The Bowling Green State University trustees acted on tenure and promotion for 49 faculty members Friday.
Promotion to Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Richard Anderson Ph.D. – Department of Psychology
Beatrice Guenther Ph.D. – Department of World Languages and Cultures
Mihai Staic Ph.D. – Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Liangfeng Sun Ph.D. – Department of Physics and Astronomy
Hans Wildschutte Ph.D. – Department of Biological Sciences
Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business
Margaret Brooks Ph.D. – Department of Management
College of Education and Human Development
Hyeyoung Bang Ph.D. – School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy
Laura Landry-Meyer Ph.D. – School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Judith Jackson May Ph.D. – School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy
Timothy Murnen Ph.D. – School of Teaching and Learning
Brooks Vostal Ph.D. – School of Counseling and Special Education
Firelands
Theodore Bach Ph.D. – Department of Humanities
Stephanie Walls Ph.D. – Department of Natural and Social Sciences
College of Health and Human Services
Hee Soon Lee Ph.D. – Department of Human Services
Mary-Jon Ludy Ph.D. – Department of Public and Allied Health
College of Musical Arts
Gregory Decker Ph.D. Department of Musicology/Composition/Theory
Arne Spohr Ph.D. Department of Musicology/Composition/Theory
Promotion to Teaching Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Joseph Celizic MFA – Department of English
Thomas Edge Ph.D. – School of Cultural and Critical Studies
College of Education and Human Development
Kristi Borcherdt M.Ed. – School of Counseling and Special Education
Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business
Kirk Kern MBA – Department of Marketing
Ruth White MBA – Department of Marketing
Promotion to Clinical Professor
Staci Freeworth Ed.D. – Department of Public and Allied Health
Laura Schrock MS – Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Tenure
College of Health and Human Services
Stephanie Thurmond DPT – School of Physical Therapy
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Abhishek Bhati Ph.D. – Department of Political Science
Michael Decker Ph.D. – Department of Computer Science
Joseph Furgal Ph.D. – Department of Chemistry
Ryoko Okamura Ph.D. – Department of World Languages and Cultures
Angélica Vázquez-Ortega Ph.D. – School of Earth, Environment and Society
Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business
Yuhang Xu Ph.D. – Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research
College of Education and Human Development
Su Yun Bae Ph.D. – School of Family and Consumer Sciences
College of Health and Human Services
Jonathan Kershaw Ph.D. – Department of Public and Allied Health
Kerri Knippen Ph.D. – Department of Public and Allied Health
Lauren Maziarz Ph.D. – Department of Public and Allied Health
Vivian Miller Ph.D. – Department of Human Services
Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Jasmine Crighton MA – School of Media and Communication
Stephen Crompton MFA – Department of Theatre and Film
Nicholas Dee Ph.D.- Department of World Languages and Cultures
Kevin Neves Ph.D. – Department of Biological Sciences
Robert Sloane MA Assistant Teaching Professor School of Cultural and Critical Studies
Rachel Walsh Ph.D. – Department of English
Sean Williams MA – School of Media and Communication
College of Education and Human Development
Matthew Clark M.Ed. – School of Teaching and Learning
Meggan Hartzog M.Ed. – School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies
Andrea Hoerig M.Ed. – School of Teaching and Learning
Dawn Thompson M.Ed. – School of Teaching and Learning
Promotion to Associate Clinical Professor
College of Health and Human Services
Amanda Joost MLS – Department of Public and Allied Health
Promotion to Associate Practitioner Professor
Jennifer Wagner MPH – Department of Human Services
They also approved emeritus status for 16 recently retired members of the faculty:
Professor Emeriti
Nancy K. Kubasek, Department of Economics
Richard N. McGrath, Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research Michael Y. Ogawa, Department of Chemistry
Linda A. Rich, Department of Library Teaching and Learning
Maria L. Rizzo, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Steven M. Seubert, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Nancy E. Spencer, School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies
Eric A. Worch, School of Teaching and Learning
Associate Professor Emeriti
Khani Begum, Department of English
Cynthia D. Bertelsen, School of Teaching and Learning
Steven E. Boone, Department of Theatre and Film
Joseph T. Chao, Department of Computer Science
Michael B. Ellison, Department of Theatre and Film
Irina G. Stakhanova, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Sue Carter Wood, Department of English
Teaching Professor Emerita
Stacey A. Dudley, School of Teaching and Learning
