WMU News - Twenty-three faculty members receive tenure

Twenty-three faculty members receive tenure

June 4, 2009

KALAMAZOO-- The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved the tenure of 23 faculty members at its June 4 meeting. The tenured appointments for all 23 are effective with the beginning of the 2009-10 academic year.

New tenured faculty

Dr. Ala I. Al-Fuqaha, computer science
Dr. Jeffrey M. Angles, foreign languages
Dr. JoAnn L. Atkin, marketing
Dr. Andrea L. Beach, educational leadership, research and technology
Daniel Jay Berkow, theatre
E. Bryce Dickey, family and consumer sciences
Allison Downey, teaching, learning and educational studies
Dr. Chad Edwards, communication
Dr. Steve Feffer, English
Dr. Gregory A. Flamme, speech pathology and audiology
Dr. Pavel G. Ikonomov, industrial and manufacturing engineering
Dr. Edwin A. Martini, history
Dr. Lisa C. Minnick, English
Dr. Ilana Nash, English
Dr. Sherine O. Obare, chemistry
Carolyn R. Pavlik, dance
Dr. Cynthia J. Pietras, psychology
Troy Place, industrial and manufacturing engineering
Dr. Kapseong Ro, mechanical and aeronautical engineering
Dr. Renee Schwartz, biological sciences
Dr. Helen M. Sharp, speech pathology and audiology
Dr. Bade Shrestha, mechanical and aeronautical engineering
Dr. Zijiang James Yang, computer science

Media contact: Deanne Molinari, (269) 387-8400, deanne.molinari@wmich.edu

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