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Sabbatical leaves granted to 35 faculty members

Dec. 18, 2009

KALAMAZOO--During a Dec. 9 conference-call meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees granted sabbatical leaves for 35 faculty members.

All of the sabbaticals will take place in the 2010-11 academic year. Nineteen faculty members were granted sabbaticals for the full academic year and will be on leave during both the spring and fall semesters. The remaining 16 faculty members were granted sabbaticals for half the academic year and will be on leave during either the fall or spring semester.

Full-year sabbaticals

  • Dr. Brooks Applegate, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
  • Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
  • Dr. Kathleen Baker, Department of Geography
  • Dr. Valery Bliznyuk, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Dr. Jose Antonio Brandao, Department of History
  • Allison Downey, Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies
  • Dr. James Kiddle, Department of Chemistry
  • Dr. Ok-Kyeong Kim, Department of Mathematics
  • Dr. Priscilla Lambert, Department of Political Science
  • Dr. Mahendra Lawoti, Department of Political Science
  • Dr. Yuri Ledyaev, Department of Mathematics
  • Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti, School of Communication
  • Dr. Jun-Seok Oh, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Dr. William Olsen, Department of English
  • Dr. Carl Ratner, School of Music
  • Dr. Jianping Shen, Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
  • Dr. Joseph Stoltman, Department of Geography
  • Dr. Daneen Wardrop, Department of English
  • Dr. Takashi Yoshida, Department of History

Half-year sabbaticals

  • Dr. Robert Anemone, Department of Anthropology, fall 2010
  • Dr. Judah Ari-Gur, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, fall 2010
  • Dr. Jody Brylinsky, Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, spring 2011
  • Dr. John Cameron, Department of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging, spring 2011
  • Dr. Barbara Frazier, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, fall 2010
  • Dr. Damodar Golhar, Department of Management, spring 2011
  • Dr. Emily Hauptmann, Department of Political Science, spring 2011
  • Kathryn Hillenbrand, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, spring 2011
  • Dr. Alan Kehew, Department of Geosciences, fall 2010
  • Dr. Inayat Mangla, Department of Finance and Commercial Law, fall 2010
  • Dr. Stephen Newell, Department of Marketing, spring 2011
  • Dr. Dasha Nisula, Department of Foreign Languages, fall 2010
  • Dr. Mark Orbe, School of Communication, fall 2010
  • Dr. Mary-Louise Totton, School of Art, fall 2010 and fall 2011
  • Dr. Karen Vocke, Department of English, spring 2011
  • Dr. Xiaojun Wang, Department of Foreign Languages, fall 2010
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