From BGSU OFFICE OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
At their Friday (May 15) meeting, the Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees awarded promotion and tenure to 43 faculty members. Nine faculty were promoted to full professor, 13 received tenure and were promoted to associate professor, and others were promoted to teaching professor and associate teaching professor.
“We’re pleased to provide our faculty with opportunities to advance their careers,” said Dr. Joe Whitehead Jr., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “Great faculty make great universities. Their teaching, research and creative activities serve our students and our communities, creating public good.”
Faculty promoted to full professor:
David Bixler, Music Performance Studies
Dr. Stephannie Gearhart, English
Dr. Amanda Koba, School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies
Dr. Matthew Kutz, School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies
Dr. Lan Li, School of Teaching and Learning
Trinka Messenheimer, School of Counseling and Special Education
Dr. Melissa Miller, Political Science
Dr. Beth Sanders, Human Services
Dr. Daniel Wiegmann, Biological Sciences
Tenure and promotion to associate professor:
Dr. Angela Ahlgren, Theatre and Film
Dr. Clare Barratt, Psychology
Dr. Barbara Bergstrom, School of Art
Dr. John Boman, Sociology
Dr. Daniel Bommarito, English
Dr. Andrea Cripps, School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies
Dr. Robert Dyer, Computer Science
Dr. Colleen Fitzgerald, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dr. Yuning Fu, School of Earth, Environment, and Society
Dr. Kevin McCluney, Biological Sciences
Dr. Thomas Mowen, Sociology
Dr. Jason Whitfield, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dr. Yan Wu, Computer Science
Promoted to tenure:
Dr. Sharath Sasidharan, Accounting and Management Information Systems
Promotion to associate professor:
Steve Boone, Theatre and Film
Promotion to Qualified Rank Faculty Teaching Professor
Dr. Emily Anzicek, School of Media and Communication
Marcelle Dupay, School of Art
Irina Franke, Mathematics and Statistics
Dr. Allison Goedde, School of Teaching and Learning
Donna Greenwald, Marketing
Lucinda Hunter, English
Maggie Leonard, Visual Communication and Technology Education
Tracy McGinley, Natural and Social Sciences/Criminal Justice
Dr. Shelley Waltonen Moore, Visual Communication and Technology Education
Dr. Daniel Pavuk, Biological Sciences
Dr. Geoffrey Stephenson, Theatre and Film
Mearl Sutton, Marketing
Elizabeth Zemanski, English
Promotion to Qualified Rank Faculty Associate Teaching Professor
Karen Black, Applied Sciences/Visual Communication Technology
Laura Lachmiller, Accounting and Management Information Systems
David Saltzman, Music Performance Studies
Cynthia Spitler, Human Services
Gregory Walterhouse, Political Science
Dr. Jennifer Wolter, World Languages and Cultures
The board also approved the appointment of Chicago health care business leader George N. Miller Jr. as a BGSU national trustee. He will replace Bruce Nyberg on the board.
