KU announces promotions, awards of tenure

LAWRENCE — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has approved promotion and the award of tenure where indicated for the following individuals at the University of Kansas:

TO FULL PROFESSOR (*with tenure)

• Elizabeth Asiedu, economics
• Paul Atchley, psychology
• Cory Berkland, chemical and petroleum engineering and pharmaceutical chemistry
• Xue Wen Chen, electrical engineering and computer science
• William Comer, Slavic languages and literatures
• Derrick Darby, philosophy
• Michael Detamore, chemical and petroleum engineering
• Arienne Dwyer, anthropology
• Iris Smith Fischer, English
• Barry Fitzgerald, design
• Bryan Foster, ecology and evolutionary biology and senior scientist, Kansas Biological Survey
• Joseph Harrington, English
• Erik Herron, political science
• Beth Innocenti, communication studies
• Kenneth Irby, English
• Stephen Kapp, social welfare
• Neal Kingston*, psychology and research in education
• Thomas Prisinzano, medicinal chemistry
• Eric Rath, history
• Atanas Stefanov, mathematics
• Zhongquan Zheng, aerospace engineering

TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR with TENURE (+mandatory review year)

• Shawn Alexander, African and African American studies
• Leslie Bennett+, theatre
• Shawn Bitters+, visual art
• So-Min Cheong+, geography
• Dale Dorsey, philosophy
• Robert Fiorentino+, linguistics
• Mugur Geana+, journalism
• Tanya Golash-Boza, sociology and American studies
• Scott Hefty+, molecular biosciences
• Lena Hileman+, ecology and evolutionary biology
• Robert Hurst+, film and media studies
• Scott Jenkins, philosophy
• Michael Johnson+, chemistry
• Bonnie Johnson+, urban planning
• Stuart Macdonald+, molecular biosciences
• Robert Moyle+, ecology and evolutionary biology and associate curator, Biodiversity Institute
• Minae Mure, chemistry
• Mariya Omelicheva, political science
• Edward Peltier+, civil, environmental and architectural engineering
• Amy Rossomondo+, Spanish & Portuguese
• Mikhail Rubin+, chemistry
• Tarun Sabarwal, economics
• Steven Schrock+, civil, environmental and architectural engineering
• Emma Scioli+, classics
• Jeremy Shellhorn+, design
• Liang Tang+, molecular biosciences
• Dave Tell, communication studies
• Ketty Wong-Cruz+, music
• Stephanie Zelnick, music
• Hui Zhao, physics and astronomy

TENURE ONLY – CLAS & SCHOOLS (+mandatory review year)

• Norman Akers+, visual art
• James Backes, pharmacy practice
• Honglian Shi, pharmacology and toxicology

TO LIBRARIAN

• Scott McEathron, University Libraries
• Lyn Wolz, University Libraries

RESEARCH and GRADUATE STUDIES

• Steven Case, Center for Science Education, to associate research professor
• Greg Ludvigson, Kansas Geological Survey, to senior scientist
• Daryl Mellard, Center for Research on Learning, to research professor
• Howard Willis, Life Span Institute, associate research professor
• Amy McCart, Life Span Institute, associate research professor