professor of forestry and natural resources
• Michael V. Mickelbart, professor of botany and plant pathology
• Jacob E. Ricker-Gilbert, professor of agricultural economics
• Farzad Taheripour, research professor of agricultural economics

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

To Associate Professor

• Stephanie J. Masta, associate professor of curriculum and instruction
• Patricia M. Morita-Mullaney, associate professor of curriculum and instruction
• Nielsen Pereira, associate professor of educational studies

To Clinical Associate Professor

• Kharon D. Grimmet, clinical associate professor of educational studies

To Full Professor

• Eric D. Deemer, professor of educational studies
• Jill A. Newton, professor of curriculum and instruction
• Anatoli Rapoport, professor of curriculum and instruction

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

To Associate Professor

• Andres Arrieta Diaz, associate professor of mechanical engineering
• Adrian Buganza Tepole, associate professor of mechanical engineering
• Hua Cai, associate professor of industrial engineering and environmental and ecological engineering
• James M. Gibert, associate professor of mechanical engineering
• Mohammad Jahanshahi, associate professor of civil engineering
• Chi Hwan Lee, associate professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering
• Jacqueline C. Linnes, associate professor of biomedical engineering
• Muhsin Menekse, associate professor of engineering education
• Shaoshuai Mou, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics
• Roshanak Nateghi, associate professor of industrial engineering
• Alexey Shashurin, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics
• Carson D. Slabaugh, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics
• Wenzhuo Wu, associate professor of industrial engineering

To Clinical Professor

• Andrew O. Brightman, professor of engineering practice
• Bradley S. Duerstock, professor of engineering practice
• Charles R. Kenley, professor of engineering practice
• Mary K. Pilotte, professor of engineering practice, engineering education
• Theodore J. Weidner, professor of engineering practice

To Full Professor

• Jun Chen, professor of mechanical engineering
• Jong Hyun Choi, professor of mechanical engineering
• Rajamani Gounder, professor of chemical engineering
• Brent K. Jesiek, professor of engineering education
• Nan Kong, professor of biomedical engineering
• Milind Kulkarni, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Partha P, Mukherjee, professor of mechanical engineering
• Jitesh H. Panchal, professor of mechanical engineering
• Alice L. Pawley, professor of engineering education
• Ming Qu, professor of civil engineering
• Michael D. Sangid, professor of aeronautics and astronautics
• Gesualdo Scutari, professor of Industrial engineering
• Fabio Semperlotti, professor of mechanical engineering
• Dengfeng Sun, professor of aeronautics and astronautics
• Andrew J. Whelton, professor of civil engineering and environmental and ecological engineering

To Research Professor

• Justin A. Weibel, research professor of mechanical engineering

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES

To Associate Professor

• Audrey Ruple, associate professor of public health
• Françoise Brosseau-Lapré, associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences
• Nilupa S. Gunaratna, associate professor of public health
• Yumary Ruiz, associate professor of public health
• Susan Sangha, associate professor of psychological sciences

To Clinical Associate Professor

• Mopelola T. Adeola, clinical associate professor of nursing
• Elizabeth H. Akey, clinical associate professor of psychological sciences
• Charna T. Greenwell, clinical associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences (July 1, 2021)
• Cassandra A. Ledman, clinical associate professor of health and kinesiology (July 1, 2021) 

To Clinical Professor

• Pamela M. Karagory, clinical professor of nursing (July 1, 2021)
• Dawn E. Wetzel, clinical professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences (July 1, 2021)

To Full Professor

• Jennifer L. Freeman, professor of health sciences
• Kimberly P. Kinzig, professor of psychological sciences
• Linda H. Nie, professor of health sciences
• Susan C. South, professor of psychological sciences

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

To Associate Professor

• Kaveh G. Akbar, associate professor of English
• Taylor T. Davis, associate professor of philosophy
• Andrew T. Flachs, associate professor of anthropology
• Kyle E. Haynes, associate professor of political science
• Trenton C. Jones, associate professor of history
• Ashley M. Purpura, associate professor of interdisciplinary studies

To Full Professor

• Elena Coda, professor of Italian (July 1, 2021)
• Harry C. Denny, professor of English
• Elaine J. Francis, professor of English
• Zhen Yu Qian, professor of industrial design
• Ann Shanahan, professor of theatre (July 1, 2021)

LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES

To Associate Professor

• Heather A. Howard, associate professor of libraries (July 1, 2021)
• Bethany S. McGowan, associate professor of libraries (July 1, 2021)
• Margaret L. Phillips, associate professor of libraries (July 1, 2021)

To Full Professor

• Clarence D. Maybee, professor of libraries (July 1, 2021)

KRANNERT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

To Associate Professor

• Collin Raymond, associate professor of economics
• Yaroslav Rosokha, associate professor of economics
• Pengyi Shi, associate professor of management

To Clinical Associate Professor

• Michael Kregar, clinical associate professor of management

To Full Professor

• Benjamin B. Dunford, professor of management
• Ting Zhu, professor of management

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

To Clinical Associate Professor

• Nicole L. Olenik, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice (July 1, 2021)

To Clinical Professor

• Monica L. Miller, clinical professor of pharmacy practice (July 1, 2021)
• Brian M. Shepler, clinical professor of pharmacy practice (July 1, 2021)
• Kara D. Weatherman, clinical professor of pharmacy practice (July 1, 2021) 

To Full Professor

• Brian Overholser, professor of pharmacy practice (July 1, 2021)
• Amy H. Sheehan, professor of pharmacy practice

