Western honors faculty achievements in tenure and promotion
Contact: Deanne Puca
June 26, 2025
KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Western Michigan University is celebrating the achievements of several distinguished faculty members who have earned tenure and promotions, as approved by the WMU Board of Trustees on June 26.
The following faculty members received tenure:
- Nichole Andrews, Department of Statistics
- Bhanu Balasubramnian, Department of Finance and Commercial Law
- Shameek Bhattacharjee, Department of Computer Science
- Shane Brady, School of Social Work
- Emily Curiel, Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies
- Zagdbazar Davaadorj, Department of Finance and Commercial Law
- Summer Davis, Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies
- Jason DeGeorge, Department of Aviation Sciences
- Tricia Finger, Department of Occupational Therapy
- Angela Groves, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
- Dana Hammond, Department of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management
- Britt Hartenberger, Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
- Daniela Hernandez, Department of Mathematics
- Guan Yue Hong, Department of Computer Science
- Yufeng Hu, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
- Lindsay Jeffers, Department of Spanish
- Kyle Jehnzen, Department of Aviation Sciences
- Hyun Bin Kang, Department of Statistics
- Benjamin Koestler, Department of Biological Sciences
- Matilda McLean, Department of Aviation Sciences
- Jaime Neary, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
- Mary Nielsen, Department of Marketing
- Hyejoon Park, School of Social Work
- Kelsey Paschich, School of Theatre and Dance
- Sarah Pinkelman, Department of Psychology
- Amy Schreiner, Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies
- Mary Simpson, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Chitra Singh, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Brenda Srof, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
- Nathan Tabor, Department of History
- Laura Teichert, Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies
- Kyle Triplett, Gwen Frostic School of Art
- Chen Wang, Department of Management
- Yanyu Ward, Department of World Languages and Literatures
- Rodney Weir, Department of Physical Therapy
The following faculty members were promoted to professor:
- Dawn Anderson, Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies
- Mert Atilhan, Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering
- Elyse Connors, Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies
- Anthony DeFulio, Department of Psychology
- Nicholas Hanson, Department of Human Performance and Health Education
- Stephen Kaczmarek, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
- Cynthia Klekar-Cunningham, Department of English
- Dwandra Lampkin, School of Theatre and Dance
- Daniel Macfarlane, School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability
- Hyejoon Park, School of Social Work
- James Penner, Department of Accountancy
- Karen Schieman, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
- Dee Sherwood, School of Social Work
- Scott Slawinski, Department of English
- Jesse Smith, Department of Sociology
- Zeljka Vidic, Department of Human Performance and Health Education
- Robert White, Irving S. Gilmore School of Music
- German Zarate-Sandez, Department of Spanish
The following faculty members were promoted to associate professor:
- Bhanu Balasubramnian, Department of Finance and Commercial Law
- Shameek Bhattacharjee, Department of Computer Science
- Emily Curiel, Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies
- Zagdbazar Davaadorj, Department of Finance and Commercial Law
- Summer Davis, Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies
- Angela Groves, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
- Hyun Bin Kang, Department of Statistics
- Benjamin Koestler, Department of Biological Sciences
- Kelsey Paschich, School of Theatre and Dance
- Mary Simpson, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Chitra Singh, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Nathan Tabor, Department of History
- Laura Teichert, Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies
- Kyle Triplett, Gwen Frostic School of Art
- Chen Wang, Department of Management
- Rodney Weir, Department of Physical Therapy
The following faculty members were promoted to master faculty specialist:
- Anne-Marie Guidy-Oulai, Department of Business Information Systems
- Kyle Jehnzen, Department of Aviation Sciences
- Marilyn Kritzman, School of Communication
- Jaime Neary, WMU Bronson School of Nursing
- Adrienne Redding, Department of English
The following faculty members were promoted to faculty specialist II:
- Kimberly Buchholz, Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation
- Dana Hammond, Department of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management
- Daniela Hernandez, Department of Mathematics
- David Kemp, Department of Aviation Sciences
- Kaitlin Marshall, Department of Business Information Systems
- Gerardo Rincon, Department of Marketing
- Amy Schreiner, Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies
- Yanyu Ward, Department of World Languages and Literatures
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