EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY VIRTUAL FACULTY CONVOCATION Friday, August 21, 2020 9 a.m.
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VIRTUAL FACULTY CONVOCATION PROGRAM Inspiring Hope for a Stronger Tomorrow Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chorale Directed by Matthew Potterton Welcome, Recognition of Emeritus Faculty and Introduction of New Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Hendrix 2020-21 President, Faculty Senate Greetings from ETSU Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Foley Faculty Trustee, Board of Trustees Student Government Association President’s Remarks. . . . . . . . . . Shivam Patel 2020-21 President, Student Government Association Introduction of Guest Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Johnson Interim Associate Provost for Faculty and Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence Guest Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regina Lewis CEO, ReginaSpeaking, Inc. President’s Remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Noland President Distinguished Faculty Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Noland Closing Remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsie Bishop Senior Vice President for Academics & Interim Provost
Information pertaining to Faculty Convocation honorees, award winners, and new faculty will be posted on the Office of the Provost website.
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DEAN, CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AND FACULTY EMERITUS 2019-2020 DEAN EMERITUS
Gordon K. Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . College of Arts and Sciences Richard E. Osborn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . School of Continuing Studies and Academic Outreach Allan Spritzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College of Business and Technology
AFG CHAIR OF EXCELLENCE EMERITUS
Andrew J. Czuchry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College of Business and Technology
ALLEN AND RUTH HARRIS CHAIR OF EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS EMERITUS Allan Spritzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College of Business and Technology
FACULTY EMERITUS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Scott Beck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sociology and Anthropology Benjamin Caton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Patrick Cronin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre and Dance Wayne Dyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art and Design Jeffrey Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philosophy and Humanities Karen A. Harrington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature and Language Dorothy L. Drinkard-Hawkshawe . . . History Teresa Haynes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mathematics and Statistics Karl Henry Joplin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biological Sciences Lindsey King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sociology and Anthropology Rebecca Pyles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biological Sciences
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Mason Gene Bailey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computing Edward Baryla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economics and Finance Andrew J. Czuchry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management and Marketing Douglas Dotterweich . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economics and Finance Allan Spritzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management and Marketing
CLEMMER COLLEGE
Deborah Harley-McClaskey. . . . . . . . Counseling and Human Services
QUILLEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
T. Watson Jernigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obstetrics and Gynecology David N. Walters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surgery
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Loyd Lee Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Nursing
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NEW FACULTY Professor, Associate Professor, 3Assistant Professor, 4Instructor, 5Lecturer, Professor of Practice, 7Visiting Assistant Professor, 8Clinical Instructor, 9Faculty Coordinator 1
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Robin H. Antepara5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature and Language
Kallie Gay5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communication and Performance Ian Hensley3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philosophy and Humanities Zachary James5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature and Language David M. Jones, Jr.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature and Language
CLEMMER COLLEGE
Audrey Besch8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Counseling and Human Services
Jody LaShay Jennings8 . . . . . . . . . . . Curriculum and Instruction Christine Oaks5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Counseling and Human Services Alicia Nikki Stewart5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sport, Exercise, Recreation and Kinesiology
COLLEGE OF CLINICAL AND REHABILITATIVE HEALTH SCIENCES Lori N. Balmer3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allied Health Sciences
Rachel Ellis3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehabilitative Sciences Stephanie Horvath3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Christopher Hovorka3. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehabilitative Sciences Jesse Pennington3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allied Health Sciences Erica O’Quinn3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allied Health Sciences Lee Ann Rawlins-Williams3 . . . . . . . . Rehabilitative Sciences Ian Rheault3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehabilitative Sciences Landon Shields3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allied Health Sciences Bess Sirmon-Taylor1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Amber Street3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Work
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QUILLEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Michael Allshouse1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surgery
Willie Anderson3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pediatrics Michelle Chandley3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biomedical Sciences Priyamvada Chaudhary3. . . . . . . . . . . Pediatrics Lana Cook9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Affairs Leon Dumas3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Affairs Brian Earley1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Medicine Myesa Emberesh3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pediatrics Brad Feltis1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Surgery Bhavesh Gajjar3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Medicine Justin Gass2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biomedical Sciences Brian Ingalls2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Medicine Manar Jbara3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Medicine Nevi Patel3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Medicine Brooke Schmeichel3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biomedical Sciences
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Tonia Evans4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs
Carrie Felske4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs Vallire Hooper2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Programs Crystal Lane4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Programs Renee Lowe4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs Penni Merrick4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs Amanda Parker4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs Jennifer Prescott4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs Paige Reed Mullins3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Programs Jake Terry4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs Glenda Wothers4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Suman Dalal3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Sciences
Michael Meit2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center for Rural Health Research Christen Minnick3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center for Rural Health Research Beth O’Connell3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community and Behavioral Health Sam Pettyjohn3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center for Rural Health Research Amy Wahlquist2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center for Rural Health Research
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DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARDS DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD FOR TEACHING
Brooks B. Pond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Brooks Pond joined East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy as a founding faculty member in 2007. Over the past 13 years at ETSU, she has participated in didactic teaching of students within the College of Pharmacy and the Biomedical Science graduate program. Her nominator wrote of Dr. Pond’s dedication to students and their appreciation for her, noting that: “Perhaps no better support for Dr. Pond to receive the Distinguished Faculty Award is the fact that the graduating class of students has selected her 6 times to serve as the class ‘faculty hooder’; no other faculty member at Gatton comes close to this.”
