KU announces faculty approved for sabbatical leave

LAWRENCE — The following 57 faculty members from the University of Kansas have been approved for sabbatical leaves during the 2012-2013 academic year. The Kansas Board of Regents made the approvals. They are listed below by department, title and semester.  

• Mahasweta Banerjee, social welfare, associate professor, spring 2013
• Philip Barnard, English, associate professor, fall 2012
• Melissa Birch, business, associate professor, academic year 2012-1013
• Dave Braaten, geography, professor, fall 2012
• Barbara Bradley, curriculum and teaching, associate professor, spring 2013
• James Butler, Kansas Geological Survey, senior scientist, 9/2/2012 – 2/2/2013
• Marta Caminero-Santangelo, English, professor, fall 2012
• Karen Cook, Libraries, associate librarian, 8/5/2012- 1/5/2013
• Alesha Doan, political science, associate professor, fall 2012
• Brian Donovan, sociology, associate professor, fall 2012
• Jonathan Earle, history, associate professor, fall 2012
• Dietrich Earnhart, economics, professor, fall 2012
• Jin Feng, mathematics, associate professor, academic year 2012-2013
• Holly Goerdel, public affairs and administration, associate professor, fall 2012
• Tanya Hartman, visual art, associate professor, fall 2012
• Debra Hedden, music, associate professor, fall 2012
• Michael Hoeflich, law, distinguished professor, spring 2013
• Yaozhong Hu, mathematics, professor, academic year 2012-013
• Jun Huan, electrical engineering and computer science, associate professor, fall 2012
• Craig Huneke, mathematics, distinguished professor, academic year 2012-2013
• Carey Johnson, chemistry, professor, spring 2013
• Allard Jongman, linguistics, professor, spring 2013
• Daniel Katz, mathematics, professor, spring 2013
• Barbara Kerr, psychology and research in education, distinguished professor, spring 2013
• Dongbin Kim, educational leadership and policy studies, associate professor, fall 2012
• Cheryl Lester, English/American studies, associate professor, fall 2012
• Jonathan Mayhew, Spanish and Portuguese, professor, fall 2012
• Keith McMahon, East Asian languages and cultures, professor, spring 2013
• Mario Medina, architectural engineering, associate professor, spring 2013
• Genaro Mendez, music, associate professor, fall 2012
• Timothy Miller, religious studies, professor, spring 2013
• Trung Van Nguyen, chemical and petroleum engineering, professor, spring 2013
• Lizette Peter, curriculum and teaching, associate professor, fall 2012
• Lance Rake, design, professor, fall 2012
• Dena Register, music, associate professor, spring 2013
• Amy Rossomondo, Spanish and Portuguese, assistant professor, spring 2013
• Samira Sayeh, French and Italian, associate professor, fall 2012
• Paul Scott, French and Italian, associate professor, fall 2012
• Joan Sereno, linguistics, professor, spring 2013
• Sergei Shandarin, physics and astronomy, professor, academic year 2012-2013
• Terry Slocum, geography, associate professor, academic year 2012-2013
• Val Smith, ecology and evolutionary biology, professor, fall 2012
• William Staples, sociology, associate professor, spring 2013
• Koleman Strumpf, business, professor, academic year 2012-2013
• Kim Swanson, French and Italian, associate professor, spring 2013
• Michael Taylor, geology, associate professor, fall 2012
• John Tibbetts, film and media studies, associate professor, fall 2012
• John Edgar Tidwell, English, professor, spring 2013
• Harold Torrence, linguistics, associate professor, fall 2012
• Leslie Tuttle, history, associate professor, academic year 2012-2013
• Robert Ward, molecular biology, associate professor, fall 2012
• Kim Warren, history, associate professor, spring 2013
• Stacey White, urban planning, associate professor, fall 2012
• Lisa Wolf-Wendel, education leadership and policy studies, professor, spring 2013
• William Woods, geography, professor, spring 2013
• Michael Zogry, religious studies, associate professor, fall 2012