The following professors were awarded tenure at their institutions. Unless otherwise noted, they are also being promoted to the rank of associate professor. The tenure awards and promotions will take effect on varying dates.
Albright College
Justin Couchman, psychology
Patricia Turning, history
Colorado College
Helen Daly, philosophy
Scott Krzych, film and media studies
Christina Leza, anthropology
Corina McKendry, political science
Habiba Vaghoo, chemistry and biochemistry
Dana Wolfe, political science
Naomi Wood, Spanish and Portuguese
Columbus State University
Joelle Bonamy, modern and classical languages (continuing at rank of assistant professor)
Elizabeth Frander, nursing (with promotion to rank of professor)
Shannon Godlove, English
Daniel Holley, chemistry
Brad Huff, history and geography
Laurence Marsh, management
Joe Miller, English
Franklin Mixon, accounting (continuing at rank of professor)
Clifton Ruehl, biology
Nehal Shukla, mathematics
Joy Thomas, health professions and exercise science
David Turner, theater
Georgia Institute of Technology
Daniel Baerlecken, architecture
Tamara Bogdanovic, physics
Sam Brown, biological sciences (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Young Mi Choi, industrial design
Osvaldo Cleger, modern languages
Michael Damron, mathematics
Mark Andrew Davenport, electrical and computer engineering
Shatakshee Dhongde, economics
Caroline Genzale, mechanical engineering
Eric Gilbert, interactive computing
David Alan Goldberg, industrial systems and engineering
Karen Head, literature, media, and communication
Chris LeDantec, literature, media, and communication
Juan Moreno-Cruz, economics
Nga Lee (Sally) Ng, chemical and biomolecular engineering
Alexander Oettl, business
Machelle Pardue, biomedical engineering (continuing at rank of professor)
Peng Qui, Coulter biomedical engineering
Devesh Ranjan, mechanical engineering (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Julian Rimoli, aerospace engineering
Maryam Saeedifard, electrical and computer engineering
Sven Simon, earth and atmospheric sciences
Jennifer Singh, history and sociology
Le Song, computational science and engineering
Frank Stewart, biological sciences
Phanish Suryanarayana, civil and environmental engineering
Alejandro Toriello, industrial systems and engineering
Kari Watkins, civil and environmental engineering
Michael Wiedorn, modern languages
James Wray, earth and atmospheric sciences
Shuman Xia, mechanical engineering
Lizhen Xu, business
Josephine Yu, mathematics
Alenka Zajic, electrical and computer engineering
Hartwick College
Eric Cooper, biology
Kevin Schultz, physics
Macalester College
Zeynep Devrim Gürsel, international studies
Rivi Handler-Spitz, Asian languages and cultures
William Hart, religious studies (continuing at rank of professor)
Andrea Kaston Tange, English (continuing at rank of professor)
Mark Mandarano, music
J. Ernesto Ortiz-Díaz, Hispanic and Latin American studies
Karin Vélez, history
Merrimack College
Brittnie Aiello, criminology and criminal justice
Jimmy Franco, chemistry and biochemistry
Sirkwoo Jin, management
Susan Marine, higher education (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Sally Shockro, history
Middlebury College
Maggie Clinton, history
Jeffrey Howarth, geography
Shawna Shapiro, writing and linguistics
Louisa Stein, film and media culture
St. Norbert College
Ben Chan, philosophy (continuing at rank of assistant professor)
Seth Meyer, mathematics
Jamie O’Brien, business administration
Marc Schaffer, economics
Alexa Trumpy, sociology
Wheaton College (Ill.)
James E. Beitler, English
Marc A. Cortez, theology (promoted to rank of professor)
Edward B. Davis, psychology (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Winnie Fung, economics (continuing at rank of associate professor)
David M. Gordon, music
Susan L. Greener, intercultural studies (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Mark E. Jonas, education, with a courtesy appointment in philosophy (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Min-Dong Paul Lee, business (promoted to rank of professor)
Amy L. Peeler, New Testament (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Amy M. Reynolds, sociology (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Sandra Y. Rueger, psychology (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Heather M. Whitney, physics (continuing at rank of associate professor)
Laura S. Meitzner Yoder, environmental studies (promoted to rank of professor)
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