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

To Associate Professor

• Xiumin Diao, associate professor of engineering technology
• Jose M. Garcia Bravo, associate professor of engineering technology
• Colin M. Gray, associate professor of computer graphics technology
• Anne M. Lucietto, associate professor of engineering technology
• Brittany A. Newell, associate professor of engineering technology
• Rustin D. Webster, associate professor of engineering technology

To Clinical Associate Professor

• John M. Davis, clinical associate professor of aviation and transportation technology
• Davin H. Huston, clinical associate professor of engineering technology
• Timothy D. Ropp, clinical professor of aviation and transportation technology

To Full Professor

• Julia M. Rayz, professor of computer and information technology
• Baijian Yang, professor of computer and information technology

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

To Associate Professor

• Daniel R. Chavas, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences
• Alexander A. Chubykin, associate professor of biological sciences
• Marty D. Frisbee, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences
• Dan Goldwasser, associate professor of computer science
• Chen-Lung Hung, associate professor of physics and astronomy
• Andreas Jung, associate professor of physics and astronomy
• Baiying Liu, associate professor of mathematics
• Angeline M. Lyon, associate professor of chemistry
• Linquan Ma, associate professor of mathematics
• Seema Mattoo, associate professor of biological sciences
• Jeremy K. Miller, associate professor of mathematics
• Catherine L. Searle, associate professor of biological sciences
• Thomas J. Sinclair, associate professor of mathematics
• Qifan Song, associate professor of statistics
• Lisa R. Welp, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

To Clinical Professor

• Jonathan C. Rienstra-Kiracofe, clinical professor of chemistry

To Full Professor

• Chittaranjan Das, professor of chemistry
• Rafael F, Lang, professor of physics and astronomy
• Guang Lin, professor of mathematics
• Gregory M. Michalski, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences
• Peristera Paschou, professor of biological sciences
• Adam Wasserman, professor of chemistry
• Dabao Zhang, professor of statistics

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

To Associate Professor

• Abigail D. Cox, associate professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2021)
• Dianne Little, associate professor of basic medical sciences
• Rebecca P. Wilkes, associate professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2021)
• Andrew D. Woolcock, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2021)

To Clinical Associate Professor

• Aimee C. Brooks, clinical associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2021)
• Christopher M. Fulkerson, clinical associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2021)
• Paula A. Johnson, clinical associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2021)

To Research Associate Professor

• Bennett D. Elzey, research associate professor of comparative pathobiology

SYSTEMWIDE CAMPUSES

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
Effective Aug. 16, 2021

• Alireza Alavizadeh, associate professor of industrial engineering technology
• Kimberly L. Brunt, clinical associate professor of psychology
• Magesh Chandramouli, professor of computer graphics technology
• Janet H. Davis, associate professor of nursing
• Lindsay M. Gielda, associate professor of biology
• Dawit Gizachew, associate professor of chemistry
• Robert M. Hallock, associate professor of cognitive psychology
• Grethe Hystad, associate professor of statistics
• Maged B. Mikhail, associate professor of mechatronics engineering technology
• Eric A. Mlynarczyk, clinical associate professor of accounting
• Mary R. Morrow, associate professor of nursing
• Yu Ouyang, associate professor of political science
• Herlinda Ramirez-Barradas, professor of Spanish
• Minoo Ashoori, associate professor of marketing
• Jane E. Thomas, associate professor of human resource management
• Kelly P. Vaughan, associate professor of English education
• Shuhui Yang, professor of computer science
• Yueqi Zhang, professor of communication
• Lin Zhao, professor of management information systems

PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE
Effective Aug. 16, 2021, except as noted

To Associate Professor

• Deborah Bauer, associate professor of modern European history
• Steven J. Cody, associate professor of art history
• John O. Egger, associate professor of music
• Seth Green, associate professor of ceramics
• Merrell A. Johnson, associate professor of physics
• Elizabeth Keller, associate professor of English
• Ann Marshall, associate librarian/information services and instruction (July 1, 2021)
• Atefeh Mohammadpour, associate professor of construction engineering technology
• Haeik Park, associate professor of hospitality management
• Sherrie Steiner, associate professor of sociology

To Full Professor

Jeffrey Casazza, professor of theatre

• Christopher Ganz, professor of fine arts
• Mark A. Jordan, professor of biology (July 1, 2021)
• Hamilton S. Tescarollo, professor of music

INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
Effective Aug. 1, 2021

To Associate Professor

• Carlos Larriba-Andaluz, Mechanical and Energy Engineering
• Evava Pietri, Psychology
• Brandon Sorge, Technology Leadership and Communication

To Professor     

• Sohel Anwar, Mechanical and Energy Engineering
• Melissa A. Cyders, Psychology
• John Goodpaster, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Mohammed Al Hasan, Computer and Information Science
• Yogesh N. Joglekar, Physics
• Feng Li, Computer Information and Graphics Technology
• Jiliang Li, Biology
• Lingxi Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• George Mohler, Information Science
• Ken Yoshida, Biomedical Engineering
• Likun Zhu, Mechanical and Energy Engineering

To Senior Lecturer        

• Shamima Mithun, Computer Information and Graphics Technology

To Teaching Professor

• Lingma Lu Acheson, Computer and Information Science
• Brenda Blacklock, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Rob Elliott, Computer Information and Graphics Technology
• Andrew Harris, Computer and Information Science
• Debora Herold, Psychology
• Michael Yard, Biology
• Robert Yost, Biology 

To Associate Research Professor

• Yucheng Xiao, Biology