WMU trustees approve faculty tenure and promotions

Contact: Paula M. Davis

June 27, 2018

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved the tenure of 27 faculty members and the promotions of 50 faculty members at its June 27 meeting, effective with the beginning of the 2018-19 academic year.

Faculty granted tenure

The names of those granted tenure, along with their unit or program affiliations, are:

Dr. Kimberly Adams, School of Music
Dr. Wendy Beane, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Stephanie Burns, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Dr. Jacob Cameron, School of Music
Cary Cekola, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Joan Conway, Center for English Language and Culture for International Students
Dr. Lisa Coons, School of Music
Dr. Eva Copija, Center for English Language and Culture for International Students
Dr. Mingming Feng, Department of Accountancy
Dr. Jennifer Foster, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Dr. Brett Geier, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Dr. Angel Gullon-Rivera, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Wanda Hadley, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Annette Hamel, School of Communication
Dr. Andrew Hennlich, Frostic School of Art
Dr. Jennifer Hudson, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Kristina Lemmer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Elena Litvinova, Department of Physics
Dr. Derrick McIver, Department of Management
Dr. Laurel Ofstein, Department of Management
Dr. Fahad Saeed, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Karen Schieman, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
Dr. Dee Sherwood, School of Social Work
Dr. James Springstead, Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering
Dr. Vivian Valdmanis, School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs
Dr. Zeljka Vidic, Department of Human Performance and Health Education
Dr. Marcel Zondag, Department of Marketing

Faculty promoted to professor

Dr. Marc Alspector-Kelly, Department of Philosophy
Dr. Kathleen Baker, Department of Geography
Karen Bondarchuk, Frostic School of Art
Dr. Scott Cowan, School of Music
Dr. Whitney DeCamp, Department of Sociology
Dr. Bruce Ferrin, Department of Marketing
Dr. Scott Gaynor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Chien-Juh Gu, Department of Sociology
Dr. Lynne Heasley, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Dr. Dae Kim, Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies
Dr. Karen Lancendorfer, Department of Marketing
Nichole Maury, Frostic School of Art
Dr. Maureen Mickus, Department of Occupational Therapy
Dr. Christine Moser, Department of Economics
Dr. Amy Naugle, Department of Psychology
Ginger Owen, Frostic School of Art
Carolyn Pavlik, Department of Dance
Dr. Heather Petcovic, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Patricia Reeves, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems
Dr. David Rudge, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Yuan-Kang Wang, Department of Political Science

Faculty promoted to associate professor

Dr. Kimberly Adams, School of Music
Dr. Wendy Beane, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Stephanie Burns, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Dr. Jacob Cameron, School of Music
Dr. Lisa Coons, School of Music
Dr. Mingming Feng, Department of Accountancy
Dr. Jennifer Foster, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Dr. Brett Geier, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Dr. Angel Gullon-Rivera, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Wanda Hadley, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Dr. Andrew Hennlich, Frostic School of Art
Dr. Jennifer Hudson, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Dr. Kristina Lemmer, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Dr. Elena Litvinova, Department of Physics
Dr. Derrick McIver, Department of Management
Dr. Laurel Ofstein, Department of Management
Dr. Fahad Saeed, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Karen Schieman, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
Dr. James Springstead, Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering
Dr. Zeljka Vidic, Department of Human Performance and Health Education
Dr. Marcel Zondag, Department of Marketing

Faculty promoted to Master Faculty Specialist

Joan Conway, Center for English Language and Culture for International Students
Eva Copija, Center for English Language and Culture for International Students
Dr. Kirsty Eisenhart, Department of Mathematics
Dr. Dennis McCrumb, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology

Faculty promoted to Faculty Specialist II

Dr. Kimberly Doudna, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Beth Ernst, Department of Business Information Systems
Dr. Anne-Marie Guidy-Oulai, Department of Business Information Systems

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