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October 20, 2009

Illinois State University announces faculty promotion and tenure

The following 38 Illinois State University faculty members have been granted tenure.

Kevin Ahlgrim, Finance, Insurance & Law; Rita Bailey, Communication Sciences & Disorders; Dawn Beichner, Criminal Justice Sciences; Rachel Bowden, Biological Sciences; Joan Brehm, Sociology & Anthropology; Mary Dyck, Mennonite College of Nursing; Kassia Fleisher, English; Timothy Fredstrom, Music; Dianne Gardner, Educational Administration & Foundations; David Gresham, Music; Gardenia Harris, Social Work; Mary Henninger, Kinesiology & Recreation; Richard Hughes, History; Alycia Hund, Psychology; Tyler Lotz, Art; Lauren Lowell, Theatre; David Marx, Physics; Gregory Michie, Curriculum & Instruction; John Miller, Art; Issam Nassar, History; Matthew Nelson, Accounting; Joseph Pacha, Educational Administration & Foundations; William Philpott, History; Rocio Rivadeneyra, Psychology; Cindy Ropp, Music; Elizabeth Scott, Sociology & Anthropology; Kam Shapiro, Politics & Government; Brent Simonds, Communication; Matthew Smith, Music; Julia Stoner, Special Education; Papa Sissokho, Mathematics; Aslihan Spaulding, Agriculture; Todd Stewart, Philosophy; Jeffrey Wagman, Psychology; George Waters, Economics; Stewart Winger, History; Lori Woeste, Health Sciences; and Gaywalee Yamskulna, Mathematics.

The following faculty have been promoted to full professor.

Askar Choudhury, Management & Quantitative Methods; Karen Coats, English; Thomas Crumpler, Curriculum & Instruction; Ricardo Cruz, English; Meredith Downes, Management & Quantitative Methods; Michael Humphreys, Marketing; Stephen Hunt, Communication; Darrell Kruger, Curriculum & Instruction; Zeng Lin, Educational Administration & Foundations; James Mai, Art; Tami Martin, Mathematics; Joe Neisler, Music; Robert Rhykerd, Agriculture; Kenneth Smiciklas, Agriculture; Lisa Szczepura, Chemistry; and Michelle Vought, Music.

The following faculty have been promoted to associate professor.

Kevin Ahlgrim, Finance, Insurance & Law; Rita Bailey, Communication Sciences & Disorders; Dawn Beichner, Criminal Justice Sciences; Rachel Bowden, Biological Sciences; Joan Brehm, Sociology/Anthropology; Mary Dyck, Mennonite College of Nursing; Kassia Fleisher, English; Timothy Fredstrom, Music; Dianne Gardner, Educational Administration & Foundations; David Gresham, Music; Gardenia Harris, Social Work; Mary Henninger, Kinesiology & Recreation; Richard Hughes, History; Alycia Hund, Psychology; Chung-Chih Li, Information Technology; Tyler Lotz, Art; Lauren Lowell, Theatre; David Marx, Physics; Gregory Michie, Curriculum & Instruction; John Miller, Art; Issam Nassar, History; Matthew Nelson, Accounting; Joseph Pacha, Educational Administration & Foundations; William Philpott, History; Rocio Rivadeneyra, Psychology; Cindy Ropp, Music; Elizabeth Scott, Sociology/Anthropology; Kam Shapiro, Politics & Government; Brent Simonds, Communication; Papa Sissokho, Mathematics; Matthew Smith, Music; Aslihan Spaulding, Agriculture; Todd Stewart, Philosophy; Julia Stoner, Special Education; Jeffrey Walsh, Criminal Justice Sciences; Jeffrey Wagman, Psychology; George Waters, Economics; Stewart Winger, History; Lori Woeste, Health Sciences; and Gaywalee Yamskulna, Mathematics.

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