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD FOR RESEARCH
Mohamed Elgazzar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Medicine Dr. Mohamed Elgazzar joined the faculty at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine in 2010. His research focuses on the molecular immunobiology of sepsis and chronic inflammation, and he has gained national recognition and significant extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health for his work. In support of his nomination, a colleague wrote: “Dr. Elgazzar is a brilliant researcher. … He has the ability to recognize and respond to fundamental gaps in our understanding of clinical immunology and inflammatory diseases. Promising scientists like Dr. Elgazzar are extremely important to ETSU and the College of Medicine’s research programs.”
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD FOR SERVICE
Donna J. Cherry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Work Dr. Donna Cherry has taught at East Tennessee State University since 2009. Since then, she has served in many capacities at the university and in the community. In 2019, Dr. Cherry was the first recipient of the “Social Work Educator of the Year” award, presented by the Tennessee chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. This year, Dr. Cherry began a new project: the establishment of a transitional living program for young adults who have aged out of the foster care system and are at risk for homelessness. As her nominator writes: “Dr. Cherry lives and breathes social justice and service. … The profession of Social Work benefits by Dr. Cherry helping educate professionals and ‘walk the walk’ of Social Work values in helping vulnerable persons.”
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COLLEGE-LEVEL FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2019-2020 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Faculty Research Award Joseph Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Service Award C. Wesley Buerkle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communication and Performance Faculty Teaching Award Michele Joyner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mathematics and Statistics New Faculty Award Gerardo Arceo-Gomez . . . . . . . . . . . . Biological Sciences Lecturer Award Justin Waller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Adjunct Faculty Award Jennifer Kintner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre and Dance
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY Faculty Research Award Mohammed S. Khan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computing Faculty Service Award Ricki Kaplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management and Marketing New Faculty Award Xin Xie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economics and Finance
CLEMMER COLLEGE Faculty Research Award Alissa A. Lange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Early Childhood Education Faculty Service Award L. Kathryn Sharp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Early Childhood Education Faculty Teaching Award Renee Moran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curriculum and Instruction
COLLEGE OF CLINICAL AND REHABILITATIVE HEALTH SCIENCES Faculty Research Award Michelle Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehabilitative Health Sciences Faculty Service Award Donna Cherry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Work Faculty Teaching Award Brittany Wilkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Work
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CHARLES C. SHERROD LIBRARY Outstanding Library Faculty Rebecca L. Tolley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Research and Instructional Services
COLLEGE OF GRADUATE AND CONTINUING STUDIES Graduate Faculty Mentor Award Thomas Alan Holmes. . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature and Language
QUILLEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Faculty Research Award Mark Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Medicine Faculty Service Award Kenneth Ferslew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biomedical Sciences Faculty Teaching Award Reid Blackwelder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Medicine
COLLEGE OF NURSING Faculty Research Award Jean Hemphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Programs Faculty Service Award Carolyn Merriman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Programs Faculty Teaching Award Alex Sargsyan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Programs Faculty Practice Award April Morrison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Programs
BILL GATTON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Faculty Research Award Stacy Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Service Award Susie Crowe ����������������������������������������� Pharmacy Practice, Office of Experiential Education Faculty Teaching Award Sarah Melton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pharmacy Practice
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH Foundation Research Award Katie Baker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community and Behavioral Health Foundation Teaching Award Sean Fox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Sciences Foundation Service Award Taylor Dula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office of Student Services
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FACULTY TENURE AND PROMOTION COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Tenured Esther Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Vanessa Mayoraz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art & Design Nathaniel J. Olson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appalachian Studies Joshua S. Reid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature & Language Dane W. Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemistry Abbas G. Shilabin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemistry Promoted to Professor Wesley Carl Buerkle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communication & Performance Daryl A. Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History William N. Duncan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sociology & Anthropology Jesse K. Graves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature & Language Michele L. Joyner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mathematics & Statistics Leslie A. MacAvoy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philosophy & Humanities Stephen W. Marshall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media & Communication Brian J. Maxson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History Matthew V. Potterton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Daniel Westover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature & Language Promoted to Associate Professor Esther Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Vanessa Mayoraz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Art & Design Nathaniel J. Olson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appalachian Studies Joshua S. Reid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Literature & Language Dane W. Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemistry Abbas G. Shilabin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemistry
