Interim Provost announces tenure, promotion list for 2023

Auburn University Interim Provost Vini Nathan has announced the names of faculty who have been awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2023. She also announced the names of those approved from clinical, lecturer, research or extensions titles.

"As we congratulate this year’s tenured and promoted faculty, we recognize their commitment to excellence and celebrate their capacity to strengthen Auburn’s tripartite mission,” Nathan said. “As they mark this important milestone in their careers, their success adds to Auburn’s community of incredibly talented, dedicated and accomplished faculty.”

Associate Professor with Tenure

College of Agriculture: Adam Rabinowitz, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology; Audrey Gamble, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences; Rishi Prasad, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences; Leanne Dillard, Department of Animal Sciences

Harbert College of Business: Mark Gleim, Department of Marketing; Mollie Mathis, School of Accountancy; Liz Wang, Department of Finance; Sumin Han, Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems; Yen-Yao Wang, Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems

College of Architecture, Design and Construction: Joyce Thomas, School of Industrial and Graphic Design

College of Sciences and Mathematics: Thi Thao Phuong Hoang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Ming Chen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Jordan Harshman, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Rashad Karimov, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Cissy Ballen, Department of Biological Sciences; Brian Counterman, Department of Biological Sciences; Adriana Avila Flores, Department of Biological Sciences

College of Education: Jinhee Park, Department of Special Education Rehabilitation and Counseling; Andrew Pendola, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology; David Marshall, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology; Kristina Neely, School of Kinesiology; Austin Robinson, School of Kinesiology; Sara Demoiny, Department of Curriculum and Teaching

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering: Frances O'Donnell, Department of Civil Engineering; Michael Perez, Department of Civil Engineering; David Roueche, Department of Civil Engineering; Jorge Rueda Benavides, Department of Civil Engineering; Vrishank Raghav Shankare Gowda, Department of Aerospace Engineering; Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Department of Aerospace Engineering; Daniel Silva Izquierdo, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Xiaowen Gong, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ujjwal Guin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Masoud Mahjouri Samani, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Yin Sun, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment: Kelly Dunning

College of Human Sciences: Joshua Novak, Department of Human Development and Family Science; Silvia Vilches, Department of Human Development and Family Science; Peter Weber, Department of Consumer and Design Sciences

College of Liberal Arts: Peter White, Department of Political Science; Jonathan Kunstman, Department of Psychological Sciences; April Smith, Department of Psychological Sciences; Justin Blankenship, School of Communication and Journalism; Myounggi Chon, School of Communication and Journalism; Michail Vafeiadis, School of Communication and Journalism; Juliane Braun, Department of English; Kristen Tordella-Williams, Department of Art and Art History; Xaq Frohlich, Department of History; Elijah Gaddis, Department of History; Timothy McCallister, Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Auburn University Libraries: Ali Krzton, Department of Research and Instruction

College of Nursing: Drew Fruge, Morgan Yordy

College of Veterinary Medicine: Ruediger Hauck, Department of Pathobiology; Xu Wang, Department of Pathobiology; Maninder Sandey, Department of Pathobiology; Nancy Merner, Department of Pathobiology; Jeff Huang, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology

Professor

College of Agriculture: Jeremiah Davis, Department of Biosystems Engineering

Harbert College of Business: Dora Bock, Department of Marketing; Keven Yost, Department of Finance

College of Architecture, Design and Construction: Justin Miller, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture; Shu-Wen Tzeng, School of Industrial and Graphic Design; Rebecca O'Neal, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture; Rusty Smith, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture; Ben Farrow, McWhorter School of Building Science

College of Sciences and Mathematics: Junshan Lin, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Guanqun Cao, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Luca Guazzotto, Department of Physics

College of Education: Jill Salisbury-Glennon, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership & Technology; Megan Burton, Department of Curriculum and Teaching; Victoria Cardullo, Department of Curriculum and Teaching

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering: Brian Anderson, Department of Civil Engineering; Robert Barnes, Department of Civil Engineering; Jeffrey LaMondia, Department of Civil Engineering; Jose Vasconcelos Neto, Department of Civil Engineering; Gregory Harris, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Richard Sesek, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Peter He, Department of Chemical Engineering

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment: Zhaofei Fan

College of Human Sciences: Mallory Lucier-Greer, Department of Human Development and Family Science; Thomas Fuller-Rowell, Department of Human Development and Family Science; Michael Greene, Department of Nutritional Sciences

College of Liberal Arts: Jesse Michel, Department of Psychological Sciences; Tannista Banerjee, Department of Economics; Allison Plumb, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Mary Sandage, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Mark DeGoti, Department of Music; Iulia Pittman, Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures

College of Nursing: Caralise Hunt

Harrison College of Pharmacy: Angela Calderon, Department of Drug Discovery and Development; Miranda Reed, Department of Drug Discovery and Development

College of Veterinary Medicine: Robyn Wilborn, Department of Clinical Sciences; Merrilee Holland, Department of Clinical Sciences; Jey Koehler, Department of Pathobiology; Melinda Camus, Department of Pathobiology; Satyanarayana Pondugula, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology

Professor and Tenure

Harrison College of Pharmacy: Alexei Kisselev, Drug Discovery and Development

Tenure

College of Agriculture: Jason Sawyer, Department of Animal Sciences

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering: Shuai Shao, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mark Yampolskiy, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering; Eduard Muljadi, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Liberal Arts: Adam Domby, Department of History

College of Veterinary Medicine: Brad Matz, Department of Clinical Sciences

Associate Clinical Professor

College of Liberal Arts: Julie Wells, Department of Sociology Anthropology & Social Work; Nadia Bhuiyan, Department of Psychological Sciences; Sarah Richling, Department of Psychological Sciences

College of Nursing: Amy Curtis, Kelly Strickland

College of Pharmacy: Jeanna Sewell, Department of Pharmacy Practice

Clinical Professor

College of Education: Nicholas Derzis, Department of Special Education Rehabilitation and Counseling, Vanessa Hinton, Department of Special Education Rehabilitation and Counseling

College of Veterinary Medicine: Shannon Boveland, Department of Clinical Sciences; Erin Groover, Department of Clinical Sciences

Associate Research Professor

College of Sciences and Mathematics: John Schmitt, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Senior Lecturer

College of Agriculture: Jian Rong, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Harbert College of Business: Regina Gramling, Department of Business Analytics & Information Systems

College of Sciences and Mathematics: Thomas Whitt, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; David Crisostomo, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Rachel Prado, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Adam Payne, Department of Geosciences; Marilyn Vogel, Department of Geosciences; Yohannes Mehari, Department of Biological Sciences

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering: Michael Melnick, Department of Aerospace Engineering; Charles Shaffer, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

College of Human Sciences: Kelly Martin, Department of Consumer and Design Sciences

College of Liberal Arts: Douglas O’Keefe, Department of English; Tracey Schneider, Department of English

Associate Extension Professor

College of Agriculture: Jesse Campbell, Department of Biosystems Engineering

Extension Professor

College of Agriculture: Luke Roy, School of Fisheries Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences