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Appointments of tenure, promotions announced

The Kansas Board of Regents has approved the following promotions and appointments of tenure at KU.

Promotions

To full professor

Marta Caminero-Santangelo, English

David Cateforis, art history

Dietrich Earnhart, economics

Susan Egan, molecular biosciences

Daniel Gailey, music and dance

Donna Ginther, economics

Weishi Liu, mathematics

Rolfe Mandel, anthropology

Jonathan Mayhew, Spanish and Portuguese

Laura Poppo, business

Bangere Purnaprajna, mathematics

Joan Sereno, linguistics

Lin Stanionis, design

Cornelius van deer Veen, geography

To associate professor

Brian Barnes, pharmacy practice

Barbara Barnett, journalism

Cory Berkland, chemical and petroleum engineering/pharmaceutical chemistry

Sharon Billings, ecology and evolutionary biology

David Brackett, design

Andrew Chen, business

Sunil David, medicinal chemistry

Leisha DeHart-Davis, public administration

Michael Detamore, chemical and petroleum engineering

David Fedele, music and dance

Jin Feng, mathematics

David Fowle, geology

T. Chris Gamblin, molecular biosciences

John Kennedy, political science

Mechele Leon, theatre and film

Mary Alice L’Heureaux, architecture and urban planning

Ann Wierda Rowland, English

George Tsoflias, geology

Joy Ward, ecology and evolutionary biology

Jie Zhang, linguistics

Yan Bing Zhing, communication studies

Yang Zhang, molecular biosciences/bioinformatics

To associate librarian

Erin Ellis, KU Libraries

Nikhat Ghouse, KU Libraries

Katherine Greene, law library

To associate clinical professor

Karen Moeller, pharmacy practice

Janelle Ruisinger, pharmacy practice

To associate specialist

Scott Harris, communication studies

To associate scientist

Sharon Billings, Kansas Biological Survey

To senior scientist

Kelly Kindscher, Kansas Biological Survey/environmental studies

Rolfe Mandel, Kansas Geological Survey

Richard Miller, Kansas Geological Survey

Dean Williams, Life Span Institute

To associate research professor

Mary Abbott, Life Span Institute

Daniel Deavours, Information and Telecommunication Technology Center

Katherine Froehlich-Grobe, Life Span Institute

Jean Hall, Center for Research on Learning

Award of tenure, fiscal year 2010

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