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY Tenured Brian T. Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computing Umit Saglam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management & Marketing Xie Xin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economics & Finance Promoted to Professor Dean D. Isham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Engineering, Engineering Technology, & Surveying Anthony D. Pittarese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computing Jon L. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economics & Finance Promoted to Associate Professor Brian T. Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computing Jinseok Hong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Engineering, Engineering Technology, & Surveying Umit Saglam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management & Marketing Xie Xin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Economics & Finance
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Promoted to Senior Lecturer William McTier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management & Marketing David Zollinger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Engineering, Engineering Technology, & Surveying
CLEMMER COLLEGE Tenured William R. Garris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Counseling & Human Services Jeremy A. Gentles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sport, Exercise, Recreation & Kinesiology Lindsay Lester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University School Jamie H. Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curriculum & Instruction Samuel Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University School Promoted to Professor Andrew R. Dotterweich. . . . . . . . . . . . Sport, Exercise, Recreation & Kinesiology Lori T. Meier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curriculum & Instruction Ryan A. Nivens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curriculum & Instruction Promoted to Associate Professor William R. Garris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Counseling & Human Services Jeremy A. Gentles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sport, Exercise, Recreation & Kinesiology Jamie H. Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curriculum & Instruction Laura E. Robertson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curriculum & Instruction Promoted to Instructor Lindsay Lester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University School Samuel Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University School
COLLEGE OF CLINICAL AND REHABILITATIVE HEALTH SCIENCES Tenured Dorothy Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Work Michelle E. Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehabilitative Sciences Promoted to Professor Deborah L. Dotson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allied Health Sciences Promoted to Associate Professor Dorothy Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Work Michelle E. Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rehabilitative Sciences Beatrice H. Owen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physical Therapy
QUILLEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Tenured Patrick Bradshaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biomedical Sciences Promoted to Professor Nancy Judaun Alison. . . . . . . . . . . . . Surgery Mark K. Brummel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Medicine Gregory Clarity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Medicine John S. Culp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Medicine Mohamed A. Elgazzar. . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Medicine Jodi P. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Medicine Demetrio R. Macariola. . . . . . . . . . . . Pediatrics 9
Parasbhai D. Patel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal Medicine Marcela I. Popescu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pediatrics Olga L. Sarkodie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obstetrics & Gynecology Rachel Walden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Learning Resources Promoted to Associate Professor Patrick Bradshaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biomedical Sciences George A. Ford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pediatrics Mark X. Ransom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obstetrics & Gynecology
COLLEGE OF NURSING Tenured Myra Carew (Clark). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Nursing Donna Fraysier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Nursing Retha Gentry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Nursing Katherine Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Nursing Kimberly Sell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Nursing Promoted to Associate Professor Donna Fraysier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Nursing Retha Gentry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Nursing Katherine Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Nursing Kimberly Sell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Undergraduate Nursing
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH Tenured M. Katie Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community & Behavioral Health Kate E. Beatty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Services, Management & Policy Michele Chandley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Sciences Ying Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental Health Mildred Maisonet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biostatistics & Epidemiology Promoted to Professor Hadii Mamudu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Services, Management & Policy Michael J. Stoots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community & Behavioral Health Promoted to Associate Professor M. Katie Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community & Behavioral Health Kate E. Beatty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Services, Management & Policy Michele Chandley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Sciences Ying Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental Health Mildred Maisonet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Biostatistics & Epidemiology
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Tenured Wendy Doucette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University Libraries Promoted to Associate Professor Wendy Doucette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University Libraries
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