Celebration of Faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased and proud to announce that 22 of its faculty were recognized on Tuesday, June 10, during a Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Luncheon. This Celebration of Faculty ceremony featured faculty from all WMU colleges. College of Arts and Sciences faculty honored represented 16 departments and schools and are listed below. Congratulations to all of our deserving faculty!

Faculty granted tenure

Kirsty Eisenhart, mathematics
Jacqueline Eng, anthropology
Sharon Gill, biological sciences
Ramakrishna Guda, chemistry
Whitney Gunter, sociology
Denise Keele, political science
Rajib Paul, statistics
Vivan Steemers, world languages and literatures
Andre Venter, chemistry

Faculty granted promotion to professor

Stephen Covell, comparative religion
Charles Emerson, geography
Charles Henderson, physics
David Huffman, chemistry
Barbara Liggett, School of Public Affairs and Administration
Jane-Jane Lo, mathematics
Jennifer Machiorlatti, School of Communication
Edwin Martini, history
Angela Moe, sociology
Sherine Obare, chemistry
Robert Peters, School of Public Affairs and Administration
LouAnn Wurst, anthropology

Faculty granted promotion to associate professor

Jacqueline Eng, anthropology
Sharon Gill, biological sciences
Ramakrishna Guda, chemistry
Whitney Gunter, sociology
Denise Keele, political science
Rajib Paul, statistics
Vivan Steemers, world languages and literatures
Andre Venter, chemistry

Faculty granted master faculty specialist step increase

Margaret Dupuis, English