Western celebrates faculty excellence with tenure and promotions

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A total of 42 Western Michigan University faculty members reached new career milestones after receiving tenure or promotions approved by the WMU Board of Trustees on June 25.

The following faculty members received tenure:

• Mauro Andre, Department of Human Performance and Health Education
• W. Jason Beasley, Department of Economics
• Benjamin Brady, School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs
• Kellie Carr, Department of Accountancy
• Matthew Fries, Irving S. Gilmore School of Music
• Anderson Hagler, Department of World Religions and Cultures
• Michael Harnar, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
• Melinda Holohan, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
• Brian Jansen, College of Aviation
• Evan Kutzler, Department of History
• Gary Marquardt, Institute of Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
• Duy Ngo, Department of Statistics
• Amanda Remo, Department of Accountancy
• Eric Souther, Gwen Frostic School of Art
• Katherine Tierney, Department of Sociology

The following faculty members were promoted to professor:

• Devin Bloom, Department of Biological Sciences and School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability
• Lisa Coons, Irving S. Gilmore School of Music
• Jennifer Foster, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
• Andrew Hennlich, Gwen Frostic School of Art
• Nancy Hock, Department of Occupational Therapy
• Gregory Jasperse, Irving S. Gilmore School of Music
• Sandun Kuruppu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Sangwoo Lee, Department of Human Performance and Health Education
• Ryan Lewis, Gwen Frostic School of Art
• Glinda Rawls, Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
• Daniela Schröter, School of Public Affairs and Administration
• James Springstead, Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering
• Robert Tuttle, Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems
• Abby Wang, Department of Management
• Marcel Zondag, Department of Marketing
• Russell Zwanka, Department of Marketing

The following faculty members were promoted to associate professor:

• Mauro Andre, Department of Human Performance and Health Education
• W. Jason Beasley, Department of Economics
• Benjamin Brady, School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs
• Kellie Carr, Department of Accountancy
• Matthew Fries, Irving S. Gilmore School of Music
• Anderson Hagler, Department of World Religions and Cultures
• Michael Harnar, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
• Duy Ngo, Department of Statistics
• Eric Souther, Gwen Frostic School of Art
• Katherine Tierney, Department of Sociology

The following faculty members were promoted to master faculty specialist:

• Beth Ernst, Department of Business Information Systems
• Trey Harris III, Irving S. Gilmore School of Music
• Katherine Rigley, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
• Sunday Speer, Department of Accountancy
• Li Xiang, Department of World Languages and Literatures

The following faculty members were promoted to faculty specialist II:

• Dustin Altschul, Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation
• Brian Jansen, College of Aviation
• Michael Kahwaji, Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation
• Marie Moreno, Department of Business Information Systems
• Deirdre Nieves, Institute of Intercultural and Anthropological Studies and School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability
• Mingchen Zhao, Department of World Languages and Literatures
• Amy Zufelt, Department of Business Information Systems

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